I’ve learned an awful lot about scotch since I started this site a few years back and I can honestly say that I had never heard of the Orkney region of Scotland, let alone try a scotch from that particular part of the country. ...
It’s that time of year again, and no I don’t mean tax prep season. No I just received my annual invitation to the Aleppo Smoker at the Shriner’s Auditorium in Wilmington, MA. If you like a good cigar, then I strongly...
Last night, my wife brought home a bottle of Sebeka Shiraz (2006). Sebeka Wines is a South African company and this particular wine comes from the Swartland region of South Africa; in the general area surrounding Cape Town.
I’m a...
One of the selling features of the Keurig brewers is the ease with which you can shift gears and move from one type (or flavor) of coffee to another. When it comes to flavored coffees, I tend to stick to the tried and true French Vanilla...
Oban was the first single malt scotch I ever tried and for this it will always occupy a special place in my heart. That first sip of single malt goodness was many years ago and since that fateful first sip I have made it a point to never...
For a “Fair Weather Smoker” like myself, the Aleppo Shriners Smoker is the “Opening Day” of cigar season. Coincidentally, this year’s event occurred on the very first day of...
The time is rapidly approaching for one of the greatest cigar events in all of New England, the Aleppo Smoker put on by the Shriners to support the Aleppo Shriners Children’s Transportation Fund . Last...
Forgive me readers for I have sinned. It has been 2 months since my last cigar. You see, I am a fair weather smoker. The past few months up here in New Hampshire have consisted, almost exclusively, of snowy...
For my first wine review, I have chosen to review a wine that I received as a gift recently. The gift was from a good friend and was sold to me as, “his favorite red”. That bottle was a 2005...