Below is a quick look at our latest reviews published at BevX on July 9, 2025. Click the links to get each beverage’s score and full analysis. Every Wednesday, we release new stories, introduce our latest reviews, and send subscribers their weekly, free digital newsletter. (Subscribe here.)
We had another busy week at BevX with new, tasty beverage reviews to share.
We have shifted our review format to offer more reviews for our review-hungry readers. The review pages (links below) will now offer a full tasting note with links to a full detailed review of our Featured Beverages.
As always, you can see all of our reviews here:
Beverage of the Week
Tongue Dancer Wines Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast 2023
This is the 12th vintage of Tongue Dancer Wines’ Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir, and as always, it’s an impressive glass of Pinot Noir and our favorite since the fantastic 2020 vintage. We have reviewed every vintage since 2015, and while each wine is unique and always an expression of the vintage, each respective wine has scored 94 points or better. How’s that for consistency?
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Wine Reviews
Celler Masroig Sola Fred Montsant 2023
Brilliant, deep ruby color. The aromatics are intense, offering scents of red currant and black cherry with supporting notes of forest floor, baking spices, and licorice. The palate confirms the nose, delivering a black fruit-driven core with flavors of blackberry, sour cherry, bramble, and black tea. The finish is long and lingering with ripe tannins. Medium to full-bodied and perfectly balanced with a velvety texture. This wine boldly proves that you don’t need oak to create a complex red. Made with 100% Carignan, and it’s absolutely delicious! $19.99 – 4 Stars/93 points
Spirits Reviews
Calumet Farm 18 Years Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon See the Full BevX Featured Review
Brilliant, deep amber color. The aromatics are very intense, giving scents of baking spices, gingerbread, and dried fruits with supporting notes of brown sugar, roasted nuts, oak, and black tea. The palate echoes the nose, delivering a bittersweet chocolate-driven core with flavors reminiscent of baking spices, butterscotch, candied ginger, leather, and charred oak. The finish is long and lingering. Full-bodied and perfectly balanced with a voluptuous texture.
$499.99 – 5 Stars
Damrak Virgin NA Gin
Brilliant, crystal clear. The aromatics are subtly intense, offering scents of fresh herbs with lavender in the lead, supported by orange peel, juniper, and subtle hints of baking spice. The palate is in complete agreement with the nose, delivering a lavender and citrus-driven core with accents of coriander, grapefruit zest, and orange. Medium-bodied and ideally balanced with more texture than the typical NA spirit. Perfect with soda and a lime wheel. $24.99 – 4 Stars
Damrak Gin
Brilliant, crystal clear. The aromatics are very intense, offering scents of orange peel, slate, and citrus zest with supporting notes of orange blossom, juniper, and kumquat. The palate confirms the nose, delivering an orange peel-driven core with flavors of fresh herbs, lavender, mandarin, coriander, and star anise. The finish is long and lingering. Full-bodied and perfectly balanced with a succulent texture. $27.99 – 4.5 Stars
Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin
Brilliant, faint steely blue color. The aromatics are citrus-forward with waves of grapefruit, lime, and lemon peels supported by notes of green tea, juniper, cardamon, and earth. The palate echoes the nose, delivering a spicy, citrus-focused core with assertive caraway and pepper accents and juniper and green tea rising on the finish. Full-bodied and ideally balanced with a bright dose of citrus and acid that finishes dry with lingering spice notes. The perfect Gimlet Gin. $27.99 – 4.5 Stars