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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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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Today we’re going to be taking another look at a reasonably priced scotch whisky. This one is a little more mid-market compared to the Clan MacGregor we recently reviewed, but
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There are very few tiki cocktails that call for a whiskey or a bourbon. Most of these concoctions use a rum, or a gin, or even a brandy as their
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Imported spirits are getting expensive these days. Blame whatever you want, but the reality is that your money might not stretch as far as it once did for things like
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One of the nice things about living in Raleigh is that there are so many interesting places nearby to visit. From the mountains of Asheville to the beautiful Atlantic beaches,
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Every spring, without fail, I start getting the itch to make tiki cocktails. I’m sure it’s just the combination of the winter weather making me stir crazy and the alluring
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Imported whisky is likely to get rather expensive in the coming months and years, which is unfortunate for those of us who enjoy a good scotch now and again. Thankfully,
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Springtime is just around the corner, and that means a blossoming of floral and herbaceous aromas all around us (…and my allergies making me miserable again, but that’s a small
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