Many are the countries that offer their very own fascinating & tasty distillations -- Scottish single malts, Mexico's tequila, Kentucky bourbon, habushu in Japan -- you name it. An intoxicating way of exploring the world! And of course most countries also have their own beers - often very distinctive indeed. We raise a glass to all of it here!
A visit to Mount Gay Distillery on Barbados, where it´s said rum was invented
Most travelers know that most Caribbean islands are soaked in rum, but Barbados goes the rest one better because here, locals say, is where rum was discovered. In capital Bridgetown one early-17th-century day, the story goes, a tavern owner was searching for an empty shipping barrel when he inadvertently stumbled across one filled with a concoction worth selling -- a barrel of sugar cane fermented over time. Well, Mr. Rumball -- the tavern owner -- knew a good thing when he tasted it and…
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This week's Cocktail Hour at The World on Wheels...Letty joins me as we taste two wines made by neighbors in California's Motherlode. It's the Sierra Foothills Wine Sip Off: http://tinyurl.com/32w4qes
This week's Cocktail Hour on The World on Wheels...Tim joins me again as we taste test four ales from Trader Joe's to see which brew reigns supreme: http://tinyurl.com/yba2zno
The gauntlet has been thrown...The World on Wheels has been challenged on the authenticity of one of our cocktail recipes. Challenge accepted. On this week's Cocktail Hour, we test the classic recipe against ours to see which tastes better. Who will win this Margarita Madness? Find out right now: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/7H7HrN
WhiskyCast HD: Scotland & Tuscany Combine in Glenmorangie Artein
The latest episode of WhiskyCast HD is now available...featuring the details on Glenmorangie's new Artein single malt, finished in Sassicaia wine casks from Tuscany's Tenuta San Guido estate.
It's Cocktail Hour Day! Today at The World on Wheels, here's one for you pina colada lovers...The Catalina Colada: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/175e4W/
For Valentine's Day and our anniversary, it's a brand new recipe today on The Cocktail Hour at The World on Wheels. Even though it's red, a golden mix of dark rum and amaretto provides the kick for My Golden Valentine: http://tinyurl.com/783hwz7
It's on location for our popular sequel to last week's Tequila Party video on this week's Cocktail Hour at The World on Wheels. From Yuma, Arizona, we enlist two of our Mexican uncles...true, expert aficionados of their national drink for Tequila Tasting with the Tios: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1cQf5h
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Last night I had someone come up who recognized us from seeing our Cocktail Hour videos online...felt kinda like a celebrity! Anyway, in light of that, we'll have this week's Cocktail Hour a day early at The World on Wheels. Followers know we're big fans of the blue agave, so here's our salute...the Tequila Party! http://tinyurl.com/296b3gh
It's a couple of Belgian beauties on ice! On today's Cocktail Hour at The World on Wheels, we taste test a couple of readily available Belgian ales: http://tinyurl.com/2bq8oao
Start your New Year off with this week's Cocktail Hour at The World on Wheels. We're taste testing holiday ales on the patio this week: http://tinyurl.com/2cxjhd8
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