Don't know what I actually expected out of this company for a milestone anniversary, maybe I'd least get a shout-out somewhere from someone. Even a paltry, if not automated "hey, thanks for your years of service" would have sufficed.
If you're in the KC area, Mike's Westport has the *only* bottles of the Alambique de Cobre - the gentleman working said there were only 12 bottles apportioned to Missouri/Kansas and they got them all. Can't wait to try it and the Hampden 8 for the first time!
...holy shit. My mint sprigs went through a deluge of three Mai Tais consisting of:
Smith and Cross x Hampden 1753
Denizen 8Y x Clairin Le Rocher
Chairman's Reserve x Rhum Barbancourt 4Y
and it really really does change things. Holy hell. I was a skeptic. No longer.
note: I (generally) follow the recipe of a Mai Tai consisting of:
Anyone in here familiar with Oronoco?
We're gonna need a bigger shelf. Finally found 1753 after months of searching!
TOP: Appleton 12, Hampden 1753, Rhum JM Fumée Volcanique, Rhum JM Terroir Volcanique, St. George Terroir Gin
MIDDLE, BACK: Tanteo Jalapeño Tequila, Rolling Fork Heart of Gold, Velvet Falernum, The Funk, Worthy Park 109, Kronan Swedish Punsch, Rhum Barbancourt Haitian Proof, Pierre Ferrand Orange Curaçao
MIDDLE, FRONT: Old Monk, Chairman's Reserve, Planteray Xamayca, Planteray OFTD, Rhum Barbancourt 4Y, Smith & Cross, DeKuyper Orange Curaçao
BOTTOM, BACK: Montezuma Triple Sec, Bols Banana Liqueur, some old Copa del Oro, Samba Cachaça, Soul Cachaça, Mount Gay Eclipse, Hamilton Breezeway, Tom's Town Gin, Burnett's Gin
BOTTOM, MIDDLE 1?: Gosling's, Gosling's Over proof, Don Q Cristál, Old Port, Pampas Zorro, Wray & Nephew White Overproof, Hamilton 86, Hamilton 151
BOTTOM, MIDDLE 2?: Paul Masson brandy, Myers's, Coruba, Flor de Caña, Clarin Communal, Appleton 8, Appleton Signature
BOTTOM, FRONT: Rum Fire, Rhum JM Agricole Blanc, and a serviceable orgeat because I'm too lazy to make my own.