Episodes
Reveal Video #7
Time to discover a few more bottles from grandma's collection. This was an interesting bunch, including the first "nope, not going to to taste this one ever" bottle I've come across. Leave a comment if you have any ideas about any of these bottles!
Bottle #29: DeKuyper Bluesberry Schnapps
I honestly don’t even know where to begin telling the story of Bottle #29, DeKuyper Bluesberry Schnapps. The short version is that DeKuyper followed up its 1984 smash hit, Peachtree Schnapps, by releasing a bunch more schnapps flavors in the following years, including...
Bottle #28: Cavalier Antigua Rum
Bottle #28 is a mostly full plastic bottle of white rum from the island of Antigua in the Caribbean West Indies. The brand name is Cavalier, and if you live in or visit Antigua, this is most likely the rum that you will be drinking. It is a local favorite, but hasn’t...
Bottle #27: Convier Menta
Bottle #27 is a bottle of mint liqueur from Convier in Colombia. Based on information from a mini collectors Facebook group, it’s from somewhere between the 1970s and 1990s, when the company released mini bottles featuring all their different flavors. Today those...
Bottle #26: Boggs Cranberry Liqueur
Bottle #26 is Boggs Cranberry Liqueur. This liqueur was introduced 1976 just in time for the holiday season, and positioned itself as an all-American spirit and “the beginning of an American tradition.” It seems to have been pretty popular in its day. “Its day” looks...
Reveal Video #6
Time to unbox five more bottles from my grandmother's collection. This was a pretty exciting set for me, as it turned up some interesting old bottles of brands that are still around today, although a little different than the were then! Watch for some real Turkey, an...
Tasting Video #5
In this tasting video I'm joined by Camper English, author of "The Ice Book" and "Doctors and Distillers," and cocktail & spirits writer extraordinaire at his long-running website, Alcademics. We dive into the arcane secrets of how Maraschino liqueur is really...
Bottle #25: Seagram’s Cherry Cola Schnapps
Bottle #25 is Seagram’s Cherry Cola Schnapps. When I searched for that combination of words online, I found exactly one hit, referencing a photographic print in Box 37 of the Seagram company archive located at the Hagley Museum in Delaware. It is dated 1986, so that’s...
Bottle #24: Morandini Maraschino
If you watched Reveal Video #4, you will know that I was really quite excited when I unearthed this tiny bottle of Morandini Maraschino. 20 years ago, almost nobody knew what Maraschino liqueur even was. But thanks to cocktail renaissance favorites the Last Word and...
Bottles #23 & 23: Rieder Distillery Kirschwasser & Bolivar Liqueur
It’s two bottles for the price of one! Both of these bottles come from Reveal Video 4, but they were wrapped up separately and, until I took a closer look, I had no idea they’d come from the same place. Bottle #22 is the Stillmaster’s Reserve Kirchwasser from Rieder...