Straight from the tap!

REDVOLUTION

from Bota Box

Bota Box produces several wines that come in a box.  The key is the Flextap which allows wine to be poured out without air entering in.  The box also keeps light from coming in.

Flavors include Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, Riesling, Malbec, Shiraz, Zinfandel, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and REDVOLUTION.

This tasting is REDVOLUTION.  Original Red Wine Blend.  Comes in a 3 liter box which is equivalent to 4 750ml bottles.  Price is CHEAP compared to buying 4 bottles.  Cost is around $19.99.

The box also has nice symbols that show you what you can do while drinking.  Hiking, boating, lounging, camping, picnic and fishing.

REDVOLUTION is a full-bodied red wine.  It is comprised of Zinfandel, Merlot, Cabernet, Petite Sirah and Syrah varietals.  It is on the sweet side.  Not very dry.  Definitely a berry taste at the beginning.  Any sweeter and it would be a high end MD 20/20. We have tried other varities of Bota Box and this one is a little disappointing.  Would be great to mix with 7-Up and hang out with high school chicks... but that is 20 years to late for the tasters.

ABV:  13.5%

SULFITES: YES!

RATING: 2.0

Hippy rating for packaging: 5.0

100% Recyclable box containing 100% post-consumer fiber and bonded with cornstarch using VOC fee ink!



BASTARD! BASTARD!

DOUBLE BASTARD ALE

Drinking a beer from The Stone Brewing Company is almost as good as reading the diatribes on the back of their bottles. When you do both at the same time... DOUBLE GOOD!

"Ye Shall Know the Bastard, and the Bastard Shall Set You Free."

The double bastard is a seasonal specialty beer that comes in a giant bottle.  Three quarts and five point four ounces.  ABV: 10.5%  Not recommended for one bastard to drink all by themself... like that bastard Sam.  He opened his own bottle on New Year's Eve and that bastard drank it all himself.  Then the bastard got the spins and had to "lie down" around 11pm.  Fortunately the bastard rallied and was back up by midnight (for pizza rolls and fireworks).

The tasters thoroughly enjoyed the Double Bastard.  So much so that they did not take any notes.  All that is left is a big empty bottle.  BASTARDS!

RATING:  DOUBLE 2.15

May Good Spirit Reign Cheers

Ebenezer Ale - Bottle Conditioned Winter Warmer

Another Bridgeport, another great beer...  What else should we expect from Bridgeport.  We bet they could make an ice beer that was actually tasty.  This beer is a rich, malty beer with a smooth finish.  "Enough flavour to stand up to any figgy pudding."  Just what is figgy pudding?  And why would you stand it up to beer?  Open up an Ebenezer, pass on the figgy pudding and sit back in a nice easy chair next to a fire.  Watch the mayhem of Christmas unfold around you as you crack open another and another.

ABV: 6.4%

COLOR: Deep Amber

RATING:  4.25

QUACK! QUACK!

DUCK FART

If you Google Duck Fart recipes you get a wide variety and a lot of them are WRONG!  Urban Dictionary has the correct definition:

"A layered (not mixed) drink made of Kahlua, Bailey's Irish cream and Crown Royal (in that order, and ideally with just a float of Crown), the Duck Fart is to Alaska what the Mai-Tai is to Hawaii and the Margarita is to Mexico."

So a big fan of the Alaskan Tasters made the tasters Duck Fart gelatine shots.  NOT JELL-O SHOTS. (Jell-o is a registered trademark of Kraft Foods.)  These shots used another Kraft product.  They were made with Kahlua, Bailey’s Irish Cream, Crown Royal and Knox Gelatine.

The taste was spot on.  Always nice to have a little texture in a shot.  As far as the alcohol level... who knows, who cares.

RATING: 4.00



Humuhumunukanukaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaapoopoo!

Wailua from Kona Brewing Company

Aloha Series:  Wheat Ale with Passion Fruit

From the largest island in the US (Hawaii) to the 12th largest (Revillagigedo) via the the 20th largest island (O'ahu).  A lot of island hopping for this wheat ale!

Bitterness: 15 IBU (10 times more hoppy then Miller Lite)

Alcohol by Volume: 5.4%

Color:  Golden Sun

RATING: I'd let someone buy it for me.



Oh-hoh-hoh-hoah

"Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting
Those kicks were fast as lightning
In fact, it was a little bit frightening
But they fought with expert timing"

KUNG FU GIRL

Riesling by Charles Smith Wines

"There was funky China men from funky Chinatown
They were trapping them up
They were trapping them down
It's an ancient Chinese art
And everybody knew their part
From a fainting, to a slip
And a kickin' from the hip
Everybody was Kung Fu fighting
Those kids were fast as lightning
In fact it was a little bit fright'ning
But they fought with expert timing"

After chugging (or Chun King) a bottle of Kung Fu Girl, your expert timing might be a little off. The next thing you know  a roundhouse kick coming at you from Little Sammy Chong.

Kung Fu Girl is a riesling from Charles Smith Wines. Vinted and bottled in Mattawa, Washingon (which is in the Columbia Valley).  Riesling grapes are used to make dry, semi-sweet and sparkling wines.  Our little Kung Fu gal is a semi-sweet riesling.  Not too sweet with a little bitterness... like that Asian Stan dated.  (Kung Fu Girl will not set you back as far as the one Stan dated... around $14.99)

ABV: 12.5%
COLOR:  Clear
ODOR: Fermented Grape

"There was funky Billie Jim and little Sammy Chong
He said, here comes the big boss, let's get it on
We took the bow and made a stand
Started swaying with the hand
A sudden motion made me skip
Now we're into a brand new trip"

Carl Douglas would like this wine and so should you.

RATING:  3.76

 

RED STAG

NOW THE CIRCLE IS COMPLETE!

YES!  After two months of no posts, we are back... and we are back with ANOTHER review of a Jim Beam product.  It is like we are co-dependent.  The last beating was not enough so we are back for more. It is like we are having a dysfunctional relationship with ourselves.  As soon as we break it off with Jim, we are with Jack, Johnnie, Glen or Old Grandad but somewhere, deep down, we are still thinkingof Jim even though he leaves a bitter taster in our mouth.

Red Stag (by Jim Beam) is a 4 year old bourbon infused with "natural" flavors.  The "natural" flavor is prunus serotina (aka Black Cherry).  Black cherries are found predominantly in the eastern United States and central Mexico.  Yet you don't hear of mexicans sticking black cherries in their tequila. 

A 1 oz shot has 69 calories and no nutritional value.  Take a moment quietly chuckle to yourself.

ABV: 80 Proof

Odor:  Slight cough syrup odor.

Taste:  After a straight shot of 69 calories, we are feelling a bit burly and are obliged to try more.  Very sweet, like syrup.  We do not recommend for straight sipping or taking shots.  Next we will try it mixed with COCA COLA.  Still sweet and tastes like cherry coke cough medicine.  You know, if cough medicine tasted like this... it would be awesome.  Unfortunately it is not cough syrup and that sucks for Jim Beam. 

RATING: 1.8

Our relationship has ended... again.