List of Kosher For Passover Tequilas 2025
Once again, Supervisores en Calidad Kosher has released its 2025 guide for Passover products, which includes – of interest for readers of this website – tequilas, mezcals, and sotols. They do note on the second page that “hay numerosos productos con certificaciones de agencias reconocidas, especialmente aquellos importados de Israel o EE.UU., que no han […]
List of Kosher For Passover Tequilas 2024
{Please note that this list is for 2024 (for the 2025 list, see here)} The Greater Phoenix Va’ad HaKashruth has released its annual list of kosher for Passover tequilas (see p. 7), noting that these are silver/blanco-only tequilas, silver/blanco mezcals, and sotols, “even when KFP status is not indicated on the bottle”. This list is organized by manufacturer […]
Boone County Distilling: Creating Fascinating Bourbon Products under Kosher-Certification, featuring Josh Quinn [The Jewish Drinking Show, ep. 148]
Introduction Having come across some interesting products that were kosher-certified that I would not have expected to be as such, I was fascinated to find out more about Boone County Distilling. The two products that stood out to me were their bourbon creme, as well as their bourbon aged in Dalton Winery casks from Israel. […]
Why Thinkers Distillery Uses Water from Jerusalem’s Air [Video Clip]
In this clip from the recent episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Bennett Kaplan shares why Thinkers Distillery uses water from Jerusalem’s air:
The Lack of Changes in the Spirits Industry in the 20th Century [Video Clip]
In this clip from the recent episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Bennett Kaplan shares about the lack of changes in the spirits industry in the 20th century:
Jerusalem’s First (& Only) Distillery, featuring Bennett Kaplan [The Jewish Drinking Show ep. 145]
Throughout Jerusalem’s multi-millenial history, there had never been a distillery…until a few years ago. As part of The Jewish Drinking Show‘s Toast to Israel at 75 mini-series, co-founder and co-CEO of Thinkers Distillery, Bennett Kaplan, joins the show to speak about this historic distillery. In addition to being available below in video format, the episode is […]
Preparing for Passover Begins Now
Last month, during the course of Passover, a couple of buddies and I were reflecting upon kosher for Passover liquors, both those that others held, as well as our own modest collections. While we had modest arrays of options for consuming for the duration of the holiday, we realized preparing for Passover begins now. While […]
Whiskey and Other Spirits in Yiddish [Video Clip]
In this clip from the newest episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Dr. Jordan Finkin shares about Yiddish terms for whiskey and other spirits: