October 2012

Moonshine Cherries

An exciting liquor store discovery.

I live in Mexico and drink a lot of really good booze. Tequila comes to mind at first, though there’s so much more. But also there’s a lot I can’t get here, so on trips back to the U.S., it’s great to see the cool, surprising things you find in liquor stores nowadays.

When I visit, I’m also fortunate to travel to diverse regions in the U.S. In each place I get to sample the unique things each region has to offer. Two weeks ago I was in Colorado, and I picked up a surprisingly good bourbon there.

Breckenridge Bourbon

Quality Drinking in the Rockies

I was in Colorado a week ago. My friend picked me up from the airport and we drove up the steep highway right into the mountains of Summit County. I already knew that Colorado is a great place that offers some of the best of the United States. It has great outdoors, great food, great people. And great beer. But I wasn’t expecting a great Bourbon, not one that was distilled right up the street from my friend’s house.