October 2009 Archives

PLCB spirits catalog changes for the week of October 12th:

Discontinued Products:

• Bols Pumpkin Smash Liqueur 1.0 L (#71292, SLO, $13.49)
• Cruzan Rum Orange 750 ML (#64244, SLO, $14.49)
• Jacquins Coffee Flav Brandy 750 ML (#70460, SLO, $13.19)

Pumpkin Smash! That reminds me more of a certain 80s-era comedian than a cocktail ingredient. The real question is why did it get delisted two weeks before Halloween? Did somebody buy it all?

New Products:

• Burnetts Cherry 1.0 L (#41887, SLO, $11.99)
• Burnetts Espresso 1.0 L (#41886, SLO, $11.99)
• Burnetts Sour Apple 1.0 L (#41889, SLO, $11.99)
• Burnetts Strawberry 1.0 L (#41888, SLO, $11.99)
• Goslings Gold Rum 750 ML (#41803, SLO, $19.59)
• Goslings Reserve Rum 750 ML (#41804, SLO, $59.19)
• One Brl Rum Belize 750 ML (#67308, SLO, $18.99)
• Polmos Wisniowki 750 ML (#41908, SLO, $18.49)
• Subarashii Kudamono Asian Pear Eau de Vie Brandy 2003 375 ML (#41787, SLO, $46.29)
• Terrabianca Bomba 375 ML (#41891, SLO, $72.99)
• Wild Turkey Tradition 14 Yrs 750 ML (#41802, SLO, $122.79)
• Woodford Reserve Barrel Buy 1.0 L (#41750, SLO, $41.99)

More rums are always welcome...especially the Gosling's Family Reserve, which is dearly loved by many but quite difficult to find in the US. Throw a bottle into your next Southern SLO.

The "Woodford Reserve Barrel Buy" is a special-use code, with a minimum order quantity of 240 bottles. As the name suggests, it's the code you'd use to buy an entire barrel of Woodford Reserve. Why? Because you get to pick out the barrel yourself. Pretty hardcore, eh? If you're actually crazy enough to pop the $10k, you'll even get your name on a plaque at the distillery.

PLCB spirits catalog changes for the week of October 5th:

Discontinued Products:

• Crop Organic Vodka Cucumber 750 ML (#70680, SLO, $28.19)
• Kleiner Feigling Vodka Packed 50 20ml In A Box 1.0 L (#64502, SLO, $41.99)
• Scapa Scotch 14yr 750 ML (#62823, SLO, $41.59)
• Stock Limonce 1.0 L (#51032, SLO, $22.99)
• Stock Vermouth Dry 1.0 L (#53871, SLO, $7.29)
• Stock Vermouth Sweet 1.0 L (#53710, SLO, $7.29)

Stock vermouths are now carried by Majestic, who added their own SLO codes for these products last week.

Relisted:

• Famous Grouse 18 Yr 750 ML (#51080, SLO, $64.29)
• Wild Turkey Russells Res 10 Year Straight Bourbon 750 ML (#60447, SLO, $35.49)

New Products:

• 360 Vodka Cola 750 ML (#41633, SLO, $20.79)
• 360 Vodka Double Chocolate 750 ML (#41634, SLO, $20.79)
• Admiral Nelson Coconut Rum 1.0 L (#41660, SLO, $9.59)
• Artic Thai Fruit Vodka 750 ML (#41692, SLO, $3.99)
• Asbach Uralt Brandy 750 ML (#41689, SLO, $37.99)
• Barbayanni Ouzo Aphrodite 750 ML (#41657, SLO, $17.99)
• Canne Royal Old Rum 750 ML (#41686, SLO, $9.99)
• Espiritu del Ecuador 750 ML (#41683, SLO, $14.39)
• Famous Grouse Gold Reserve 750 ML (#41718, SLO, $36.49)
• Five O'Clock Applemist Vodka 750 ML (#41694, SLO, $6.99)
• Laird's Gin 750 ML (#41693, SLO, $6.99)
• Scapa Scotch 16 Yr 750 ML (#62823, SLO, $41.59)

According to the importer, Espiritu del Ecuador is a veritable fruit salad of flavors, and it comes in a bottle shaped like the Ecuadorian demarcation monument at the Equator. I can't find a single review of it online, though.

PLCB spirits catalog changes for the week of September 28th:

Discontinued Products:

• Cuba Libre Amber 21 750 ML (#71825, SLO, $39.99)
• DeKuyper Coconut Amaretto 750 ML (#60538, SLO, $7.69)
• DeKuyper Creme de Almond 750 ML (#40916, SLO, $13.49)
• DeKuyper Spearmint Schnapps 750 ML (#40769, SLO, $11.59)
• Landy Cognac Desir Red Dress 750 ML (#70037, SLO, $56.29)
• Landy VS Cognac 750 ML (#60294, SLO, $16.89)
• Landy VSOP Cognac 750 ML (#60167, SLO, $20.99)
• Leroux Peach Brandy 750 ML (#67606, SLO, $11.69)
• Leroux Triple Sec 750 ML (#60340, SLO, $10.39)
• Massenez Calvados 750 ML (#69715, SLO, $48.79)
• Nonino Grappa Vigneti Merlot 750 ML (#59620, SLO, $54.49)
• Nuvo Sparkling Liquor 375 ML (#50454, SLO, $19.99)
• Sauza 100 Anos Blanco Tequila 750 ML (#71865, SLO, $21.19)
• Sauza 100 Anos Reposado Tequila 750 ML (#71877, SLO, $21.99)
• Sauza Hornitos Anejo Teq 750 ML (#63085, SLO, $32.29)
• Skyy Passion Fruit Vodka Infusion 1.0 L (#67272, SLO, $22.79)
• Torre Amer 750 ML (#51597, SLO, $19.34)

Landy is Snoop's Cognac of choice; it's a down-market line produced by Ferrand. Snoop and our old friends at the Cashmere Agency suggest, in so many words, that Landy is perfect in eggnog. I have no idea how it tastes, but the $17 price tag isn't encouraging.

Relisted:

• Cuba Libre Amber 21yr 750 ML (#64273, SLO, $99.99)
• Pierre Ferrand Cognac Ambre 750 ML (#68937, SLO, $35.89)
• Scapa Scotch 14yr 750 ML (#62823, SLO, $41.59)

New Products:

• Brave Spirits First In Whiskey 750 ML (#41496, SLO, $19.99)
• Burnetts Pomegranate 1.0 L (#41449, SLO, $11.99)
• Chartreuse Green 750 ML (#41544, SLO, $57.39)
• Cuba Libre Amber 10yr 750 ML (#41565, SLO, $29.99)
• Cuba Libre Amber 20yr 750 ML (#41575, SLO, $29.99)
• DeKuyper Tropical Mango Liqueir 750 ML (#41495, SLO, $11.59)
• Duncan Taylor Blackbull 750 ML (#41604, SLO, $160.49)
• Hiram Walker Blueberry Passion Schnapps 1.0 L (#41543, SLO, $9.79)
• Jefferson Presidential Select Bourbon 750 ML (#41542, SLO, $104.59)
• Karlssons Gold Vodka 750 ML (#41508, SLO, $33.39)
• Massenez Creme de Mure 750 ML (#41497, SLO, $30.39)
• Sobieski Cytron Flavored Vodka 1.0 L (#41513, SLO, $12.49)
• Sobieski Vanilla Flavored Vodka 1.0 L (#41511, SLO, $12.49)
• Stock Dry Vermouth 375 ML (#41564, SLO, $4.79)
• Stock Dry Vermouth 750 ML (#41554, SLO, $7.99)
• Stock Dry Vermouth 1.0 L (#41552, SLO, $8.99)
• Stock Dry Vermouth 1.5 L (#41549, SLO, $13.49)
• Stock Sweet Vermouth 1.0 L (#41563, SLO, $8.99)
• Van Gogh Blue Triple Wheat 750 ML (#41595, SLO, $32.99)

Green Chartreuse is finally available in the state again after getting put on closeout back in April, but the price is rather hard to swallow. $57 is almost a third again more expensive than the original in-store listing. Kinda dampens my enthusiasm for the stuff.