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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.
March 30, 2022 Nick Leghorn

Havana Club Showdown: Cuban Versus Puerto Rican

The story of Havana Club is the story of one family’s success, heartbreak, anger, and love. Although these two bottles have the same name and started from the same origin,

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March 28, 2022 Nick Leghorn

Rum Review: Havana Club 7 Year Old Rum

Here in the United States, it’s a challenge to get our hands on the good Cuban stuff. Cigars, rum, you name it — there’s a tiny bit of an embargo

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March 23, 2022 Nick Leghorn

Review: Treaty Oak Waterloo Old Yaupon Gin

Putting out a gin is often just a product of necessity for distilleries. It takes time to age a whiskey or a bourbon, so having something unaged (like a gin)

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March 21, 2022 Nick Leghorn

Review: Treaty Oak Waterloo No. 9 Gin

Very often, the first thing that a distillery does after it opens its doors is to start making a gin. Or a rum. Or a vodka. Really, anything that doesn’t

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March 18, 2022 Nick Leghorn

Review: Kaniche XO Artisanal Rum

I like bourbon, I like Cognac, and I like rum. So it goes a bit without saying that I was thrilled to find a distiller putting all three of those

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March 16, 2022 Nick Leghorn

Review: Kaniche Reserve Rum

One of the better perks of running a spirits review site is discovering niche, unique, or small-distribution labels that I’ve never heard of before. When you’ve seen almost everything, anything

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March 14, 2022 Nick Leghorn

What Is Cuban Rum?

You can find some form of rum almost everywhere in the Caribbean, and the varieties can differ pretty drastically depending on which island you’re on. We’ve previously talked about the

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March 11, 2022 Nick Leghorn

Whiskey Review: Roe & Co 106 Blended Irish Whiskey

In pretty much every major city around the world, you’ll find echoes of historic distilleries that made a huge impact in their day but couldn’t survive past the early half

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March 9, 2022 Nick Leghorn

Whiskey Review: Glen Fohdry 12 Year Mizunara Oak Cask Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky

You don’t see many products boasting that they were aged in Mizunara casks. It’s an expensive, time consuming, and generally annoying step to take — even when you’re doing so

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March 7, 2022 Nick Leghorn

Review: Neisson Rhum Vieux

I’m in love with French rum, specifically Martinique AOC Rhum Agricole. It’s a very niche component of the rum market, but it’s full of amazing flavors and interesting stories to

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March 3, 2022 Nick Leghorn

Review: Krol Premium Potato Vodka

For those of you following the news, you’ll know that things haven’t exactly improved in Ukraine recently. There are many ways we can support the Ukranians right now, and one

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March 1, 2022 Nick Leghorn

Review: Khor Platinum Vodka

With the current situation in Ukraine, we here at Thirty-One Whiskey wanted to take a moment to highlight as many Ukranian spirits as possible. Topping the list of recommendations we

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February 28, 2022 Nick Leghorn

Whiskey Review: Glenfiddich 14 Year Bourbon Barrel Reserve

While I might enjoy a good scotch whisky, I’m a bourbon drinker at heart. Those rich, dark bourbon flavors are what really got me interested in exploring spirits in the

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February 25, 2022 Nick Leghorn

Review: Artingstall’s Brilliant London Dry Gin

There’s probably a good chance you’re reading this review because this is the gin made and promoted by Paul Feig. In all fairness, it’s the reason we decided to review

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February 23, 2022 Nick Leghorn

Review: Plymouth Gin

The world of spirits is strange and convoluted but as I was studying for my WSET certification, one specific spirit stood out as uniquely odd: Plymouth Gin. Sometimes referred to

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