Category Archives: Tasting Notes

Oregon Gin Showcase 1

Posted on August 11, 2013 by BoozeNerds

After giving a bunch of love to our Washington gins, we decided it was time to turn our palates to south of the border and showcase some of the lovely gins from Oregon. For this first round, we went with the … Continue reading →

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Tonic Syrups

Posted on August 4, 2013 by BoozeNerds

Here at Booze Nerds HQ we have three different tonic syrups, because sometimes plain old tonic water just doesn’t cut it. For those of you who don’t know, tonic syrup can be added to carbonated water to to make tonic … Continue reading →

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Washington Gin Showcase Part 5

Posted on July 7, 2013 by BoozeNerds

It’s time again for another showcase of some of the great gins we have here in Washington state. This go around we have the BelleWood, the 5 O’Clock Somewhere, a seasonal Spy Hop with nettles and finally the Dry County. … Continue reading →

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Washington Gin Showcase Part 4

Posted on June 16, 2013 by BoozeNerds

Yesterday we went to Proof, a showcase for local distillers. Something right up our alley 🙂 It was fantastic – if you are in the Seattle area and didn’t get a chance to attend, we strongly recommend that you try to do … Continue reading →

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Kentucky Bourbon Tour: Everything else

Posted on June 2, 2013 by BoozeNerds

Hello and welcome to our final post about our Kentucky bourbon tour. Here are parts one and two While every place we visited had something of interest to offer, of the other distilleries and retailers we saw, three stood out; Buffalo … Continue reading →

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Kentucky Bourbon Tour: Willett

Posted on May 26, 2013 by BoozeNerds

Welcome to our second entry for our Kentucky bourbon tour. There are many bourbon distilleries in Kentucky, and of those, there were two that were “must sees” for us. One was Four Roses, the other was Willett. Neither us can … Continue reading →

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Kentucky Bourbon Tour: Four Roses

Posted on May 19, 2013 by BoozeNerds

Being booze nerds and all (hence the name :)), it isn’t unheard of for us to spend our vacation time doing things that are booze-related. So a week and a half ago, we decided to go to Lexington, Kentucky and … Continue reading →

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