There's been quite a buzz about vegan  friendly wines. Read the article to find out more, and to see how many wines we carry at Aligra that are vegan (and therefore vegetarian) friendly.

We had another full house of enthusiastic attendees: thanks for everyone for your excellent participation. For this year`s event, we travelled the globe, sampling malts from Scotland, England, Japan, and Canada! The distilling world  is experiencing real growth, and we are the beneficiaries.

Another excellent evening. We sampled gins from around the world, including one from our own back yard in Nisku!

We had a great crew in attendance, among them some dedicated bee keepers! The dialogue was lively, and it was a treat to be with folks with such good knowledge.

We had a sold out crowd out to taste Bourbons paired with various cookies last week!  It was a fun and engaged group of participants.  After sampling through all 8 of the Bourbons, the Top 3 favourites were:

1 Evan Williams Single Barrel paired with Whippets and Shortbread,

2 Cyrus Noble Small Batch  paired with anything chocolate,

3 Eagle Rare Single Barrel paired with chocolate chip cookies and shortbread.

As with everything in life, it's all a matter of taste!  Please drop in and if you aren't sure which one to choose, we have some open for tasters to help you decide! 

Ken Bracke our Somm has selected the following wines for the Wine 101 Class because they depict very truly the single varieties in each category. 

Tasted some great rums!  If you missed it check out the notes.  If you would like to come to one of our tasting events, be sure to sign up here on the website Events page!  See you next time!