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Fernet Branca is the bartender’s handshake

15 September 202221 September 2022 ~ Robbie ~ Leave a comment

Fernet Branca is something that many readers might not have tried before. In fact, I’d bet that if you’re not in the industry or aren’t a fellow booze geek you may have never tried it before. So before I talk about what I mean by the bartender’s handshake, let me give a bit of background.

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It's Trivia Tuesday at @yourpielagrange with @gree It's Trivia Tuesday at @yourpielagrange with @greeniespit ! This week's pint is Red Letter red ale from @sixbridgesbrewing in Johns Creek!

#beer #sixbridgesbrewing #yourpiepizza #triviatuesday #lagrangegeorgia #lagrangedrinks #georgiadrinks #chattanoogabeer #boozegeek #beeratlanta #beerlover #beerandpizza #beergeorgia #craftbeerlover #beerphotography #beerpics #beerphoto #redale
It's International Whisky day! So let's have a fli It's International Whisky day! So let's have a flight of rhum agricoles from @rhums_neisson instead! 😂😂

🥃 Neisson Profil 62 (for @maisonduwhisky 's 65'th anniversary), 49.2%
🥃 Neisson Profil 105, 54.2%
🥃 Neisson Profil 107, 52.8%

I'm scratching my head a bit about the Profil releases. I've read (and been told at @maison_du_whisky_singapore ) that the differences are in the cask charring for each release, but after reading @88.bamboo 's profile of, well, these Profil releases, I'm now thinking of them more as marques. The 105 is a blend of ex-bourbon and new oak casks while the 107 seems to be ex-bourbon rum that's finished in new oak.

Either way they're all great and different releases. I wish I'd gotten bottles of their organic bottlings to try next to these before I left Singapore. 

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I took this picture while we had decent weather ou I took this picture while we had decent weather outside, not long after I took it the clouds rolled in and we got the first of several bands of thunderstorms and hail that will roll towards Atlanta tonight. Hopefully there aren't any more tornados tonight.

Old Forester 1920 is bottled at 57.5% and a favorite bourbon of mine. It's part of their Whiskey Row series of releases which includes 1870, 1897, 1910, and 1920. Each release is intended to harken back to what Old Forester may have tasted like around that time. Brown Forman, the owner of the Old Forester brand, had one of a handful of medicinal distilling licenses during American prohibition (they were actually allowed to distill during prohibition to replenish stocks). 

I haven't tried 1897 and 1910 yet, but I'm planning to get bottles soon and try the four together in a flight. I've read some reviews that place 1910 above 1920, which makes me eager to try it. 

#bourbongram #bourbonlover #whiskeylover #straightbourbon #americanwhiskey #boozegeek #bourbon #americanwhiskey #kentuckywhiskey #kentuckybourbon #kybourbon #lagrangedrinks #georgiadrinks #drinkoftheday #cheers #lagrangegeorgia #lagrangega #westpointlake
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Yesterday Ms. BoozeGeekSouth and I visited @twinmi Yesterday Ms. BoozeGeekSouth and I visited @twinmillswinery , a meadery/winery in Hogansville. 

Top to bottom, L-R:

🍷 Buckram Cherry melomel
🍷 Selvedge Summer Mead
🍷 Olefin Orange Spice melomel
🍷 Monomer Blueberry wine
🍷 Back Beam Blueberry wine (aged 3-6 months in oak)

These were all drier than you might find at some other local wineries, I think many other producers backsweeten their fruit wines and meads to add body and appeal to a sweeter palate (a little like certain rum and tequila producers that monkey with their distillate). I was happy to find that these are left as is. 

Long ago we made blueberry wine at home, and it takes quite a few blueberries. I can't imagine what it'd take to produce on a commercial scale! 

The last blueberry wine was oak aged. I forgot to ask for more details about what this was.. large or small barrels, how many uses, or was it oak spirals or chips). Oak flavors were present but not overbearing and nicely complemented the wine.

I forgot to get some bottles but they're not that far away..

#mead #winegeek #boozegeek #winerylover #winetasting
#meadtasting #melomel #twinmills #hgvl #wineoftheday #fruitwine #georgiadrinks #georgiamade #georgiagrown #meadery #hogansvillega #meadtasting
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