I'm Scott Spolverino. You may know me from such famous films as...wait. Alright, I'm not particularly famous. I do have a penchant for trying a lot of beverages though. And talking about them. Incessantly. My friends call me when they have questions about booze. I get calls from the liquor store almost every Friday. It's what I'm passionate about. Currently I'm a MSc student in Brewing and Distilling Science at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland. If that doesn't convince you of my nigh fanatical devotion of hooch, I dunno what will. Seriously, booze is just what I do. I'm not sure exactly why I love the adult beverage genre so much. Maybe it's because a lot of it are some of the few things made by hand to exacting standards and using techniques passed down from generation to generation. Maybe it's the fact that distillation has families in it, like the Noe family of Jim Beam. Maybe it's because for many, distilling and creating quality product is not just a business but a family tradition. That's pretty awesome. But, lo, that's not all.
I also drink a lot of tea. If tea wasn't good for you I would venture unhealthy amounts of tea. I will say right here, right now, I'm an unabashed fan of Harney and Son's teas. I love them not just because they put out high quality and low cost product but because their entire family (and even their employees) have helped me develop my palate at an astoundingly fast rate. I owe them a lot. As for my tea preferences, I love Assams, pu erh of all types (specifically cakes because the entertain the hell out of me), and the good umami quality of a sencha. That's right, I like me tea to taste like chicken soup. Boo-ya.
Finally, there are the cigars. My first cigar, much to the chagrin of my family, was in 2006 as a celebration of finishing the college application season. It technically was a celebratory cigar for getting into Cornell but if you read the first paragraph then you'll know that I had to change the occasion slightly. The first cigar I ever had was a Arturo Fuente Hemingway Signature. Yeah, I came in with a bang. My cigar weaknesses are corojo and criollo and my preference is medium to full bodied cigars. I have been known to smoke La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero Chiselitos on an empty stomach with a cup of black coffee. Some of my favorite cigars are the LFDs, the Don Lino Africas, the Joya De Nicaragua Antano, and the Rocky Patel Edge. I'm currently working on more of the Liga Privada line and the Illusione line. I also love trying boutique cigars and I've got quite a few reviews up of some harder to find stogies.
Anyway, thanks for putting up with me (either just in this instance or on, heaven forbid, a daily basis). Feel free to drop me a line at any time.
