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How Your Whiskey is Made: The Fine Art of Sipping, Smelling and Blending
While making whiskey may look easy on TV(I promise we’re nothing like those dudes on “Moonshiners”), there is an art to crafting a spirit that pleases discerning palates. And there is an even finer art in creating a product that is consistently excellent like our Colkegan Single Malt Whiskey.
‘Tis the Season for Holiday Cocktails
Looking to wow your guests this holiday season? Look no further! Last week, Santa Fe Spirits tasting room manager Molly Norton taught a class on holiday themed cocktails to make at home for your family and friends. Here we will share a selection of recipes with you for your holiday gatherings!
Spirit Tasting at Whole Foods Market on Wyoming and Academy
We will have a spirit tasting from 4:00 pm. to 6 pm at Kokoman Fine Wine and Liquor in Pojoaque Friday, December 19th. Come out and try some of our award winning spirits!
Spirit Tasting at Kokoman Fine Wine and Liquor
We will have a spirit tasting from 4:00 pm. to 6 pm at Kokoman Fine Wine and Liquor in Pojoaque Friday, December 19th. Come out and try some of our award winning spirits!
Tasting Rooms Closed 12/16
Our tasting rooms will be closed December 16th for our staff Holiday Party.
Kaune’s Spirit Tasting
We will have a spirit tasting at Kaune's Market Thursday Dec. 18th from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Come by and taste our award winning spirits!
Why Barrel?
The tradition of aging whiskey in barrels dates back centuries, but where did this tradition originally come from? When was it that someone had the idea of putting alcohol in wooden casks to improve the flavor? It turns out that when barrels were first used to store spirits or wine, it was not because people wanted to add oak flavor to the alcohol. In fact, they had no idea that the use of barrels would affect the liquid inside at all.The use of barrels as a form of storage can be dated back to the Celts circa 350 B.C. The technique of bending wood was most likely borrowed from boat building and barrels were used because they were very strong and could withstand wear and tear. They were also able to be rolled around and stacked tightly. Barrels would be used to transport anything from liquids to metals to food that needed to be preserved, such as fish or olives. At this point, it would be a waste to get rid of the barrels so they were reused to transport again. However, you don’t really want your olives tasting fishy (or maybe you do) or your whiskey tasting of sulfur so a method of charring the inside of the barrels was adopted.
QB’s Spirit Tasting in Pojoaque
We will be having a Santa Fe Spirits Tasting at QB's Liquor Store Friday Dec. 12 from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Come by and check out our award winning spirits if your in the area!
New York Times Mention - 36 Hours in Santa Fe, Visit the Tasting Room
No matter what season, food, culture and nature buffs will find ample reason to linger in and around Santa Fe.
11 holiday gifts for alcohol drinkers by Fortune Magazine
Each holiday season, liquor companies celebrate the most festive time of the year with a batch of unique, unusual, and sometimes luxurious alcoholic concoctions recommended by Fortune Magazine
Tasting at QB’s Packaged Liquor
Come check out our spirits at QB's Packaged Liquor in Pojoaque today from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Cocktails to Keep you Warm this Winter
With the temperature dropping to the low 30's this November day and snow on its way this weekend, its time to share some of our favorite Santa Fe Spirits Apple Brandy cocktails that are guaranteed to keep you warm this winter.
Santa Fe Reporter Pop Up Dinner at Santa Fe Spirits (VIDEO)
The SF Reporter hosted its first "Pop-Up Dinner" at the splendid Santa Fe Spirits Distillery. SFR staffers had a wonderful time mixing and mingling with our loyal readers, arts and music enthusiasts and fellow foodies.Check out the great food and fun that was had in October.
The Apple Brandy Story
Many people know that our Apple Brandy was the catalyst for starting Santa Fe Spirits as a company. Our company's owners, the Keegans, live in an amazingly beautiful part of Santa Fe called Tesuque. This valley houses the tesuque river and is by far one of the most luscious and vibrant parts of our desert city. Now, in Tesuque the Keegans own an apple orchard and several years ago they began inviting friends over to pick and press apples, sending all of them home with more apple juice than they could hold. The idea to make apple cider and then distill brandy was born from the great juice they could produce from the New Mexico apples.
It’s Time for Creepy… Crawly.. Cocktails?
Halloween is a time for ghosts, for vampires, for costumes, and lets face it... for cocktails. As you get older Halloween gets less about trick or treating (they wouldn't give you any candy anyway) and more about dressing up and having a good time with your friends. Now, you probably don't want to be drinking blood this Halloween, but you can definitely still have spooky themed cocktails that will put you in the holiday spirit. Here at Santa Fe Spirits we wanted to take a look at some fun cocktails that we could put our own twist on while keeping them delicious.