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COPPER & KINGS PEAR BRANDY: BINNY’S BEVERAGE DEPOT PICK

When I first began my journey to discover quality brandy and other grape spirits; I had a lot of preconceived notions to overcome. Especially about the quality of grape spirits in general; as many that I had tried were overly sweet and lacked character or seemed to taste artificial. As in grape spirit cut with neutral spirit and re-flavored on the backend.   Luckily, I have been finding more and more producers dedicated to crafting a premium spirit. In my...

Rhum J.M. Binny’s Single Barrel #158

Sometimes it is hard to not look back at the could’ve should’ve beens and wonder how things could have been different. That is exactly how I feel right now as I hold this bottle of Rhum J.M. Single Barrel Rum Reserve Speciale Rhum Agricole Vieux. To think that a year ago, with the help of my Rhum buddy (Rhummie? Rhumddy? Rhum BFF?) Melissa Pinkerton, I pulled together the Evening of Funk-n-Rhum in Chicago before departing for Nashville. Never once did...