The World’s Finest Rum, Ron Zacapa From Guatemala

Ron Zacapa XO

Zacapa is not one of Guatemala’s most romantic towns. It’s hot, dusty, stuffed with loud, belching traffic and inhabited by dogs that sleep all day and fight all night. Occasionally some automatic weapon fire stutters to accent the horror. Yet, somehow, the place produces what could be the world’s best rum, Ron Zacapa. At least… [Continue Reading]

Beer & Whiskey Dinner Pairing

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Beer & Whiskey Dad’s Day Dinner Pairing Sunday, June 16th, 5:30pm The Blue Star 1645 S Tejon St 719-632-1086 $65 per person + Tax and Gratuity Give Dad a very special gift this Fathers Day and bring him down for this exclusive dinner pairing. The featured beers will be various versions of the elusive Eclipse… [Continue Reading]

A Most Extraordinary Cognac

A.E. Dor VS Cognac

Forget about the popular brand cognacs, this is the bomb. It’s aged two and a half times longer than required by the regulations. Thus you don’t have the mouth fire of the “pop” VS cognacs. We actually feel that A.E. Dor would blow away most “pop” VSOPs. Mon Dieu! A.E. Dor VS Cognac, $49.99 Wine… [Continue Reading]

Single Barrel Buffalo Trace Bourbon

Single Barrel Buffalo Trace

We love Bourbon! We love it so much that we bought a whole barrel. All said and done, it was about 50 gallons of the good stuff. This particular barrel was hand selected by our dedicated staff. We received several samples from different Buffalo Trace barrels and, after a thoughtful tasting session, we picked one… [Continue Reading]

Outstanding Bourbon

Pappy Van Winkle Bourbon

One of the many things that sets Coaltrain apart from other specialty wine shops and large box retailers is our ability to procure hard to find, specialty items. In addition to our spectacular wine and beer selection, our cordial and liquor sections feature a number of these items.

Roundhouse Gin

Roadhouse Gin

Roundhouse Gin is a dry gin of its own breed, micro-distilled and bottled by hand in exceptionally small batches in Boulder, Colorado. Neutral grain spirit is redistilled in a handmade, Portuguese copper pot still with the traditional gin botanicals of juniper berry, coriander, citrus peel, star anise, angelica, and orris root. Hints of sencha green… [Continue Reading]