We’re Tasting Wine, Beer and Spirits Around the World — Join Us!

Do some virtual tasting with us by following along on YouTube. We are just getting started on posting to this channel, so be sure to Subscribe and hit the Notification bell so you don’t miss anything! We’ll post links here to help you find them too.

Coming up on YouTube:

  • Tasting wine in the Hunter Valley, Australia. Watch Part 1 here!

  • Tasting wine in the Mudgee Region, Australia

  • Where Should You Go? Hunter or Mudgee?

  • Tasting all that Waiheke Island, New Zealand Offers—wine, beer, whiskey (or as they call it, whisky)

  • Wine tasting in Spokane Washington

  • California Central Coast Wine Tasting & Paso Robles

Ignore “beer” on the label—this is how Tim re-used the Monkey Shoulder bottles with his craft beer labels (designed by our daughter as a gift) to gift his whiskey blend to friends. You can design your own waterproof, washable labels on Amazon* at this link.

Here’s Tim’s “Secret” Blend!

To Make Your Own Amazing Whiskey Blend

  • Purchase a 3 liter cask like this one on Amazon*(click image to link). Then follow the easy enclosed instructions to cure it.

  • Add to the cask (keep empty bottles for the last step!):

    —750 ml bottle Monkey Shoulder

    —750 ml bottle of Macallan 12YO Sherry Oak

    —1.5 liter bottle of Crown Royal Regal Apple (you’ll have a little left over for topping off the cask)

    —1 whole vanilla bean sliced lengthwise (you can order it on Amazon*—click for link)

  • Let sit for two months. Check every few days to see if it needs to be topped off with leftover whiskeys—keep the cask full.

  • Bottle using your original bottles.

Our Favorite Items to Make Drinking At Home More Enjoyable

Scroll through the gallery and click on images to go straight to our Amazon links*

Great to treat yourself or give as gifts.