When no one outside of your country buys your liquor, what’s the best solution? If you’re Chinese premium liquor company Moutai, you create a sub-brand called Red Diamond and you charge $20,000 a bottle — and that’s to increase interest. While there are all sorts of stupid rich people in this world, this seems like […]

Nothing riles me up more than paying $12 for a beer at a ballpark (as if the $25 in parking wasn’t enough), or $18 for a gin and tonic at a club. I could almost buy an entire bottle of Tanquerey for that amount — how could you possibly justify charging that much for a […]

Liquor, leather, and the world’s most festive nation all come together to create a package that has a sophisticated and antique feel. Oronoco Rum is a super-premium white Rum made from the sugar canes of Brazil. But really, shouldn’t it be cachaca if it’s going to be so pro-Brazil? The slender shape and aged look […]

Barbados, Panama, Trinidad, and Grenada are just a few of the exotic places represented by Plantation Rum. Produced by Pierre Fernand, each bottle is made to represent the country it’s coming from, and is distilled in the country’s traditional fashion. From there, the liquor is sent to France for several months to be refined in […]

Playing their design off of an old European wives tale that says Jewish religious rites required the blood of Christian babies, the beverage creators EZ Protocols have developed a new brand of Vodka. Kabbalah Vodka is a recently released premium wheat Russian Vodka that features infants handmade from fortified glass inside of each bottle. We’re […]

The idea of mixing honey with whiskey seems vomit-inducing at best, barbaric at worst. Somehow the marketing team over at Seagram’s 7 thinks differently, as they’ve just launched their 70 proof Dark Honey spirit. I’m pretty sure I’m not their target demo, however — I’m thinking this stuff is squarely aimed at the sorority girls […]

Named after the many bridges of its home city, Portland’s 12 Bridges Gin is a small batch, hand-crafted gin that combines the sophistication of London dry with the bold flavor of Dutch genever. Aptly named for the number of bridges in Portland, and for the 12 botanicals in its recipe, 12 Bridges has incorporated bridges […]