Free Spirits at Duty Free in LAX
Upon departing for my recent trip to Israel out of the Tom Bradley International Terminal, while making our way into the gates area at LAX, I noticed a duty free shop that offered free spirits to taste. Not one to...
Category: Alcoholic Beverages
My First-Ever Irish Whiskey-Tasting [Whiskey Wednesday]
This past Sunday, I held an Irish Whiskey-tasting – my first-ever. Along with 15+ other people, we were able to sample 7 different Irish whiskies. While I have had Jameson and Bushmills, I really did not have much of a...
A Flight of Beers at Rock Bottom Brewery in Long Beach
Recently, I went to Rock Bottom in Long Beach, where I had a flight of their beers. The flight consisted of six beers: Kölsch, White Ale, Red Ale, Chunk of Pumpkin Ale, India Pale Ale, and Porter. I found the...
A Visit to Hangar 24
Having had a few beers from Hangar 24, I had the opportunity earlier this month to visit the brewery and try some of their beers. They are located in Redlands, California in the Inland Empire, right across the street from...
Enjoying Some Great Beers at The Festival
Last week, I attended a very special beer event. Simply entitled “The Festival”, it took place over the course of November 8-9 at Crafted at the Port of Los Angeles and was put on by The Shelton Brothers. I went...
A Kosher Wine-Tasting
Last night, I attended a kosher wine-tasting as part of a Long Beach Solomon Society event at The Wine Country. Since I’m not particularly familiar with wine, it was a bit of a learning experience for me. The wines were...
Glenlivet 12 & Glenfiddich 12 [Whiskey Wednesday]
As someone who enjoys whiskey, but is not too particularly knowledgeable about different Scotch whiskies, I was glad to try a couple of well-known Scotches last week. While meeting up with some others, we decided to try some Glenfiddich 12...
A Couple of Macallans (10-year & 15-year) [Whiskey Wednesday]
One of the nicer whiskies I’ve come across is The Macallan Highland single malt Scotch whisky. Recently, I tasted a couple of them; namely, the ten years old and the fifteen years old (I also had the twelve-year old version...
Tasting Some Bourbons [Whiskey Wednesday]
On Sunday, I hosted a bourbon-tasting and, of course, I greatly enjoyed it. Of the four bourbons, I had had one of them before, so the other three were new to me. The first of them, Hudson Baby Bourbon Whiskey,...
A Visit to The Bruery
Last week, I had the opportunity to visit The Bruery in Orange County, where I had a couple of flights of their peculiar, yet tasty brews. Prior to going, I had remembered that I had had a few of their...
