Taster’s Tips

This Pumpkin Spice Milkshake is perfect for the Holiday season, starting with Halloween and going all the way through Christmas. With the addition of Breckenridge Bourbon, it will take the edge off of any event you may have to attend. Share it with your friends and family, or keep the goodness all to yourself, it’s up to you!

We started our Fall Food and Spirits Pairing series with an appetizer (Autumn blinis + vodka) and main course (cider pork chops with rich autumn vegetables + gin) so it’s time for our next course – dessert!

Whether you’re hosting a holiday party, planning your office soiree, or just trying to weasel your way out of bringing hors d’oeuvres to your friend’s potluck (seriously, who has time to make that many deviled eggs?), the answer is the same: Punch. Fun, festive, and almost ridiculously easy to make, a big bowl of punch makes any gathering a party while freeing you from spending the whole evening playing bartender instead of enjoying your friends and family.

Bourbon has never been more popular than it is right now. In fact, it’s becoming difficult to even find quality bourbon outside of Kentucky these days. What’s more impressive, though, is people travel from all fifty states to do private barrel selections at Four Roses in Cox’s Creek, Kentucky. Private barrel selections allow individuals – often representing stores, bars and barrel clubs – to select a their favorite barrel(s) from the distillery for their own private bottling that will bear their own name alongside that of the producing distillery.

Just getting to know whiskey? You’re in the right place. You, like those lucky souls who haven’t yet seen the original Star Wars series or discovered the wonders of fancy cheese, have so much to look forward to.

The whiskey-making process is long, tedious, and precise. It’s a process that varies slightly by region, but each distillery passes down its secrets from family to family, generation after generation, refining their techniques over time while preserving traditions. From growing the ingredients to shipping out a matured bottle, the entire process can take a couple of years or decades. This post will explore the ingredients used to make whiskey and the manufacturing process from malting to bottling.

Fall is here – and there are so many flavors unique to this season, we couldn’t resist exploring how best to integrate them with a full alcoholic exploration. Pumpkin, apple, sweet potato and squash are all featured in our inspiring autumn menu – which can be conveniently paired with your Taster’s Club spirits. Today, we’re starting with an appetizer.

Fall is approaching and that means warm desserts, time with family and friends and rich flavors! Cooking with Bourbon adds a unique twist to any dish that you’re making and we wanted to share an amazing Peach Bourbon Pie with Bacon Brown Sugar Crumble from Food For My Family. Is your mouth already watering? We figured.

The world of wine is almost unimaginably complex. Between the hundreds of different AVAs, the thousands of different grape varieties (seriously—Italy alone has more than 500), and the boundless creativity of the world’s winemakers, you could spend a lifetime studying this deceptively simple beverage and still have more to learn.

Michael Ayer, Managing Member at workman/ayer winery in Santa Barbara, California, came to wine early. Right out of college, when many of us are subsisting on a diet of takeout pizza, free snacks from the break room, and cheap canned beer, Michael got a job in Napa Valley, where he fell in love with the craft and complexity of transforming perfect fruit into fine wine.

You arrive to the latest gathering with your friends and you notice something a little different. The table is full of smaller bottles and tulip shaped glasses with stubby stems instead of the usual wine glasses. Once the golden liquid is poured into your glass, the smell is overwhelming, but in a delightfully overwhelming way. Sniff, swirl, swish and swallow. You’re enjoying this.

Boston Harbor Distillery founder and CEO Rhonda Kallman is no stranger to the drinks industry. This trailblazing entrepreneur was one of the original founding members of the Boston Beer Company, makers of Sam Adams Beer, and later went on to found and lead New Century Brewing Company.