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Author: Nick Leghorn

Nick Leghorn lives in Austin, Texas and holds a WSET Spirits certification for his knowledge of distilled alcoholic beverages.
July 25, 2026 Nick Leghorn

Review: Cap & Cane Spirits Spiced Rum

When I moved to Raleigh, North Carolina a couple of years back, I made myself a quiet promise: I’d work my way through the local distilleries, one bottle at a

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July 18, 2026 Nick Leghorn

Cocktail Recipe: Test Pilot

There’s a hierarchy of coolness among pilots — a level of adoration and envy that comes as one climbs the ranks and looks at those still above them on the

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July 11, 2026 Nick Leghorn

Whiskey Review: 291 M Colorado Whiskey

When I picked up four bottles from Distillery 291 on that hiking trip through Colorado Springs this spring, this was the one I bought with someone else in mind. My

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July 4, 2026 Nick Leghorn

Whiskey Review: 291 All Rye 100% Rye Malt Colorado Whiskey

Of the four bottles I picked up from Distillery 291 during a hiking trip to Colorado Springs in May 2026, this is the one that made me do a double

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June 27, 2026 Nick Leghorn

Whiskey Review: Taconic Distillery Fox & Hare Single Barrel Rye Whiskey

I have this argument with my wife quite frequently: where, exactly, is the line for “upstate” New York? Growing up in Westchester County, my opinion was that anything north of

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June 13, 2026 Nick Leghorn

Whiskey Review: 291 Big Horn Colorado Bourbon Whiskey

There are some trails that reward you with a view, and some that reward you with sore calves and the kind of tiredness that makes a good drink feel earned.

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May 30, 2026 Nick Leghorn

Whiskey Review: Traveller Whiskey Blend No. 40

Celebrity spirits are a dime a dozen these days — and we’ve reviewed more than a few of them here. Every actor, musician, and retired athlete with a publicist and

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May 9, 2026 Nick Leghorn

Recipe: Homemade Limoncello

Italy is one of my favorite places to visit, and there are two liqueurs that I associate most strongly with those amazing visits: amaro and limoncello. Now, amaro is unfortunately

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May 2, 2026 Nick Leghorn

Best Travel Options for Old Fashioned Cocktails

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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April 18, 2026 Nick Leghorn

Whiskey Review: Montana Whiskey Co Blackfoot River Bourbon

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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April 4, 2026 Nick Leghorn

Whiskey Review: Beanball Bourbon Whiskey

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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November 12, 2025 Nick Leghorn

Review: KLM Delft Blue House Bols Genever

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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September 4, 2025 Nick Leghorn

Whiskey Review: Webb’s Grainworks Butterball Brown Butter Whiskey

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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August 29, 2025 Nick Leghorn

Review: Webb’s Grainworks Vaquero Rum

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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August 21, 2025 Nick Leghorn

Review: The WhistlePig Pavilion

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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