Category: Spirits

Paddy Has Arrived!

We receive a lot of questions and product requests on the Whisky Hotline, we can finally answer yes to the most common one.  Yes, we do have Paddy Irish Whiskey.  For the first time, a limited amount of this Irish staple has hit the shores, and we have bought a pile of it, at least enough to get us through St. Patrick's Day.  Named for...

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1 comments - Posted by Brett Pontoni at 7:53 PM - Categories: Spirits

Whisky Hotline Hits the Road

The Whisky Hotline is hitting the road on the continued search for the best bottlings for our customers.  I flew into Louisville last night with Binny's Spirits consultants Joe Maloney, Doug Fornek, and Ross Macfarquhar and we're going to be spending the day on the eastern edge of the Bourbon trail, with visits today at Four Roses, Wild Turkey and Buffalo Trace.  We have recently taken in a number of new hand picked bottlings (most notably the 10 barrel vatting of Buffalo Trace, IMHO the best we've done to date,) and are prowling for more opporunities.  Only the best and most interesting will make it back to Chicago.  I will be periodically updating the trip and passing along information and new discoveries as they arise.  Please feel free to submit questions, I just might be able to get answers directly from the source!

4 comments - Posted by Brett Pontoni at 7:15 AM - Categories: Spirits

An Impromptu Blind Vodka Tasting

I was sitting in my office doing item data entry (the boring part of my job) when by boss looked in and invited me to a blind vodka tasting (the exciting part of my job)....

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2 comments - Posted by Greg Versch at 5:07 PM - Categories: Spirits

What's New?

I get this question alot, from both our suppliers and from Binny's shoppers.  The suppliers of course want to know what category might provide them another business opportunity, but our shoppers really want to know "what's new?" is there something I might be missing?..

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3 comments - Posted by Brett Pontoni at 5:45 PM - Categories: Spirits

Binny's Exclusive: Thatcher's Organic Liqueurs

Ariving today exclusively at Binny's are Thatcher's Organic Liqueurs, a line of distinctly flavored USDA Certified Organic liqueurs.

The ingredients for Thatcher's Liqueurs are certified organic and sustainably farmed. The liqueurs are bottled in recycled materials. Founder Dave Racicot spent over...

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1 comments - Posted by Greg Versch at 11:16 AM - Categories: Spirits

PC 7 lives up to the hype

As promised in my previous New Release post, I had a chance to try the newest release in the Port Charlotte Evolution series from Bruichladdich and have some notes...

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1 comments - Posted by Brett Pontoni at 8:37 PM - Categories: Spirits

New Releases

A number of eagerly anticipated whisky releases are due to hit in the late winter and early spring, here’s the best information I have thus far

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6 comments - Posted by Brett Pontoni at 12:55 PM - Categories: Spirits