Bottle #17: Benedictine & Brandy (B & B) Bottle #17 is a tiny bottle of B&B, which stands for Benedictine & Brandy. Benedictine is a French herbal liqueur and the story goes that in the early 1930s a bartender at the “21” Club Speakeasy in NYC...
Bottle #16: Chemineaud Fine Brandy According to the remarkably history-free “History” page on their website, “Chemineaud Fine Brandy has found a special place in the hearts of Quebeckers.” What that special place is, I haven’t really been able to determine. The one...
Bottle #15: Asbach Uralt Brandy “It’s only quarantine if it comes from the French region of Quarante, otherwise it’s just sparkling isolation!” As I learned researching bottle #15, Asbach Uralt brandy, we have the Treaty of Versailles to thank for the rules that gave...
Bottle #14: Babycham Would you love a Babycham? In post-World War II England, women definitely would! Bottle #14 – Babycham – is double the size of a standard mini, at 100 mL or 3 ½ oz. But still smaller than what it was meant to evoke in size and name and styling,...
Bottle #13: Mr Boston Peppermint Schnapps Bottle #13 is a half-empty plastic bottle of Mr. Boston Peppermint Schnapps. Definitely not something I’m excited to taste, but pretty interesting from a cocktail and liquor history perspective! The Mr. Boston name has been a...
Bottle #12: Grande Liqueur de Sapins des Monts Jura Bottle #12 is the Grande Liqueur de Sapins des Monts Jura from Deniset-Klainguer distillery in Pontalier, France. Pontalier is more famous for the massive amounts of absinthe they made in the early 1900s, but they...
