Distillery

[mikekn]

Yesterday I got an email about a tasting event at Keystone Homebrew, but couldn't get there for it.

Did you know there is a craft distillery in Philadelphia? They make a rye vodka and a gin, but what caught my eye was that in December they released an absinthe! (the absinthe and main websites suck, but the other two are pretty nice - I'm assuming it is too soon for their absinthe site to be up and running)

Looks like I've got something to pick up for Pennsic :)

Comments

[magdalenavb.livejournal.com]

My Dad works at a State Store and told me about that distillery - he said their vodka is awesome, and he's eager to try the absinthe. I can't wait to try it!

[mikekn]

Cool. Any idea if these are things they will regularly stock, or just special orders?

[magdalenavb.livejournal.com]

No idea. I can ask him when I see him later today. The price he gave me on the absinthe (I don't remember what it was offhand) was pretty darned high, so my guess would be that would available only at the specialty stores. He's already bought the vodka as a gift for my uncle, though, so I guess that's readily available.

[magdalenavb.livejournal.com]

Oh, I went out to the PLCB website, and it looks like they have the Vieux Carre absinthe listed already! They have it listed as regular distribution, and $50 a bottle (for some reason, I thought I remembered Dad saying it was more...) If you go to http://www.lcb.state.pa.us you can do a store search to see what stores near you have it.

[mikekn]

Excellent. Looks like I get to take a walk during lunch today :)

Retail price is $60, so their price is pretty good.

[magdalenavb.livejournal.com]

You'll have to bring it to archery on Tuesday. So we can all... uh... test it for you. For safety. To make sure it won't make you go crazy. We've only got your best interest in mind, of course.

;)

[beckishadow.livejournal.com]

Marc wanted me to go to get him a business card, since he can't find the one he got at a prior show. He had promised to call Robert Cassel from Philly Distilling. Needless to say I didn't have time.

[mikekn]

They got good contact info on the Gin website.