Episodes
Tasting Video #4
Rebecca and I didn't have high expectations for this tiny bottle of vintage Cuervo Gold tequila (1989-1996 time period). Give it a watch to find out how it fared!
Bottle #21: Jose Cuervo Especial Gold
When I think back on my vague memories of buying mini bottles for Grandma, I remember the one that had a hat. In my mind’s eye it was a sombrero, and thus a bottle of bad tequila. This bottle does not have a hat, but fits the “bad tequila” descriptor pretty well....
Bottle #20: Boutari Ouzo
Before now, what I knew about ouzo could be contained in a small glass of milk-colored licorice-flavored liquid from Greece. Which is exactly what I knew about ouzo! Tiny bottle #20 is Boutari Ouzo from Greece. That is not at all how you would imagine that the brand...
Reveal Video #5
Five more fascinating bottles from my grandmother's collection of hundreds. Have a story or know anything about these bottles? Leave a comment!
Bottle #19: Hennessy Cognac
Bottle #19 is a tiny bottle of Hennessy Cognac. If you want to know more about brandy in general, check out bottle #7: Martell Cognac. Both Martell and Hennessy are considered to be part of the Big Four cognac houses. Martell is the oldest, founded in 1715. Hennessy...
Bottle #18: The Original Canton Delicate Ginger Liqueur
Bottle #18 is the Original Canton Delicate Ginger Liqueur. It’s one of the prettiest bottles I’ve unboxed so far, packaged in an ornate cut glass bottle. A quick internet search on this product will turn up that it is the precursor to our modern-day Domaine de Canton...
Tasting Video #3
I took a wee bottle of Black Bottle Scotch whisky from the 1970s back to its homeland for a tasting with Neill Murphy from WhiskyReviews.net
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 started mixing it with brandy. The combination became so...
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 actual history fact on the page is...
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 us that COVID meme (and...