Category Archives: The Booze

The Irish Whiskey Derby

The Irish Whiskey Derby Whiskey is a spirit that has a somewhat checkered history starting sometime in the 3rd century in Greece. Though the Greeks are a culture with a long history of drunkenness and celebratory drinking through evidence of … Continue reading

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The Rum-Off

The Rum Shootout Rum is a spirit with origins in Brazil around the early 1600’s. Originally called rumbullion (slang for “uproarious”) and shortened to “rum” when uneducated sailors and pirates couldn’t spell the full word so shortened it for ease … Continue reading

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