by Charlie | Feb 15, 2019
Charlie Knows Best: Single Malt Whisky 🥃You don't need to be an expert to “read” a single malt whisky.Color can tell you a lot about a single malt. Whisky starts clear and draws most of its color from the cask it is aged in.It’s a common misconception that...
by Charlie | Apr 16, 2019
Charlie Knows Best: Sazerac, The World's First Cocktail In 1838, Antoine Amedie Peychaud, owner of a New Orleans apothecary, treated his friends to brandy toddies of his own recipe, including his “Peychaud's Bitters,” made from a secret family recipe. The...
by Charlie | Feb 15, 2019
Charlie Knows Best: VodkaVodka is considered to be the purest alcoholic drink there is. Due to the distilling process, vodka is cleaned and basically made of ethanol and water. If anything, the name “vodka” pretty much translates to “water” in Russian (“voda” means...
by Charlie | Feb 15, 2019
Charlie Knows Best: Bloody Mary Cocktail Fun Fact #1: The name Bloody Mary is associated with Queen Mary I of England. She was nicknamed as such for her methods of attempting to re-establish the Catholic Church in England by horrific executions. 😱 Fun Fact #2: Bloody...
by Charlie | Feb 15, 2019
Charlie Knows Best: Cuba Libre! 🍹The legend has it, sometime around 1898 to 1900, one of Teddy Roosevelt’s Rider Soldiers was celebrating with his fellow soldiers in a Havana bar, having just scored a major victory. Someone ordered a rum and Coke with lime and shouted...
