A review, bar additions
I've reviewed The Complete Book of Spirits over on my personal blog, if you're so interested in such things.
I hit the liquor store today, basically for random reasons. I picked up a bottle of Benedictine, despite the fact that it's about $6 more in Virginia than it would be in DC (but I won't have to hour Metro both ways to get it). I also got a bottle of Pimm's No. 1, since I tried that over at the Elephant and Castle this weekend and really enjoyed it.
(Currently I'm drinking a Pimm's No. 1 and diet 7-Up. It's good, but I don't think diet 7-Up does it justice. Stupid diet! I might make one more with more Pimm's and less 7-Up.)
I also got a bottle of Kopper Kettle Virginia bourbon, distilled in nearby Culpepper, VA, at Belmont Farms (the distillery you see signs for on route 29 in that region if you're so inclined - I keep meaning to stop by there). I've had their Copper Fox before, and it wasn't bad, so I figured I'd give it a shot (and that's Yet Another Bourbon so that Mr. Macbeth can stop giving me a hard time about not having much bourbon!).
Finally, I forgot to list one bottle last time - in our freezer we have a bottle of Ketel One Citroen, untouched since the last time mom was in town and we made Cosmopolitans (which also made my brother sick somehow, he claims), but it had a good review on the book - so hey, next time I need citrus vodka, I guess...
I hit the liquor store today, basically for random reasons. I picked up a bottle of Benedictine, despite the fact that it's about $6 more in Virginia than it would be in DC (but I won't have to hour Metro both ways to get it). I also got a bottle of Pimm's No. 1, since I tried that over at the Elephant and Castle this weekend and really enjoyed it.
(Currently I'm drinking a Pimm's No. 1 and diet 7-Up. It's good, but I don't think diet 7-Up does it justice. Stupid diet! I might make one more with more Pimm's and less 7-Up.)
I also got a bottle of Kopper Kettle Virginia bourbon, distilled in nearby Culpepper, VA, at Belmont Farms (the distillery you see signs for on route 29 in that region if you're so inclined - I keep meaning to stop by there). I've had their Copper Fox before, and it wasn't bad, so I figured I'd give it a shot (and that's Yet Another Bourbon so that Mr. Macbeth can stop giving me a hard time about not having much bourbon!).
Finally, I forgot to list one bottle last time - in our freezer we have a bottle of Ketel One Citroen, untouched since the last time mom was in town and we made Cosmopolitans (which also made my brother sick somehow, he claims), but it had a good review on the book - so hey, next time I need citrus vodka, I guess...