Harwich Spirits Shoppe Talk

Mechant Du Vin

Bruce Gibson — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:57:40 +0000

Hi Cisco blogging cat here. Just wanted to share with you this very interesting web site about beer. Merchant Du Vin is a company that brings brands like Samuel Smith, Orval, Lindemans Lambics and many others to United States.

Mechant Du Vin

The web site has lots of information on history of featured breweries, describes beer brewing process and has other very interesting stuff. For example I didn’t know that porter was the first commercially brewed beer. It was named for the train porters who were its original servers and consumers.

See ya soon, yours truly
Cisco

Merry Christmas!!!!

Bruce Gibson — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 02:38:52 +0000

Merry Christmas to everyone! Thank you for reading this blog and coming to the store. Without you we wouldn’t be here. Without you me and Pancho could had never known each other. (Imagine that?!) Have fun these holidays, drink lots of alcohol so we can see you back in the store sooner than later.

Forever grateful Cisco

Winter Brews

Bruce Gibson — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:28:47 +0000

Cisco your blogging cat here.

A few days ago I was in my cooler (that is the walk-in beer cooler) chilling on cases of beer but then I noticed some new seasonal brews. That’s what’s good about season changes – you get variety in food and drinks. I personally don’t prefer one season over another because I have A/C and heat in my house. It doesn’t matter. And if you think about it it really doesn’t matter. That’s what my friend Jimbo would say. And I agree with him.

Back to the beers.

Shipyard came out with a new winter beer called Applehead. You probably have heard about Pumpkinhead – that is probably the most popular pumpkin beer in the store. Shipyard brewerers asked people what other flavor they would like to try. And apple won. (I still like PC better though).

Also Mayflower Brewery from Plymouth has their winter beer out. It’s Oatmeal Stout

Well, I am going back to the cooler. See you here…

Cisco

Super, Free Astronomy Software

Bruce Gibson — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:31:41 +0000

Hey,

Cisco the blogging cat here… Every so often a feline stumbles upon a superb freebie… In this case, it’s Stellarium, a simple, intuitive astronomy program… Consider the pic below…

I took that shot around 9:30 PM on Dec 5th right here in Harwich… But what was that object pointed to by the arrow? Well, this goober knows a little about a lot, but stars etc. are null and void. Enter Stellarium… It’s an easy download, easy install, and an easy setup. Just enter your location (for Harwich, it’s 41°, 40′, 51.31″ latitude, and 70°, 3′, 44.74″ longitude.) Mess around with the interface a bit, and poof, here’s the answer…

Mystery solved… T’is Jupiter… Easy Breezy…

Stellarium offer remarkable features like date and time adjustment, planet choice, and accurate 24 hour view… This one is a winner…

Looking up by the racks…

Three cats blogging…

Wine Glossaries

* Nat Decants: A thorough glossary from Natalie MacLean, noted wine writer, speaker, and judge.
* eRobertParker.com: “The Independent Consumer’s Guide to Fine Wines”
* GLOSSARY of Wine-Tasting Terminology (Version 1.4 – Jan. 1995): A thorough collection of definitions from Anthony Hawkins.

Beer Glossaries

* ratebeer: Now that’s a straightforward name!
* beer-pages: Roger Protz and Tom Cannavan say that “it’s all about beer”.
* alphaDictionary.com: A fine collection of Beer dictionaries.

Organic wines and catnip…

Bruce Gibson — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:53:29 +0000

Here at Harwich Spirits Shoppe we (felines) often get asked about organic stuff. While we know a lot about organic catnip – we have a whole basket here filled with cat cuddlers (at $6 each it’s the best Christmas gift you can get for your cat). Anyway, our knowledge in organic wines area is not so deep. We don’t spend ours cuddling with organic wine bottles like we do hugging our catnip toys. So we decided to ask The Internet about organic wines and how you would ~~chew~~ drink them. This is what we found here:

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jan/06/food/la-fo-organic-wine-20110106

Why isn’t more wine ‘organic’?
Sulfites are forbidden in organic products by the USDA, but most winemakers consider the preservative crucial in winemaking, so few wineries want the label.
This sounds familiar: a national consumer group is fighting to maintain organic standards against industry people who want to weaken them. But when it comes to “organic wine,” the well-meaning consumers may actually be discouraging more organic farming.

the rest

Please read the whole article, it really helped us – Cisco, Pancho and Funky – to understand that we probably shouldn’t be fooling around with organic wine bottles (we don’t really like upset stomacks)

See you by the racks
Meaw

Rappelling Santa’s Beard gets Stuck… Hilarious!

Bruce Gibson — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:05:30 +0000

Hi,

We here at Harwich Spirits Shoppe have a serious sense of humor… a very serious sense of humor… And when you see a video of Santa Clause trying to rappel from the upper deck of a mall only to get stuck when he experiences his own special ‘Wardrobe Malfunction’… Well, we just have to pass that along to you…

Howling by the racks…

Three cats blogging

Wine Glossaries

Beer Glossaries

* ratebeer: Now that’s a straightforward name!
* beer-pages: Roger Protz and Tom Cannavan say that “it’s all about beer”.
* alphaDictionary.com: A fine collection of Beer dictionaries.

Shark Eating a Black Marlin, etc…

Bruce Gibson — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:27:39 +0000

Hi,

Cisco the blogging cat here…

Here’s an interesting video…

This is a 450# Black Marlin probably being munched by a Great White…

And here are Great Whites around Cape Cod…

Let’s be careful out there!

Three cats blogging…

Wine Glossaries

Beer Glossaries

* ratebeer: Now that’s a straightforward name!
* beer-pages: Roger Protz and Tom Cannavan say that “it’s all about beer”.
* alphaDictionary.com: A fine collection of Beer dictionaries.

New Secret Word

Bruce Gibson — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:43:34 +0000

Me and Pancho decided to change secret word to something new. Now it’s Bofi Dootz. Come to the store, say Bofi Dootz and get 10% off your purchase. Plus if you can figure out what this secret word means you will get a free beer koozie on top of the discount

Sincerely fluffy, Cisco

Best Turkey-Day Video Ever, and Great Holiday Wines…

Bruce Gibson — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 03:38:38 +0000

Hey,

Cisco the blogging cat here… From the old WKRP TV show…

Also… Here’s a quick article on ten of the best holiday wines…

Laughing and drinking by the racks…

Three cats blogging…

Wine Glossaries

Beer Glossaries

* ratebeer: Now that’s a straightforward name!
* beer-pages: Roger Protz and Tom Cannavan say that “it’s all about beer”.
* alphaDictionary.com: A fine collection of Beer dictionaries.

Yellow Dot Special

Bruce Gibson — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:57:25 +0000

With holidays coming – we are talking Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years (hopefully we, felines, are going to try some of that turkey:) – you will need to stock up on beer, wine, liquor. Or at least we are hoping that you need to stock up – invite those guests and family members – the more, the better.

Pancho gave me an idea to do a yellow dot special. Why yellow dot, you would ask me. I don’t really care what color but Pancho is a typical female – all she cares about that those yellow dots will match her eyes… Anyway, come to the store and look for the wines that have yellow dots on a rack next to them. Pick 25 bottles and save 25%. Easy to remember – get 25 for 25 off

See ya here!!!!