My Tiny Bottles with Tammy Coxen
Tammy Coxen explores the history of hundreds of tiny vintage liquor bottles that she inherited from her grandmother.
Episodes
Another Portuguese Brandy! This one was harder to date than my bottle of 1940s Novil, but it led me to the story of Pocas Junior, a rare Port brand that was founded by an actual Portuguese family and has stayed family owned for four generations.
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Since I'd already told the story of Coloma coffee liqueur in my episode about Convier Menta, I used this bottle as an excuse to compile the thing I wanted when I started researching it: the most comprehensive (but definitely not complete) history of coffee liqueur on the internet!
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New unboxing episode! This one was a wild ride that really expresses the whole range of Grandma's dusty bottles. It's got half empty plastic bottles, beautiful figurine style miniatures, things that aren't even tiny bottles, and something labeled "100 poof." Never a dull moment!
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It's Bonnie Prince Charlie's bonnie liqueur! Drambuie is an herbal liqueur with a Scotch base, a great backstory and connections to the Rat Pack.
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Seagram's isn't the only important name in Canadian distilling history. This bottle of Café Noir coffee liqueur gave me my first opportunities to research and talk about some of the others, like Corby, Hiram Walker, Gooderham & Worts, and the maker of this tiny bottle: McGuinness.
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When it comes to Google searches, Bottle #26: Boggs Cranberry Liqueur is one of the bottles on my website that gets the most hits. And it's because people who liked Boggs Cranberry Liqueur when it first came out LOVE the stuff, and they are searching still today for it. For this video I sat down with my good friend Andy to see what all the fuss was about. And for once, chunky turned out to be a GOOD thing!
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It's the story of two coconut liqueurs, Jonkanoo from Rieder Distilling and Roncoco from Ron Matusalem, and their unexpected connection. It's also the story of WHY Grandma had (at least) two coconut liqueurs with roots in the 1970s. If you guessed Pina Coladas, you win a walk in the rain!
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Bottle #62 is Roncoco, a coconut liqueur based on white rum, bottled in Lake Alfred, Florida, under the authority of Ron Matusalem of San Juan, Puerto Rico. As a rum fan, I was already aware of the Ron Matusalem name, although these days it is made and based in the Dominican Republic rather than Puerto Rico. As I started digging into its history I didn’t find much about Roncoco, but I did find a LOT of drama, which I dig into in th...
This is hands-down the wildest bottle to come out of Grandma's collection so far. A bottle of what should be a deep red port, but that's now perfectly clear! In this episode I dive into how that might have happened, talk about Port itself, and ponder what this one will taste like.
Want to know more about different styles of Port? Here's a useful explainer.
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Some people think the number 13 is unlucky, but Reveal #13 was the exact opposite! This pick was filled with bottles that I'm excited to research, write about, and eventually taste! Listen in as I discover a few more bottles from Grandma's collection to explore, and find a callback to back to one of my favorite scandal-filled episodes.
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This tasting video was such a delight! My guest was Jennifer Querbes from Brandy Sainte Louise. We were both blown away at how similar my tiny old bottle of DeValcourt 10 Year Old French Brandy tasted to the brandy she's created! (Spoiler: they were both really delicious.) Then we moved on to taste a half evaporated bottle of Christian Brothers American brandy, which was also surprising in its own way. I hope you enjoy listenin...
This is the oldest bottle that I’ve found so far in Grandma's collection. In fact, it’s so old that it must have already been old when Grandma got it! In this episode I dive into what was happening during World War II that got this bottle of Portuguese brandy to American shores.
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Have you ever wondered why it's "The" Glenlivet? You'll find out why in this episode. This tiny bottle of Glenlivet 12 year old single malt is straight from the 1980s, and the time of the famous whisky "loch."
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I had SO MUCH fun tasting my 1990s Maker's Mark with Neal. We compared it to the modern version, and they were both good, but so very different. Find out how in this episode.
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Not just Bacardi, but Bacardi O! Bacardi is one of the most influential rum brands and in this episode I trace how their innovations have been changing what people drank for over 100 years. This includes - for better or worse - being the first company to release a flavored rum. Bacardi O was not the first, but it's definitely the O-iest.
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What does this bottle of gold rum from Antigua have to do with the 1918 Flu Pandemic? You'll have to listen to the episode to find out why it lead me to research the role alcohol played during our last major global pandemic!
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When it comes to cocktails, no place loves Benedictine so much as New Orleans. Which made legendary New Orleans bartender Chris Hannah the perfect person to meet up with to taste three tiny bottles - Benedictine from the 1960s, B&B from the 1970s, and B&B from the 1980s.
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Finally! After two bottles of B&B, I finally find a bottle of the real deal Benedictine. And it's a super cute one, most likely from the 1960s. I've already told its history (see episode #17) so in this episode I talk about some of the ways it's been used in cocktails for the last 100+ years.
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This unboxing episode opens with a major mystery and one of the most intriguing bottles from Grandma's collection I've discovered so far. Then it's a fun selection, mostly of liqueurs, which should make for some interesting research and future episodes!
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It was a lovely surprise to find this gorgeous bottle of Suntory Royal Japanese whisky from the 1980s in Grandma's collection. In this episode I dive into the origin of the Suntory brand and how Japanese whisky became so hot!
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