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Today is a good day. We’re jazzed for all of you far out folks who do movies the Netflix way. Why? Starting today, the first four seasons of AMC’s “Mad Men” are available to stream on Netflix. Don’t be a drag– get out your bottle of Canadian Club and celebrate the Don Draper way. We’ve [...]
Tasting Notes: Voyant Chai Cream Liqueur
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Tasting Notes: Canadian Club Tips Its Gangster Hat to Boardwalk Empire
Ever heard of the Prohibition? While the United States thought alcohol was too detrimental to society, Canada was making bank. In Windsor, Canada, Canadian Club was cranking out 20,000 cases of whisky each month to smuggle over the Detroit, Michigan border. Canadian Club Whisky is rumored to have been a favorite of the infamous Al Capone who illegally distributed the spirit across the United States. American entrepreneurs could purchase a case of whiskey for $7 in Canada and resell it for $75 a case to their drinking buddies over the border.
In honor of the season premier of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire (September 25th at 9pm) Canadian Club Whisky has created special edition bottles for their premium 6 year variety. There are only 100,000 bottles of the Canadian Club 6 Year Old which come with a Boardwalk Empire flask wrapped in Boardwalk Empire-branded “neckers.” We think that’s a pretty groovy move.
It’s also interesting to consider that how although the times have changed, you can still mix, taste, and enjoy the same drinks the characters from Boardwalk Empire did, allowing an authentic connection to the past. You know what they say: the more things change, the more they stay the same. We say, “bottoms up.” Here’s to lounging with drink-in-hand like real gents and dames, gangsters and broads.
Here are some classic recipes to start the night off right:
The Real McCoy
1.50 parts Canadian Club 6 Year Old
4 parts Club Soda
Directions:
Add ingredients over ice in a rocks glass. Stir.
The Boss
1 part Harvey’s Bristol Cream
2 parts Canadian Club 6 Year Old
2 dashes Orange Bitters
Maraschino cherry for garnish
Directions: Shake Harvey’s Bristol Cream, Canadian Club and bitters with ice. Strain over fresh ice into a lowball glass. Garnish with maraschino cherry.
Belle Femme
1.50 parts Canadian Club 6 Year Old
1.50 parts Dubonnet Rouge
Orange peel for garnish
Directions:
In a mixing glass, stir with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a sliver of orange peel.
GUY’S HISTORY BOOK:
Why Do We Call Them Package Stores?
by J. David Rhodes
In spite of the best efforts of the Information Age, there are some pockets of American dialect that remain provincial. When in unfamiliar territory, you can usually skate by with your strange colloquialisms. Most grocers would still be able to direct you to where the pop or Co-cola is found. Using yous as the plural form of you will, at worst, make you look mildly stupid (at best, someone will pay you to autograph their Jersey Shore CD). But travel to the Mid-Atlantic or parts of the West and get directions to the package store, and you could end up at an OfficeMax, which is just about the exact opposite of the package store you were looking for.
To the uninitiated, package store is the official name for a liquor store in large parts of the South and New England. The term, began as the packaged goods store, became the package store, and is increasingly being referred to as “the packy.” Along with spirits, we also seem to be distilling syllables now.You are no doubt wondering why a shop that specializes in booze would be called a package store, and you are postulating that like most American institutions, it involves arcane legal jargon, needlessly complicated bureaucracy and just a pinch of puritanism. You are correct!
In December of 1933, after almost 14 years of prohibition, the United States ratified the 21st Amendment to the Constitution (thanks, Utah… and kiss my ass, both Carolinas!), Section 1 of which repealed the 19th Amendment that federally banned manufacture, distribution and sale of alcoholic beverages. Section 3 is boring and involves the ratification process, so we’ll skip it (you’ll thank me later). Section 2 of the amendment is a sneaky little bit that…
…Read more here.
The Boss looks like a very good drink.