Keep an olympic spirit-Cachaça

Posted in Spirits, Summerville Ace Just because the Summer Games are over doesn’t mean you can’t have a little Brazilian fun. Maybe it’s time to taste some of the Brazilian culture, right here in Augusta. We are now carrying 3 different Cachaças from Brazil. Cachaça? you ask. The difference between this and regular rum is that Cachaça is made from raw sugarcane where rum is made from refined sugar. As the Boca...
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Georgia Craft Beers

Posted in Beer, Summerville Ace Breweries are popping up all over the South, including Georgia. Augusta is getting its first full brewery since Prohibition. We have brews from Monday Night Brewing (Atlanta), Service Brewing (Savannah), Jekyll Brewing (Alpharetta) or Red Hare (Atlanta), Eagle Creek (Statesboro) and Wild Heaven (Avondale Estates-that’s Atlanta for the rest of us). Almost forgot Red Brick in Atlanta or...
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Bib & Tucker Small Batch Bourbon

Posted in Spirits, Summerville Ace Bib & Tucker Small Batch Bourbon | $54.99 During America’s rough and tumble early days, the term “bib & tucker” was used to describe your finest attire, the kind you’d wear to a wedding or special dance. Along those same lines of thinking, we’re putting forth our finest. Bib & Tucker is a delightfully smooth bourbon sporting notes of chestnut, and it’s crafted with a sense of...
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Beautifully Aged Rums-Kirk and Sweeney

Posted in Spirits, Summerville Ace KIRK AND SWEENEY was a wooden schooner, best known for smuggling rum from the Caribbean to the Northeast during the early years of Prohibition. This “schooner” is now bringing 3 incredible rums to our shop. 12, 18 and 23 year barrel-aged editions.   23-Year-Old | $43.99 Looking at its deep amber and iridescent copper color, it’s clear this 23-year-old rum is uniquely charming....
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The Perfect Gin and Tonic(s)

Posted in Spirits, Summerville Ace If you want to try and make the perfect Gin and Tonic here is a place to start. Now, we have to warn you. You won’t be making a bunch of them. The tonic comes in 17 oz bottle and the gin comes in 375ml bottle and they aren’t cheap. Jack Rudy Cocktail Company makes this small batch tonic ($19) in Charleston, S.C. A true southerner. Monkey 47 Schwarzwald Dry Gin might be in a small...
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Color for your bottle tree

Posted in Summerville Ace, Wines   Bottle trees are all the rage. Wooden, wrought iron and everything in-between. But what’s a bottle tree without bottles? You need some color with those trees and lots of people are coming in looking for wine in colored bottles. We’ve got several to choose from and they are really good wines. Some of the finest Rieslings from Germany are by Moselland. Their Zeller Schwarze Katz...
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