Category Archives: Spirits

John Gormley Eggnog

Okay, back by popular demand!
You can find the recipe
here!
And FWIW Sairey and I actually drink it with skim milk and it’s still brilliant.
The rum used today was Flora de Cana 7 year old. (I actually like the 12 with this recipe better but it’s $15 more.)
Merry Eggnog to all! Happy Holidays! [...]

Holiday Gift Ideas

Here’s the lineup from Jeff Rogstad today:
Forty Creek Rye is missing from the picture. Any of them make great gifts.
Under $15 - Pink: cheery easy drinking rose bubbly
$35ish - Collazzi, french blends (cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc) Italian grown. Incredibly nice structure, smooth balanced wine. And for less than price [...]

Wine Selling in Saskatchewan

The Minister wants to make the SLGA more user friendly. This is a good goal, but truthfully I don’t have any trouble with the SLGA retail side. The staff is very helpful, and I’ve worked out how to get what I want.

Bordeaux & Gin

So I’m writing a column on under $25 Bordeaux (appearing June 9 in the Saskatoon StarPhoenix if you’re curious) and this required drinking a dozen of them.
Left Bank, right bank (Cabernet/Merlot respectively) young, old… send me your poor, your tannic, your wines yearning to be drunk!
Of course this was a wildly different set of [...]