Posts tagged craft spirits
Back On the Trail: the Spirits Newsletter

Fresh off a trip to Kentucky, K&L’s Spirits Buyers have put together a newsletter chock full of amazing finds. In these pages, they recount their visit to Ross & Squibs Distillery, plus showcase some of our latest new arrivals (and pre-arrivals for those who want to get a jump on the game). Fans of rum, whisky, gin, brandy… don’t miss the latest K&L News!

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Day Drinking with David: Battle of the 10 Year Single Matls

Today's Day Drinking with David is at his NEW DAY AND TIME: Tuesdays at 1:30PM Pacific on Instagram Live @klwines. In this episode, K&L Wine Merchant's Spirits Buyer David Othenin-Girard presents the Battle of the 10 Year Single Malts: Arran, Laphroaig, Tobermory, Edradour. All these are available on our website, klwines.com. Thanks for watching!

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Day Drinking with David: Armagnac Edition

Fresh from his Scotland trip, K&L’s Spirits Buyer is back on his weekly show, Day Drinking with David. In this episode, he tastes and reviews new samples of Encantada Armagnac, Grangerie, and a few from the Rare Armagnac Company.

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Day Drinking with David: Italian Bottlers Edition

K&L’s Spirits Buyer David Othenin-Girard on his weekly Instagram Live show, Day Drinking with David. This week: Italian Bottlers, Silver Seal, Antique Lion, plus a sneaky Starthisla, and some rum to start. Join him every week at 1:30 PM on Thursdays @klwines.

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Day Drinking with David: Andrew Whiteley Takeover Edition

The best bar in the world has tackled the canned cocktail revolution head on. Death & Co. has managed to produce the holy grail in RTD's — a bar quality cocktails that requires nothing more than opening the can and sipping. No need for ice, no need for garnish, no need for any fuss. Just pull a can out of your fridge or iced down cooler and you're instantly transported to one fo Death & Co's world famous locations.

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Day Drinking with David: Mezcal and the Oldest Scotch Ever Bottled Edition

Each week, K&L's Spirits Buyer David Othenin-Girard hits Instagram Live @klwines with his weekly show. In this episode, David tastes through our new Maguey Melate K&L exclusives as well as the insane new Glenlivet 80 Year Old from Gordan and Macphail.

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Day Drinking with David: Double Trouble Edition

Day Drinking with David is K&L's Spirits Buyer David Othenin-Girard's weekly Instagram Live show, where he pops the cork on craft spirits of every stripe. This week, he's joined by his partner-in-crime, Andrew Whiteley, K&L's other Spirits Buyer, to taste five of our K&L Exclusive barrels.

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Day Drinking with David: Hodge Podge Edition

David Othenin-Girard is one of the world’s best resources on craft spirits. Each week, he opens up some bottles on Instagram Live, sometimes with guests, sometimes by his lonesome, but always with lots of viewer questions and insight.

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Day Drinking with David: Capurro Pisco

Romina Scheufele made a promise to her grandfather, Eduardo Castro Capurro, to bring the family’s craft to the Untied States, ultimately going one step further by becoming the first female distiller of Capurro pisco, the fifth generation of her family’s pisco. She also co-founded the Craft Spirits Cooperative with a mission to represent small, passionate craft spirits brands. Check out her live session with our Spirits Guru, David Othenin-Girard.

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Day Drinking with David: Bimber and Bourbon

On this episode of Day Drinking with David, our Spirits Buyer Extraordinaire opens up some bottles of Bimber, a single malt Scotch handcrafted in London. Later in the show, he pops the tops on a few bottles of Four Roses.

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Day Drinking with David: Old Forester Edition

Joe Brooke—bartender, spirits afficionado, all-around good chap—has the honor of being the very first repeat guest on the show! On this episode, he joined David to talk Old Forester—which is the first bottled bourbon dating back 150 years. They opened the Whisky Row series as well as a very special K&L Exclusive Cask.

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Day Drinking with David: St. George Spirits

David welcomed Lance Winters and Dave Smith, our Master & Head Distillers of St. George Spirits, one of the OG craft distillers in the United States. Viewers get to see their distillery in Alameda, CA.

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