Liquorama INDEED!
I looked online to see where I can purchase a specific peach bourbon. All due to falling in love with this drink on the rocks while attending a wedding not too long ago.
During my web search of my new favorite drink. Liquorama Popped up almost instantly.
I was rather taken by surprised expecting to see my peach bourbon show up at a more expected main stream name brand brick and mortar competitor(s). Nope!
Neither one had it, to my dismay.
Then I looked online to track down to see what and where the closest Liquorama was located. Turned out there was one about a 30 minute drive from my home in the city of Upland. Not...too bad of a distance from home. Just would need a better reason to go all the way out there for just some on occasional tasty booze.
With a bit more research on their website,
Not only did Liquorama have my peach bourbon, low and behold it was on sale! Thank heavens above!
It was a sign!
Now I have to GO!!!!
So I arrange to meet up with my oldest Highschool friend for a meetup breakfast/ early lunch nearby. After lunch we headed over to Liquorama for our first visit. To make it worth the while of a decent drive.
This particular Liquorama in Upland is tucked away in the center corner of the shopping center.
From first appearance from the parking lot it may appear to be a small liquor store, but as soon as you walk in. BOOM!
Rows and rows of well organized liquor shelves for any connoisseur of spirits delight. Let alone a large glassed walk-in humidor for cigars for sale just 30 feet away from the front doors. Nice!!!!
It took a short while to track down the Peach good stuff, before I gleefully had four bottles in my arms heading straight to the cashier.
The employee/cashier noticed my purchase and then asked if I and my friend ever tried another different label bourbon. Why...no...
Next thing he pulls out a bottle of his suggestion and pours two small taster sample plastic glasses for my friend and I to try.
First time, being offered a small drink at the checkout counter. SWEET! Sure! What the hell, were both of beyond legal age! This makes up for the little traffic on the way there.
The drinks were small and it wouldn't impair my driving at all. Just a tasty smidge of Happy goodness.
My friend I toasted and slowly tried this peanut butter infused bourbon concoction and Oh MY WORD!
It WAS TASTY!
I thanked the cashier for the sample, as he smiled.
I finished paying for my four bottles of peach libation.
My friend and I wished everyone well inside as we made it out the door heading back to my car.
As we were dropping off the four bottles of Peach Bourbon into my trunk.
My friend and I were just about to get into my car, right up until the flavor of that tasty peanut butter bourbon grabbed hold still lingering on my tastebuds. As I realized and uttered out loud, "DAMN IT"!!!
My friend asked what's wrong. AS I told him, that I need to go back and get a bottle of that EVIL peanut butter bourbon!!!!
He asked what for? Followed with agreeing it was damn good! I said, I can make a killer whiskey sauce with it for a future bread pudding as I closed and locked up my car once again. As my friend tagged along with me back into Liquorama.
The cashier chuckled of our sudden return, as I quickly made a beeline with a bottle of the peanut butter EVILNESS! As I gave the cashier a friendly stink eye .... handed him my money for the purchase of the bottle.
He mumbled, "it's good huh?"
Yeah...I replied with dang it! It's really good, you might be a new future friend and told him what it was going to be used for.
He nodded in approval as my friend and I heading back to the car.
Didn't have too much time to explore the entire place, but I know for sure my friend and I will be returning in the near future! Especially for obscure hard to find spirits.
Liquorama reminds me of a larger version of a Vendom's with just much more selections and hard to find spirits.
The only minor downside I experienced here is the liquor shelves are kind of on the short side for what I'm accustomed to.
So there is a lot of squatting and or head/body tilting to see what they all have on the bottom shelves. It can kind of get perplexing if your well over 6 feet tall and on a quick mission to find a specific liquor on your way to a special event.
Not only did I go to an amazing wedding, that led me to my favorite bourbon. It's now led me to Liquorama officially being on my top 3 MUST GO liquor establishments!
Me and my friend didn't have any problems (unlike other reviewers) with any of the staff here. They were very helpful, observant if you needed help and if your cool, friendly, making nice chitchat back, they might just suggest or offer you a small free sample to try.
It may not happen very often.
But, sometimes friendliness is the best policy and way to go in life.
Well done, Liquorama! Keep up the great work!
Until the next review....CHEERS!!!!
-Sean J. read more