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JAK’s SPOOKY SPIRITS
Fall marks the end of summer with its breathtaking autumn colours that set the world on fire. The days are shorter and there’s a chill in the air that slices to the bone. Foggy mists settle in with the dark at eve leading us into this magical time of year abound with mystery, suspense and superstition, my favourite time - Halloween.
Stay safe this Halloween, allow no black cats to cross your path, sidewalk cracks break backs and dropped mirrors reflect fear. And no matter what you do, if your home line rings and it’s from within your house – RUN!
Run for your life to the nearest JAK’S store and we’ll protect you with one of these spooky spirits to soothe your nerves!
Check out some of our bone chillingly and delightfully terrifying picks below!
Spud Pumpkin Spiced Vodka
Spud Pumpkin Spiced Vodka - $26.99
I’m feeling safe at home with sweet aromas of fresh cookie dough wafting through the air giving me a peaceful sense of false security. The lights shut down and an evil pumpkin head looms outside my window with a cackle that shivers me to the core. My heart races and in a terrifying panic I immediately reach for my pumpkin spiced martini for my power.
Don’t wait for the evil pumpkin head to remind you this Halloween…grab this fiendishly delicious and 100% natural pumpkin spiced vodka to enjoy.
Compass Box “Peat Monster”
Compass Box “Peat Monster” Blended Malt Scotch - $98.99
It’s the mash, it’s the Peat Monster mash and it’s a graveyard smash. The zombies are having fun as the party had just begun, but the creepy cats were on the run having smashingly crazy whisky fun!
Compass Box has concocted this freakishly good brew of peated single malt whiskies from Scotland. Uniquely crafted, this whisky is bottled at 46% abv with no added colouring. Monsterous flavours of swirling smoke stir your senses with a slight medicinal note mixed in a ripe fruit potion.
Excellent with any blue veined monsters or cheeses.
Arran “Machrie Moor”
Arran “Machrie Moor” Single Malt Scotch - $124.99
On the rugged, windy west coast of the Isle of Arran lies the ancient and mystical peat bog called Machrie Moor. Bronze Age stone circles are strewn across its barren terrain that were once associated with the ceremonial activities of that age. Amidst lies a stone circle, Fingal’s Cauldron and there sits a lone stone with a carved hole. Folklore honours the warrior giant Fingal who tethered his dog Bran to this very stone.
This peated expression of the Arran Single Malt is bottled at 46% abv with no added colouring or chill filtration. Let this whisky transport you back to the time of the druids with its smoldering smoky sorcery drooled with candied citrus peel and vanilla. Its earthy edge howls of the landscape from whence it came.
Unleash the legend that is Machrie Moor!
Deadhead Chocolate Rum
Deadhead Chocolate Rum - $96.99
The Jivaro tribes of the Amazon believed the shrinking of human heads would harness the spirit of their enemy.
In the spirit of the tsanta, I’ve headhunted this 5 year old cask aged rum from southern Mexico. Locally sourced dark roasted cocoa is infused to create this enchanting elixir that sits at 35% abv. It is a rum that hypnotizes with a bewitching charm that spellbind one with burnt toffee, roast coffee, cocoa and dried cherry flavours.
Be a true tsanta deadhead this Halloween and pick up your shrunken monkey head. This heavenly rum is guaranteed to ward off any evil spirits you may encounter.
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June Tasting Notes
Here are some fun picks to celebrate the onset of summer this month. We added a touch of pink with June 12th being National Rose Day which also happens to coincide with World Gin Day this year. We certainly cannot forget all the wonderful Dad’s out there who I am sure would enjoy a dram at the end of the day. JAK’S is holding its bi-annual Whisky Sale running from June 10th to the 21st and there are some amazing deals to be had for Dad!
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Choose your Tequila - Choose your Cocktail
The classic spirit of choice to commemorate the May 05th date is Tequila and what better way to enjoy than a Margarita.
Today, there are more than 100 distilleries in Mexico that proudly create over 900 brands of Tequila much to the delight of Margarita-lovers and spirit-sippers. There are tons of variations now on the Margarita to have fun with but the classic is always a good standby.