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11/27/2011
by Scott Roberts
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Ole Smoky Apple Pie Moonshine

Ole Smoky Apple Pie MoonshineOle Smoky is a local family business is the first federally licensed distillery in the history of East Tennessee. They took advantage of a recently changed Tennessee state law that allows the distillation of spirits, opening the door for them to create some old-timey style moonshine.

I had a chance to sample some of this sippin’ booze with the Ole Smoky Apple Pie Moonshine. I’m normally leery of flavored alcohol – especially those that dance on the fruity side of things – as a little too much in any one direction can completely ruin the taste. Yet when specialty-flavored spirits are able to dial in tightly to a balanced blend of notes, it can pay off in big dividends to my mouth. Let’s see if Ole Smoky is successful in this regard…

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06/13/2011
by Zita Keeley
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Bermuda Beverage

I just came back from a short cruise to Bermuda. I love cruising because everything is taken care of for you. There’s plenty of food, drink, entertainment, water views and just a relaxing way to get to a destination.

While I know that I generally write about wine, (and I owe a big blog on my wine trip to France, ) this time I am writing about another beverage. I kept hearing about the unofficial national drink of Bermuda called the Dark n’ Stormy and saw the big Bacardi rum building in Hamilton and realized that I better find out what all the talk was about.

As we were meeting some friends who worked on the ship we headed to a place close to the port at the Royal Naval Dockyard called Frog N’ Onion. A casual pub with live music, this seemed like a good place to try the Dark N’ Stormy, simply a mixture of some good rum (in Bermuda the local rum is Bacardi or Black Seal) and ginger beer (stronger than ginger ale) over ice with a slice of lime! Well, it was delicious! Refreshing and slightly spicy it was so easy to drink that before I knew it I was on my fourth one for the night. It was a good thing we had a short walk back to the ship that night.

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01/21/2011
by Zita Keeley
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A New Year for Some New Wine

The month of January is certainly moving quite quickly. I just was celebrating Christmas, my birthday, New Years and it’s now almost Valentines Day. How did that happen? Good thing I had a wonderful sunny and hot week in Aruba over New Years since the weather here in the Northeast has been atrocious. But, even with all my “whining” I still had some wonderful meals with some tasty and interesting wines.

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