Barrel Aged Gin: Tasting Smooth Ambler

I recently had an opportunity to try Smooth Ambler Barrel Aged Gin.  Smooth Ambler Spirits, from Greenbrier County, West Virginia, includes a portfolio of multiple spirits, including vodka, gin, whiskey, and bourbon. I haven’t been able to try Greenbrier Gin, the base of the barrel aged gin, but from reviews …

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Barrel-Aged Gin: A Series

Barrel aged gin? What the heck, Ginerations? I thought you just told us that gin was clear and smelled of juniper and other lovely botanicals…now you’re telling me gin can be…brown?? And sweet, like a bourbon? You bet it can. Barrel aged gin is part of the new “loosey-goosey – …

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Tasting Gin: St. George Spirits

I recently happened upon St. George Spirits at Canard, one of my favorite craft cocktail bars.  As I often do, I look at a bar’s gin selection and see if there’s any I haven’t tasted. In this case, I was excited to find out they actually had three gins from …

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