I frequently have a unique problem: I like traveling to new places, buying bottles of local whiskey, and consuming them in the form of a good old fashioned cocktail at
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I frequently have a unique problem: I like traveling to new places, buying bottles of local whiskey, and consuming them in the form of a good old fashioned cocktail at
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There’s something undeniably appealing about a whiskey that doesn’t want to sit on your shelf. Most bourbons are designed for the bar cart, the china cabinet, maybe the Instagram-worthy liquor
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As a born and raised Mets fan, the start of baseball season is always a celebration. And if you’re going to celebrate the crack of the bat, the smell of
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You may have noticed that things have been a little quiet over the last few weeks here, and that’s because I was out of the country on a proper vacation
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Every so often, I come across a bottle of whiskey that is going to either be extremely good or extremely bad. And never more so when it’s a bottle of
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I’m normally suspicious of a white rum. Newer distilleries tend to gravitate towards this kind of thing because of how cheap and easy it is to make, along with the
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It’s summer vacation time here at Thirty-One Whiskey (my excuse for the slower-than-usual trickle of new articles), and my wife and I recently visited the (relatively) cooler summer weather in
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Personally, I enjoy making cocktails by hand. I have a little notebook where I write down my recipes, a whole drawer of gadgets and shakers to help me get all
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I’ve been in Raleigh, North Carolina for about two years now, having transplanted from Austin, Texas. While Austin has a good number of local distilleries these days, the Raleigh crowd
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We’ve reviewed Ezra Brooks’ Black Label Bourbon Whiskey before, and it did a pretty good job for a bottle priced under fifteen bucks (at the time). There were some good
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We recently reviewed the white rum from Outer Banks Distilling, and it was a pretty darn good product. Some nice marshmallow flavors, tropical fruits, and even a bit of funk.
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In North Carolina, you can find just about any kind of geography or environment you want — and a delicious alcoholic beverage perfectly paired to each. From the whiskey-washed mountains
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Before you even pour a drop of Pendleton Original Canadian Whisky, the bottle tells a story. An old school medicine bottle with a label sporting a bucking bronco — this
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Over the years, I’ve spent quite a bit of time and effort improving the search catalog for this website. On the Reviews tab, you can interact with a system that
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We’ve reviewed whiskey from all across the United States, but never from the Commonwealth of Virginia before. Which seems to be an oversight on my part — I spent my
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