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New from Beverly Spirits!

July 08, 2024  /  WineBros

Beverly Spirits
Cedar Ridge Distillery, Iowa

Beverly Spirits crafts an exceptional sipping experience with our award-winning American whiskeys. Founded by Andrew Borenzweig, an entrepreneur with nearly a decade of experience in the whiskey industry, Beverly Spirits is his vision to create a new style of American whiskey rooted in an ethos of effortless luxury inspired by the lifestyle of his hometown of Los Angeles.

Our signature blends are designed by Founder Andrew Borenzweig and Master Blender Murphy Quint to perfect the balance between the bold, spicy flavor of rye and the rich, smooth character of bourbon. Each batch is crafted in small batches at Cedar Ridge Distillery in Swisher, Iowa, using proprietary recipes made of hand selected straight rye and straight bourbon whiskeys from Iowa and Indiana.

Andrew partnered with Cedar Ridge Distillery to bring Beverly Spirits’ signature blends to life, admiring the family-owned distillery’s legacy, product and most importantly, people. Cultivating a genuine relationship based on their shared passion and commitment to quality, Andrew worked closely with Murphy Quint, Cedar Ridge’s Master Distiller to craft a signature profile that is bold and complex yet invitingly smooth.

They undertook a rigorous recipe development process that reached a celebratory conclusion in Barrel Shed #7 at Cedar Ridge on an Iowa summer day in 2021. After exhaustive tastings, crafting blend after blend by hand, evaluating each at cask strength, then at different proofs, they finalized their recipe for The Beverly High Rye and their barrel strength blend, The Beverly Reserve.

The Beverly
Reserve Whiskey
58% abv


The Beverly Reserve gives the rich, fluffy feel of toasted marshmallow, with decadent layers of maple and caramel leading into a long-lasting finish full of cinnamon and nutmeg. Achieving a bold, full body with remarkable finesse at 116 Proof, this highly limited whiskey is meant to be savored neat or in a one-of-a-kind “Reserve” Old Fashioned.

The Beverly
High Rye Whiskey
48% abv


The Beverly High Rye begins with a melody of bright baking spices on the palate, featuring cinnamon, brown sugar and nutmeg paired with a rich mouthfeel and smooth, velvet-blanketed finish full of candied pecans, caramel, and toffee. Savor it neat to experience its exceptional character, enjoy it on the rocks to unwind, or indulge in an elegantly crafted cocktail to elevate your evening.

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New rum from Hamilton!

July 05, 2024  /  WineBros

Hamilton Rum
The Caribbean

The Breezeway Blend Rum
42.5% abv


The latest Hamilton blend crafted and bottled specifically for Spike's Breezeway Cocktail Hour, a highly regarded YouTube show with a passionate audience of tiki and home bartender enthusiasts.
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Building on his successful career as a commercial photographer, designer and musician with an interest in tiki culture, Spike began his Breezeway Cocktail Hour on YouTube during the pandemic to put his video production talents to work exploring the world of tiki culture while offering some entertainment relief at a time when many people were trying to perfect their own home bartending skills. With more than a hundred and fifty shows online, Spike built a loyal following for the Breezeway Cocktail Hour highlighting better rum cocktails and establishing himself as a trusted voice in the industry.

After several appearances on the show, Ed agreed to work with Spike and his audience to blend a rum that would add another dimension to daiquiris, long drinks and the home bar. Blending his Jamaican Pot Still Blonde and White Stache, at 42.5% ABV, the Breezeway Blend has a slight straw color and notes of ripe banana and tropical fruit on the palate leading to a clean smooth finish, the signature of Hamilton rums.

Beachbum Berry's Zombie Blend Rum
59% abv


In 2005, Beachbum Berry unearthed the original 'lost' Zombie recipe which called for three Caribbean rums. Fourteen years later, Ed Hamilton was drinking with the Bum at his New Orleans bar when the conversation turned to the challenge of recreating the lost cocktails of the last century. Over the next two years they blended scores of rum samples with the goal of creating a blend that will reanimate your Zombie, fuel your Jet Pilot and punch up your favorite Tiki Classic.

This blend had to be more than an overproof slug of rum but rather bring balance to the final drink. More important than the amount of alcohol, though that is important, is the intensity of the flavors in the bottled rum.

Demerara River 86 Rum
43% abv


A unique blend of aged rums distilled and aged at the Diamond Distillery and bottled at 86 proof. This rum was imported in bulk containers then bottled at Five & 20 Distillery, Westfield, NY.

This full-flavor blend of pot and continuous still rums was blended to add flavor to your favorite rum cocktail.

Notes of dark fruit, roasted nuts, tobacco, smoky oak and spice in the aroma carry through the body to the lingering oak and spice in the finish.

Demerara River Overproof 151 Rum
75.5% abv


Hamilton Demerara Overproof is a unique blend of aged rums distilled and aged at the Diamond Distillery in Guyana and bottled at 151 proof. This rum was imported in bulk containers, then bottled at Five & 20 Distillery, Westfield, NY.

This full-flavor blend of pot and continuous still rums was blended to complement tiki drinks as an ingredient and as a float on your favorite rum cocktail.

Pimento Dram
30% abv


A blend of pot still rums distilled from fermented molasses from the Worthy Park Estate sugar mill, sugar and Jamaican Pimento, also known as allspice.

Fresh Jamaican pimento is ground and blended into a tank of light Jamaican rum from Worthy Park. After seven days, the mixture is filtered, then sugar and water are slowly added until the ABV has been lowered to 30% ABV. There is no color added to this product.

After checking the flavor, ABV and color of each batch, the liqueur is bottled.

Hamilton Pimento Dram adds a complex spice note to cocktails or can be sipped over ice.

Jamaican Pot Still Gold Rum
46.5% abv


A blend of extra light, light and heavy pot still rums distilled from fermented molasses from the Worthy Park Estate sugar mill.

Jamaican Pot Still Black Rum

46.5% abv

A blend of extra light, light and heavy pot still rums distilled from fermented molasses from the Worthy Park Estate sugar mill.

West Indies 1670 Blend Rum
42% abv


After blending Hamilton Navy Strength Rum, a New York bar group asked me to blend a rum to be mixed in their daiquiris. Simple, right? The starting point was the 60/40 blend of Guyana and Jamaican rums that are the basis of the 57% ABV Hamilton Navy Strength. The goal was a lower proof rum that would be more consumer friendly. As much as bartenders and many consumers love higher proof spirits, when you're dealing with blends higher than 100 proof it can be difficult to maintain consistency and approachability in the glass. Simply diluting the Navy Strength Rum down to 84 proof yielded a product that was a bit heavy with the Jamaican rum on the palate. After more tests at varying proportions at 80 , 82 and 84 proof the blend was finalized. High proof Jamaican and Guyana aged rums are blended together and slowly stirred for 48 hours before dilution to 84 proof with filtered well water at the Five & 20 Distillery in Westfield, NY. So what changed in the blend? A bit more Guyana rum and a bit less Jamaican rum improved the balance. The lower proof lets the aromas in the rum come through. Look for honeyed stone fruit in the nose followed by smoky hints of caramelized fruit. The first taste reveals smoky cedar, dark fruit, spice and more smoky fruit flavors leading into a long finish with a brine note underlying the smoky wood finish.

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Special launch event at Veritable Distillery!

June 28, 2024  /  WineBros

Mark your calendars! The Wine Brothers will be hosting a very special launch event for all of our customers!

Where:

Veritable Distillery

34 Taugwonk Spur Road

Stonington, CT 06378

When:

Monday, July 15 at noon

This event will mark the official launch of The Real McCoy rums and Veritable Distillery spirits in RI. The day will include a tour of the distillery, a product tasting and exciting information about a new state of the art distillery and events space opening in Mystic, CT.

Snacks will be provided!

We can't wait to see you there!

Please rsvp to Steve Wynn at steve@winebros.net

***industry only event***

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