360 Vodka St. Louis Blues Edition

360 Vodka St. Louis Blues Edition...$7.99 / 750ml
Compare to $10.99 at Total Wine and More
Missouri Made Vodka
Award-winning 360 Vodka is the world’s first eco-friendly vodka. Six-times distilled, Six-times filtered, and Gluten-free, 360 Vodka is locally sourced and sustainably made. Our innovative distillation process helps preserve the environment by reducing waste and resource consumption, the bottle is 100% recyclable and features a swing-top cap that can be returned for reuse. 360 Vodka is proud to be the first luxury vodka that is as good for the planet as it is to drink.

Jim Beam Rye

Jim Beam Pre-Prohibition Rye...$17.99 / 750ml

Pre-Prohibition-style rye whiskey. Bartenders have been dying to get their hands on it for years. Now it’s back and bolder than ever. Founded in 1795, our rye whiskey is made from one of the Beam family’s oldest recipes and is distilled with the same exacting standards that have governed Jim Beam for more than 200 years.

Chimay Trappist Ales

We always feature "new" items on the blog.  

This year we want mix in some classics 

in each department whether it be whiskey, wine, 

beer or even cheese.

They are classics for a reason, great quality that stands the test of time!  Will post some "classics" periodically for your reading pleasure.  

Chimay
AUTHENTIC TRAPPIST ALES
Chimay is an authentic Trappist ale.
That means that it is brewed within the walls of a Trappist monastery under the supervision and responsibility of the monastic community, which is involved in the entire process of making and selling the ale.  The bulk of the revenue that this activity generates is used to finance social services and cover the community’s needs.


The Chimay Red and the Blue are two classic beers from Belgium
(We also have Chimay Cinq Cents, Chimay Gold and Grande Reserve Barrel Aged in stock)

Chimay has been stocked in our stores for at least 30 years!  I cannot remember a time when it was not on our shelves.

Chimay Red Premiere Trappist Ale
Style:  Abbey Dubbel

Abbey Dubbel:  These are dark, malty, yeasty strong ales in the Trappist tradition, but produced (mainly) by secular brewers. Dubbels range between 6.5-8% abv, and have a dark brown, cloudy colour, and a palate mixing malt, a lush fruitiness, and yeast. They are typically bottle-conditioned.

(other Dubbels include St. Bernardus 8, Westmalle Dubbel, Unibroue Maudite, New Belgium Abbey Dubbel, Sierra Nevada Ovila Dubbel)

Rated 97/100 RateBeer
Bottle Conditioned

Ingredients: Pilsner malt (French barley from Champagne); hop extract from German Hallertaur (aroma) & American Galena (bittering) hops. Yeast & liquid invert sugar added to the bottled beer. Chimay Red is noted for its coppery colour which makes it particularly attractive. Topped with a creamy head, it gives off a light, fruity apricot aroma produced by the fermentation. The taste perceived in the mouth is a balance confirming the fruity nuances noticed in the fragrance. Its taste, which imparts a silky sensation to the tongue, is made refreshing by a light touch of bitterness. To the palate, the taster perceives a pleasant astringency which complements the flavour qualities of this beer very harmoniously. This top fermented Trappist beer, refermented in the bottle, is not pasteurised.

Chimay Blue Grande Reserve Trappist Ale
Style:  Belgian Strong Ale

Belgian Strong Ales can vary from pale to dark brown in color, darker ales may be colored with dark candy sugar. Hop flavor can range from low to high, while hop aroma is low. The beers are medium to full-bodied and have a high alcoholic character. Types of beers included here include tripels, dubbels and ultra-strong abbey ales.

(other Belgian Strong ales - Rochefort Trappiste 8, Mikkeller Nelson Sauvignon, Gouden Carolus Classic, De Dolle Oerbier)

Rated 100/100 RateBeer

Bottle conditioned

Chimay Blue is principally distinguished by its character of a strong beer. This is a beer whose fragrance of fresh yeast with a light, flowery rosy touch is especially pleasant. Its flavour, noticed when tasting it, only accentuates the pleasant sensations perceived in the aroma , while revealing a light but pleasant touch of roasted malt. This top fermented Trappist beer, refermented in the bottle, is not pasteurised.

Makers Mark Kentucky Bourbon Whisky

We always feature "new" items on the blog.  This year we want mix in some classics in each department whether it be whiskey, wine or beer.

They are classics for a reason, great quality that stands the test of time!

Makers Mark Kentucky Bourbon Whisky...$19.99

compare to $21.69 at Total Wine and More

This one changed the way we think of bourbon, all because one man changed the way he thought about making it. Bill Samuels, Sr., simply wanted a whisky he would enjoy drinking. Never bitter or sharp, Maker's Mark is made with soft red winter wheat, instead of the usual rye, for a one-of-a-kind, full-flavored bourbon that's easy to drink. To ensure consistency, we rotate every barrel by hand and age our bourbon to taste, not time. Each and every bottle of Maker's is still hand-dipped in our signature red wax at our distillery in Loretto, Ky., just like Bill, Sr., would have wanted.

Routestock Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast

Yet another amazing Pinot Noir Deal

2016 Routestock Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast...$19.99
This is a screaming deal for a wine of this quality: a light, delicate and earthy expression of the grape that's stemmy and spicy. Forest floor, bark and dark brooding fruit meet a tangle of tight-woven acidity dipped in orange zest.
Rated 93/100 The Wine Enthusiast

Chateau Virgile Cuvee L'Eneide

Syrah Based Wine from 90 year old vines!
2016 Chateau Virgile Cuvee L'Eneide...$16.99
60% Syrah + 30% Grenache + 10% Mourvedre
Tasting Notes: The “Cuvée L'Éneïde really shows off the great terroir at Château Virgile. The vines, situated at the edge of a plateau, produce a very dark and concentrated Costières de Nîmes. The nose is intense with cherry and black raspberry notes. In the mouth the wine is dense with rich black fruit flavors complemented by hints of black pepper and garrigue. The wine finishes with ripe round tannins. This is a crowd-pleasing wine, that is an excellent complement to classic dishes, like steak au poivre. Enjoy!

Cheese spreads made with Victory Brewing beer!

In stock now at Forsyth

Victory Brewing HopDevil Cheddar Spread
Crafted by Key Ingredient Market – Bath, PA
Our beer-infused, hand-crafted cheddar spreads merge specialty Wisconsin cheddar with Victory beer and fresh ingredients, creating both simple and complex flavors to please any palate.
This bold and creamy cheddar spread is blended with Victory’s HopDevil IPA, jalapeños and chipotles to add a Menacingly Delicious kick.

Victory Brewing Golden Monkey Cheddar Spread
Crafted by Key Ingredient Market – Bath, PA
Our beer-infused, hand-crafted cheddar spreads merge specialty Wisconsin cheddar with Victory beer and fresh ingredients, creating both simple and complex flavors to please any palate.  This classic creamy cheddar spread finishes with the rich, savory and satisfying notes of Victory’s Golden Monkey Belgian-style Tripel.

Crozes Hermitage Rouge - 90 Points

2016 Laurent Habrard Crozes Hermitage Rouge...$25.99
Raised mostly in tank, the medium to full-bodied 2016 Crozes Hermitage blends fruit from the granitic north with the galets roulés of the south. It's floral, redolent of violets and jasmine, then plump and supple in the mouth before fading a bit on the finish. Drink it young.

Rated 90/100 The Wine Advocate

Robert Mondavi Napa Valley Cabernet

2015 Robert Mondavi Napa Valley Cabernet...$23.98
The 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley) is a fabulous entry-level wine from Mondavi, not to mention one of the very best values readers will find in Napa Valley. Rich, succulent and inviting, the Napa Valley Cabernet captures the best qualities of the year in a forward, voluptuous style that make it impossible to resist young. Succulent dark cherry, plum, new leather and dark spice notes wrap around the juicy finish. This is an unreal level of quality for a wine at this price point and a production of around 100,000 cases.
Rated 92/100 Antonio Galloni, Vinous Media

5 Million views on our blog .... coming.....

Our first post on our blog was about 10 years ago in 2008


I posted this total on December 28th



This is today's screen shot of the total







Facebook contest....Guessing Game!
Chance to purchase a bottle of Perennial TWPC Maman
Our first post on our blog was about 10 years ago in 2008.


I posted this total on December 28th that we had 4,949,059 views of the blog.
As of today January 4th we have a total of 4,967,651 views.

When will we hit 5 million?
Let's have a little contest --
Pick the date we will hit 5 million views.
Everyone that gets the right date will be entered in a drawing to be able to purchase a bottle of Perennial TWCP Maman.
There will only be 1 winner. We will take everyone's name that picked the correct date and put them on a list and use a random number generator to pick a winner!
Leave your name and guess in the comment section of this post. We will contact the winner via this post and on our blog too. Just put the date you choose in the comments below! Happy 2019!!

go to our facebook page to guess
post your guess on the contest post - it is pinned at the top of our page

only taking guesses on our facebook page!
Deadline to enter is Sunday night January 6th at midnight!
1 entry per person. Only your first entry will count.

Crane Brewing Tea Weiss

Crane Brewing Tea Weiss....$11.99 / 6pk
4.1% ABV
A distinctly American take on an old-world German ale, Tea Weiss combines Kansas City’s own Hugo Berry Rooibos Tea with a spritzy, sour wheat beer to exceedingly refreshing effect.

Big Muddy S'mores Stout

Big Muddy S'mores Stout...$9.99 / 6pk

Biscuity and chocolatey with a creamy and fluffy natural toasted marshmallow flavor. After you try it you’ll want S’more(some more)
5.5% ABV Stout


Big Muddy Vanilla Stout...$9.49 / 6pk
A traditional Milk Stout infused with pure Madagascar vanilla. Subtle vanilla flavor throughout with roasted notes and a slightly sweet, smooth finish.
6.00% Alcohol By Volume

Beer Tasting tonight!

Beer Tasting tonight!

Forsyth from 4pm-6pm

• Deschutes The Dissident 2018
• Decadent Coco Ecto
• Tool Ton of Rosehip
• Rising Tide Zephyr

Mother's Brewing Hands Down Pale Ale

Fresh batch just arrived, we have been out for awhile!

Mother's Brewing Hands Down Pale Ale...$9.99 / 6pk
Show of hands: in need of a supremely drinkable pale that doesn’t skimp on hop flavor? Intensive dry-hopping provides juicy citrus and berry hop flavor with restrained bitterness.
Light, bright, and crisp, this is Hands Down your Mother’s favorite pale ale.  Profile: Bright hop aromas of lemon and blackberry; mild malt sweetness with a crisp finish.

Sweetwater Winter Coat Variety Pack

Sweetwater Winter Coat Variety Pack....$16.99 / 12 pack cans
Includes:

• Triple Tail Tropical IPA
• Extra Pale 420
• 420 Strain G13 IPA
• Exodus Jamaican Coffee Porter
• IPA

Goose Island Next Coast IPA

Goose Island Next Coast IPA...$8.99 / 6pk

It's not an East Coast or a West Coast IPA... It's Next Coast IPA.
It’s 7%, but totally crushable — it’s not quite like any other IPA you’ve had. Big, bracing, piney hop flavors meet a tropical bouquet of Eureka, Nugget, Citra, Mosaic, and 06277 hops. There’s a balanced bitterness that blends seamlessly into the light to medium body.
Sip it or rip it. Whatever. We’re not your mom.
-Keith Gabbett, Head Brewer
Style: India Pale Ale
ABV: 7%
IBU: 40

Suntory Haku Vodka

Suntory Haku Vodka...$25.99
100% JAPANESE WHITE RICE
Contrary to what the West may perceive, Japanese white rice is never considered as a "staple" as a Japanese meal. To this day pure white Japanese rice is respected as a luxury. Traditionally white Japanese rice was always reserved for worship, and for the wealthier noble classes, including the imperial family. Milled and polished to perfection, white rice is revered for its mild and subtly sweet flavor.

BAMBOO CHARCOAL FILTRATION
Part of Haku’s unique creation process, the bamboo charcoal filtration is a Suntory proprietary method. Like a sponge, the charcoal absorbs the impurities present in the distillate, eliminating anything that might detract from the taste. This gives the vodka a clean and clear flavor. Moreover, the minerals from the bamboo charcoal add a remarkably smooth and mellow character.
The use of bamboo charcoal for water filtration is one of the fundamentals of Japanese culture and goes back to ancient Japan where charcoal was said to “sweeten” the water for tea. It is known for its incredible filtering ability, which comes from its super-porous structure — 3 times more porous cavities per gram than other wood charcoal. As bamboo is a fast-growing plant, supply is abundant and sustainable in Japan.

Suntory Roku Craft Gin

Suntory Roku Craft Gin...$23.99

6 Japanese botanicals nurtured in Japan’s beautiful nature
Sakura flower, Sakura leaf, Yuzu peel, Sencha tea (green tea), Gyokuro tea (refined green tea) and Sanshō pepper.
Six Japanese botanicals cultivated over four seasons, the six Japanese botanicals have been carefully selected to create ROKU, Japan's authentic craft gin.
Each botanical has been harvested at the peak of its season to extract the best flavour, and distilled to fully embody the blessings of nature.
The harvest of the four seasons has been blended to create ROKU's balanced flavour.

Woodford Reserve / TWCP Double Oaked Single Barrel

Our first barrel of 2019 just arrived!

Single Barrel
45.2% ABV
Woodford Reserve / TWCP Double Oaked Single Barrel....$49.99 / 750ml
DOUBLE OAKED
An innovative approach to twice-barreled bourbon creates the rich and colorful flavor of Woodford Reserve Double Oaked. Uniquely matured in separate, charred oak barrels - the second barrel deeply toasted before a light charring – extracts additional amounts of soft, sweet oak character.

Woodford Reserve Master Distiller Chris Morris discusses the unique and innovative process that creates Woodford Reserve Double Oaked.

2nd Shift Coffee Cat Spit Stout

Thank you and Happy new year

2nd Shift Coffee Cat Spit Stout...$9.99 / 4pk / 12oz cans

Oatmeal Milk Stout with Coffee

To Øl 1 ton of… Rosehip

To Øl 1 ton of… Rosehip...$8.99 / pint can
ABV:8.1%

Style:Sour Ale with Rosehip

Malts:Pilsner, WheatHops:Aurora
The latest in our 1 ton of… series – 1 ton of… Rosehip. Fermented with saison yeast, and made with one tonne of Rosehips (per 1000 litres)
38 IBU

To Øl 1 Ton Of… Pineapple

To Øl 1 Ton Of… Pineapple...$8.99 / pint can

ABV:7.1%

Style: Sour Mashed Ale With Pineapple

Malts: Flaked Oats, Pilsner, Rye Malt, Wheat

Hops: Citra, Tettnanger
7,1% Sour Ale brewed with 1 Ton of Pineapple pr. 1000L
Pineapple is one of those fruits that are loved and hated. Amazing in a Pina Colada, decent in a fruit salad, outright disgraceful on pizza. We put it in a beer – we put a lot of it in a beer. In the glass, 1 Ton of Pineapple might look like a hazy IPA but fear not, it’s just Pineapple juice.

To Øl Tropical Rumble

To Øl Tropical Rumble...$3.99 / pint can
ABV:4.3%

Style:Session IPA w/Mango, Peach & Passion Fruit

Malts:Melanoidin, Pilsner

Hops:Mosaic
Garden of Eden finally got a sibling! A hoppy, fruity and most definitely a drinkable beer packed with Passion fruit, Peach and Mango.
Heaps of fruity mosaic hops paired with the best fruits we could find.

Grimm Super Spruce Dry Hopped Sour

Grimm Super Spruce Dry Hopped Sour...$5.19 / 16oz can
DRY HOPPED GOSE WITH SPRUCE TIPS
Super Spruce owes its immense pine aromatics to a double dose of resin. The new growth of spruce trees layered with Chinook hops create a complex profile of fresh pine that includes floral, citrus, cola, and bubble gum undertones. This unboiled beer is luminous and hazy with a grapefruit-like acidity that perfectly showcases the bright coniferous flavors rounded off by a touch of sea salt.

Rising Tide Brewing

Rising Tide Brewing Company is an independent, family-owned brewery that anchors Portland, Maine’s vibrant East Bayside neighborhood. We are guided by creative flavors, quality, consistency, community, and a love of all things outdoors. Rising Tide supports our farmers, using local ingredients in every beer.

Our beers are available in cans and on draft in our tasting room in Portland’s East Bayside neighborhood and at select locations in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island [and now The Wine and Cheese Place in Missouri] . Our beers are unfiltered and unpasteurized. Each can is alive!

Rising Tide Brewing Zephyr IPA....$12.99 / 4pk 16oz cans
INDIA PALE ALE
Never Filtered, never pasteurized, live beer on board!

Zephyr (n)—a westerly breeze or wind, considered by many to be the fairest of wind direction.
Refreshing like a westerly breeze, Zephyr is a pleasantly balanced IPA with waves of citrus. A modern classic.
ABV:  6.5%

Rising Tide Brewing Cutter Imperial IPA..$12.99 / 4pk 16oz cans
IMPERIAL INDIA PALE ALE
Cutter (n)—a single-masted sailing vessel with the mast set about two-fifths of the way aft along the waterline.
In a sea of IPAs, Cutter stands tall. This imperial IPA sails with citrus and tropical fruit aromas and a balanced hoppy finish. Big, bold, and beautiful.
ABV 8%

Rising Tide Back Cove Pilsner...$11.99 / 4pk 16oz cans
PILSNER
Back Cove (n)—a tidal basin on the northern side of the City of Portland, Maine. A popular loop trail runs around the cove.
The Back Cove tidal basin lies at the heart of our city and provides the most iconic view of the Portland skyline. As a tribute to the civic leaders who preserved a park encircling Back Cove 100 years ago, we offer this crisp, easy drinking pilsner.
Back Cove is a North German-style pilsner fermented with kellerbier yeast. Harmoniously balanced, with hints of orchard fruit, clean malt and earthy bitterness.
ABV 5.2%

Rising Tide Waypoint Coffee Porter...$11.99 / 4pk 16oz cans
COFFEE PORTER
Waypoint (n)—a stopping place on a journey.
Once the heat of summer breaks, it’s time to find your way to our coffee porter, Waypoint. This beer is brewed with the highest quality coffee blended and roasted by our neighbors at Tandem Coffee Roasters to give our mild porter a rich fruity complexity held up by a chocolatey, malty backbone. This East Bayside collaboration is available from foliage season into the depths of our Maine winter.
ABV 5%