Voyager Single-Batch Distilled Gin on The Small Screen Network

A good friend of the distillery, Robert "Drink Boy" Hess, is not only known for his wit and charm, he is also quite the cocktail guru. As many of you may know, Robert has created a special cocktail known as the "Clipper Ship" featuring, and based on, our gin and absinthe. He is also host of Small Screen Network's Internet-based show, "The Cocktail Spirit."
Robert recently produced an episode featuring Voyager Gin in an interesting new cocktail creation, "The Petruchio" from Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew.
Take a look:
http://www.smallscreennetwork.com/video/194/petrucio/#vcx_2sqngi0b4081
Cheers,
Marc

News...

Wanted to let everyone know that we received word today that our Pacifique Absinthe has been selected for listing in Washington State Liquor Stores! Hopefully by the end of June, WSLCB-owned stores will be stocking our absinthe.
There are a select few liquor stores in that now have special ordered a limited stock of Pacifique Absinthe. They are:
#020 Woodinville , 425-483-2219
#078 Shoreline, 206-366-2634
#179 North Bend, 425-888-2624
#136 Ballard/Crown Hill, 206-545-6780
#028 Seattle, (12th & E. Pine), 206-720-3459
#046 Seattle, (6th & Lenora, for Bars/Restaurant only), 206-464-7841
#010 Vancouver, 360-750-4048
#077 Seattle, (Queen Anne) 206-298-4616
#101 Seattle, (4th Ave. S.) 206-587-5687
#062 Edmonds, 425-778-4001
#093 Kenmore, 425-486-0538
#118 Seattle, (Raineer Beach) 206-721-4175
#096 Seattle, (University Village) 206-545-6650
#092 Tacoma (Evergreen Plaza II, for Bars/Restaurants only) 253-471-4400
We anticipate this stock to run out before all the stores are supplied from our being listed, and from our experience with Voyager becoming listed, there will not be anymore special orders or re-stocking until the June time-frame.

Our Gin and Absinthe are now available at Drink Up New York!

Our Voyager Gin and Pacifique Absinthe are now available for pre-sale at Drink Up New York. This is good news for those of you that don't have access a Washington State Liquor Store.
Drink Up New York (DUNY) is one of the premier online retailers for premium spirits and wines. Their main web address is:
www. drinkupny.com
The specific link for Voyager pre-sale is: http://www.drinkupny.com/Voyager_Gin_p/s0779.htm
The direct link for Pacifique pre-sale is: http://www.drinkupny.com/Pacifique_Absinthe_Verte_p/s0778.htm

Also, remember that orders over $99.99 at DUNY get free shipping!

Absinthe, part IV & Voyager update

We have delivered more cases of absinthe to the WSLCB main warehouse. It will be going to the Woodinville store #20 and to the South Seattle Store #101. We anticipate it to arrive at the stores late next week. If you're interested contact the stores.
Woodinville #20, phone 425-483-2219
Seattle store #101, phone 206-587-5687

Also, as many of you know, our Voyager Single-Batch Distilled Gin is now a listed product for Washington State liquor stores. State-owned stores have been receiving their cases beginning this week. If the store that serves you is a contract liquor store, ask the owner/manager to stock our gin. The WSLCB ordering code is 32700.

Absinthe, part III

We recently delivered some special order cases of our Pacifique Absinthe Verte. For those of you in the Seattle restaurant/bar trade, we delivered four cases that are destined for the "restaurant/bar" liquor store in downtown Seattle. If you have a favorite restaurant or bar in Seattle to drink an absinthe, let them know it is available from the 6th & Lenora store. We also delivered some for the Woodinville WSLCB store #20 for individual bottle sales. To see when they actually have the Pacifique in I would suggest you call them to save a trip. The Woodinville store's phone number is: 425-483-2219 and the Lenora store's phone is 206-464-7841. Also, any WSLCB store will special order you our Pacifique, but it is only in 6-pack cases at this time.

Bars featuring Voyager Gin

I would like to update you fine folks who are following this blog and have been a source of support for us. Voyager Single-Batch Distilled Gin has been approved for listing with the Washington State Liquor Control Board (WSLCB) and should be showing up soon at a local WSLCB store within the next month or so. I would like to shout out to some of the local bars in the Seattle area that have stepped up to the plate and special-ordered Voyager for their establishments:

Andrew at Liberty Bar in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. Liberty has the distinction of being the first establishment on the planet to feature Voyager Gin.

Murray and Kacy from Zig Zag in Seattle's Pike Place district. Murray told me that they went through 4 bottles of Voyager last Friday night!

Jim from Vessel in Seattle's Downtown district.

I would like to give a great "Thank you" to Robert Hess, who many of you know as DrinkBoy from www.drinkboy.com Robert has created a new classic cocktail we call the "Clipper Ship" featuring Voyager Gin. Here's a direct link to the cocktail:

http://www.drinkboy.com/Cocktails/Recipe.aspx?itemid=198

There are a few things that we will be sharing with all of you in the near future regarding the rollout of Voyager Gin and Pacifique Absinthe. Stay tuned!

Absinthe, part II

Well, we have our absinthe label approved as of last month and have about 400 liters of still-strength spirit "resting" (the TTB doesn't allow us to call it aging) and have received our new absinthe labels. We have also made a few test bottlings to see how the new label looks. So far the absinthe tastes wonderful. We could not be happier with the results. We plan on doing another run of the absinthe and gin this upcoming weekend. Maggie Dutton of the Seattle Weekly came by last week to take a look at our distillery. Hopefully you'll be able to read something about Pacific Distillery in the near future. Also, there is a brief feature by Anna Roth concerning our distillery and Pacifique Absinthe in this month's Seattle Metropolitan magazine. Unfortunately they botched the picture by showing the bartender lighting absinthe on fire at the Polar Bar in downtown Seattle's Arctic Club Hotel. I need to pay those guys a visit and show them how to serve an absinthe.Oh well, at least my name was spelled correctly. Also, for you gin fans, Liberty Bar in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood now has our Voyager Single-Batch Distilled Gin in their bar!!! They are the first commercial bar in Washington to offer our gin to you fine folks. Zig-Zag near Seattle's Pike Place Market should soon have Voyager on their bar also. I strongly suggest you visit these fine establishments and order a Voyager Martini! We'll keep you posted as more bars pick up our fine spirits.

UPDATE! Maggie Dutton's article has just been published in the Seattle Weekly. Here's the link:

http://www.seattleweekly.com/2009-01-07/food/and-then-there-were-two/