Leopold Spirits

SeanMike | September 9, 2009

Hi guys!  Remember me?
It’s been a while.  We hit Tales of the Cocktail back in July – and not long after I got back from that I found out that my job was sending me out of the country.  It was the first time for me doing so, which also meant I got to do [...]

Of Muddlers and Men

Marshall | June 10, 2009

Tomorrow night over at The Mixoloseum chat room, the theme of the night is “Muddled” where each drink will require the muddling of some component.  The theme is very apropos because I recently bought the best muddler I’ve ever used.
Specifically, I’m talking about PUG! muddlers.  I had read a few articles on these hand-made muddlers [...]

Uno, dos, tres, cuatro tequilas….HA HA HA!

SeanMike | May 4, 2009

I’ve been lucky enough to get samples of a few different tequilas recently and I decided it was time to do something about it.
No, not drink them! Wait…yes, drink them, taste them, mix with them, see what happens with them.
One thing is not like the other…
…yes, one of these is a mini. Partida [...]

Templeton Rye

Marshall | March 31, 2009

A few weeks ago we got an email from the folks at Templeton asking if we would like to give their rye whiskey a run.  Of course, since both Sean and I love rye, we had them send a couple of bottles our way.

Once my bottle got here, I was taken by two things.  First, [...]

Town House – Chilhowie, Virginia

Marshall | January 12, 2009

I’m going to take a small detour from our normal pabulum of potent potables to tell you all about a restaurant where I had the privilege of dining while visiting my mother over the Christmas holidays.
The week before Christmas, I was perusing one of my favorite food related sites, DonRockwell.com, and came across an entry [...]