Tasting Notes: Since Old Grand Dad 114 has become more widely available again, we'd thought we revisit this under the radar value bourbon. Made with Jim Beam's slightly higher rye recipe, the same as in Basil Hayden, and bottled without age statement at 114 proof. The normally "foxy" yeast and orange peel characteristic of Jim Beam is on full display with fruit, yeast, and oak being pushed forward by the higher proof. Light and fruity on the nose, but with bigger oak than regular Jim Beam, this is an easy every day sipper to fall in love with.

Tasting Notes: To reflect on the change in seasons, Oberon Eclipse is slightly stronger and darker than its namesake. However, it still remains easy-drinking and refreshing. It's the perfect beer for cozy nights spent in good company. Oberon Eclipse has a strong wheat backbone, balanced with a little bit of sweetness and richness accompanied by the orange and coriander. It features a slightly bitter, clean finish that is medium bodied and slightly warming.

Tasting Notes: On final closeout for $50, RUN, don't walk to the store to grab one of these single barrels of Highland Park 13yr cask strength single malt scotch aged exclusively in first fill European oak sherry butt. Distilled in 2006 and bottle in 2019 at 124.2 proof this malt exudes Orkney character with notes of dark honey, fruit cake, candied orange peel, and rich syrupy malt. The proof carries a wave of massive fruit, then sublte oak and finally the biscuity malt emerges from behind the sherry oak curtain. Tame it with a cube or proof it down with cold spring water, either way this is your end of the evening dram. A classic and one of our best deals ever.

Tasting Notes: Drawn from the same stocks as the much allocated Caribou Crossing, a true HIDDEN GEM is Sazerac's Rich and Rare Reserve. It's priced like bottom shelf, but it's one of the BEST Canadian blends out there and for $12.99 a bottle it's a completely under the radar blend. Even up against Crown or Canadian Club this vanilla and oak rich whiskey exudes character and stands up to it's more premium brothers. Next time you have a Caribou Crossing on hand do the Pepsi challenge yourself and you'll see what I'm talking about. We've always loved blended Canadian whiskies for their drinkability and dollar to flavor value ratio, but try it for yourself.

This double dry-hopped double IPA grabs you with a big tropical beer hug—bursting with hops, hops and more hops. Notes of mango, pineapple, peach, and citrus are followed up with dank pine notes. Like a bear hug... but from a beer. 9.9% alc for only $3.49 in a 19oz can!

Tasting Notes: I didn't think I would love this whiskey, but boy was I wrong. This is a 12yr old Buffalo Trace aged in French oak barrels. Some other French oak whiskies tend to be overpowering, but this was just the right amount of silkiness, mouthfeel and richer vanilla and red fruit flavor that I love. It somehow manages a sweet mouthfeel without tasting sweet and also manages a fairly heavy oak profile without tasting too heavy. Nougat, caramel, vanilla and a very finely wrought and subtle oak note throughout. Label is kind of a mess, but the whiskey inside is fantastic. Very elegant.

Tasting Notes: This 6.2% abv hazy IPA from Founder's is made with Citra, Mosaic, Chinook, and Cascade hops and weighs in at 50 IBUs. Medium plus hop profile with lots of citrus notes, light mouthfeel, and no teeth scraping aftertaste. Perfectly balanced warm-weather hazy IPA.

Tasting Notes Red Hot Deal alert on this premium 100% agave blanco tequila, ONLY $31.99 ($8 off)! If you are looking for a smooth drinking, light agave, citrus and spice driven blanco, then Tres Gen Plata is for you! Mellow lime and light "fresh rain" earth aroma along with white pepper and tropical fruit. On the palate, fruit with a touch of spice on the finish. Grab it now while its on special!

Jim Beam's latest innovation is a 5 year old 94 proof SINGLE MALT whiskey made with 100% barley malt, distilled in column stills in Clermont Kentucky from a jug yeast mash, and aged in new American oak, as stipulated by US law. This is one of many recently released barley-based whiskies by American distilleries, looking to push the category forward. Toasted cereal grain on the nose with dark fruit and a distinct breadiness, akin to heirloom rye bread. On the palate it's nutty, with burley tobacco, caramel, and honey nut Cherrios.

Tasting Notes: If you like drinking LOCAL and you're into LOW CAL and LOW ALC, then Upland Little Dragon is the best-tasting one on the market, in our opinion. Many beers in this category suffer from being either under malted, or under hopped or over hopped and under malted. Still, Little Dragon miraculously manages the exact right balance of each of these, with enough malt heft to provide body and just enough hop bitterness and aromatics to deliver a true IPA experience but with only 4% alcohol and 110 calories.