Liquor and Liqueur Connoisseur is a podcast for anyone that enjoys distilled spirits!
Built on the premise of drinking, discussing, and discovering the world of distilled spirits, each episode features consistent tastings and much more. The featured spirit's backstory is covered, including history of production, marketing, availability, notable events for the spirit, as well as personal stories on enjoyment.
This podcast features new episodes at least weekly, and is the work of host Matt Birchard, who created the podcast as a way to keep a new year's resolution to himself - which was to drink more!
So enjoy each episode whenever you have time, but it's recommended you enjoy a liquor or liqueur during the show!
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1510 - Dom Bernado Vincelli, a monk at the Abbey in Fécamp, Normandy, France, creates an elixir intended to revie tired monks.
1789 - The Abbey is destroyed during the French Revolution and the monks gift documents to secular benefactor Prosper Couillard.
1863 - Alexandre Le Grand creates Bénédictine based upon a manuscript he finds in his grandfather Prosper Couillard's collection.
1864 - Bénédictine is commercialized and the bottle trademarked.
1882 - Alexandre Le Grand purchases the site of the old Abbey and builds a distillery.
1888 - Bottles are first available in the United States.
1904 - The new Le Palais Bénédictine opens after the original distillery was destroyed by arson.
1905 - An outpost for the brand is opened in Paris.
1917 - British soldiers during WWI get a taste for Bénédictine and begin drinking it mixed with hot water post war back home.
1937 - B&B, a version of Bénédictine mixed with Brandy, is first produced.
1984 - The La Grand family sells the brand to Martini-Rossi.
1992 - Bacardi purchases Martini-Rossi, becoming owner of Bénédictine.
Key Cocktails:
Bénédictine has been around for ages and prominently features in the Vieux Carré and Singapore Sling. But, you can also enjoy it like the patrons of the Burnley Miner's Club in England and drink it mixed with hot water.
This is a special guest episode featuring B&B - Bénédictine & Brandy, courtesy of My Tiny Bottles hosted by Tammy Coxen.
Tammy and I are on similar paths, diving into the world of distilled spirits, though Tammy is doing this by exploring her grandmother’s legacy of miniature liquor bottles, one tiny bottle at a time. She has hundreds of bottles waiting to be discovered, and with each she’s telling the story of them and then opening & tasting many of these vintage, collectible bottles! Later this year Tammy and I are planning to get together to taste some tiny bottles, but in the meantime, here’s the story of Benedictine as told through bottle #17 in her collection, B&B.
Enjoy this episode while I work on more of my regular content, including an episode on Bénédictine to follow shortly!
Episode 120: Everclear
Épisode 120
vendredi 5 avril 2024 • Durée 22:57
Episode 120 features Everclear Grain Alcohol. Bottled in 750ml at 95% ABV, or 190 proof and it retails for about $21.
Enjoy this episode with something you've made with Everclear.
1922 - Everclear is mentioned in various issues of the Druggists Circular as a product of American Distilling Company.
1936 - Article lists Everclear alongside whiskey, gin and rum.
1950 - Everclear is registered as a trademark.
1981 - American Distilling Company sells the Everclear brand to David Sherman Corporation.
2006 - David Sherman Corporation rebrands as Luxco.
2015 - First marketing campaign for Everclear, the "Make It Your Own" is launched.
2018 - New packaging, labeling is introduced.
2021 - Luxco is purchased by MGP Ingredients.
Key Cocktails:
Everclear is described as a blank canvas, a clean slate and open invitation to make it your own. Everclear will add more "Punch to your Punch." Ample recipes are featured on the brand's website.
Episode 119 features Kentucky Owl, Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey - Maighstir Edition. Bottled in 750ml at 50% ABV, or 100 proof and it retails for about $134.
Enjoy this episode with a pour of Kentucky Owl as you like it.
1850s - Pimento Dram is thought to have been invented.
1862 - First written reference to Pimento Dram as a commercial product.
1900s - Pimento Dram is fairly common, and finds use in Tiki cocktails.
1980s - Pimento Dram leaves the US market.
2008 - Haus Alpenz creates St. Elizabeth Allspice Dram, bringing Pimento Dram back to the US.
Key Cocktails:
St. Elizabeth Allspice Dram works in many tiki cocktails, but try this British concoction from 1937, the Lion's Tail.
Ingredients:
2 oz. Bourbon
0.5 oz. of St. Elizabeth Allspice Dram
0.5 oz. fresh squeezed lime juice
1 teaspoon simple syrup
2 dashes Angostura bitters
Orange twist
Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice, shake until well-chilled, then strain into a coupe or cocktail glass. Express oil from the orange twist over the top of the drink and discard (the twist, not the drink!).
1860s - Paul Jones Sr. and Paul Jones Jr. get into the whiskey business in Atlanta, Georgia
1883 - Paul Jones Jr. moves to Louisville, Kentucky and builds his whiskey business there.
1888 - The brand of Four Roses is founded with a legend of a southern belle and a corsage of four red roses.
1894 - Paul Jones Jr. makes his nephews Lawrence Lavelle Jones and Saunders Paul equal partners in the Paul Jones Company.
1895 - Paul Jones Jr. dies.
Circa 1910 - Lawrence buys his brother Saunders out of the business
1922 - Lawrence buys the Frankfort Distilling Company during Prohibition and securing a rare license to sell whiskey for "Medicinal Purposes Only."
1941 - Lawrence dies, leaving the company to heirs would almost immediately sell it.
1943 - Seagrams headed by Samuel Bronfman purchases Four Roses and Frankfort Distilling Company for $42 million.
1950s - Seagrams converts Four Roses to a blended whiskey for the US market, reserving straight bourbon versions for export markets.
1990s - Master Distiller Jim Rutledge convinces Seagrams to bring the straight bourbon back to the USA, in Kentucky only.
2001 - Seagrams goes bankrupt and the beverage alcohol brands are sold off. Kirin Brewery Company, Ltd., Four Roses' Japanese distributor buys the brand.
2002 - Four Roses Straight Bourbon Whiskey is bak on US shelves.
2015 - Brent Elliott is named Master Distiller and a $55 million expansion of the distillery begins.
2019 - Distillery expansion is complete, doubling capacity to 130,000 barrels a year.
Key Cocktails:
Drink Four Roses as you like, it mixes well in any cocktail calling for bourbon.
Episode 116: Herbsaint
Épisode 116
jeudi 15 juin 2023 • Durée 21:48
Episode 116 features Herbsaint. Bottled in 750ml at 50% ABV, or 100 proof and it retails for about $31.
Enjoy this episode with an Herbsaint Frappe, or any cocktail that calls for absinthe.
1914-18 - World War I and J. Marion Legendre 's friend Reginal P. Parker learns of pastis while stationed in Marseille, France
1920-33 - Post war, during Prohibition, Legendre and Parker make pastis in New Orleans
1933 - Legendre introduces Legendre Absinthe in December, immediately following the repeal of Prohibition
1934 - The Federal government forces Legendre to drop Absinthe from the name, Herbsaint is chosen as the replacement
1949 - Legendre sells the brand and business to Sazerac & Company
1950 - Sazerac changes the formulation, packaging and proof
2009 - For the brand's 75th anniversary, Sazerac recreates the original recipe and resurrects the historical packaging, creating Legendre Herbsaint Original
Key Cocktails:
The Sazerac Cocktail is most widely cited, but it only uses Herbsaint as a rinse. Select an absinthe based cocktail as a better use for Herbsaint.
1992 - Tito Beveridge begins making vodka infusions for his friends
1995 - Tito applies for a distillery license
1997 - First year of production yields about 1,000 9-liter equivalent cases
2001 - Tito's wins a Double Gold Medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition
2013 - United Airlines begins serving Tito's on all their flights
2021 - 11,070,000 9-liter equivalent cases are sold, making Tito's the most popular distilled spirit brand in the USA, and providing enough for one 750ml bottle for each third person in the country
2023 - Tito's runs a Superbowl commercial named Dry January that features Martha Stewart
Pre-1800s - Falernum is likely being made in Barbados on sugar estates alongside rum
1821 - The first printed reference to Falernum is found
1890 - John D. Taylor is said to have refined the Falernum recipe into this award-winning liqueur
1934 - Falernum is used in tiki cocktails by Donn Beach at Don's Beachcomber
1970s - Falernum is gone from the US market and global sales decline along with tiki
1993 - R. L. Seale & Co. Ltd. purchases blender Alleyne Arthur who had previously purchased John D. Taylor, bring this version of Velvet Falernum under R. L. Seale & Co. Ltd.'s ownership
2009 - Haus Alpenz begins importing John D. Taylor's Velvet Falernum into the US
Key Cocktails:
Try the Corn 'N Oil listed on the back label.
Corn 'N Oil
½ oz. John D. Taylor's Velvet Falernum
2 oz. Aged Barbados Rum
Stir in an old-fashioned glass filled with ice. Garnish with a lime slice.
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