High West is a spirits company that is relying heavily on sourced and blended spirits, and they’ve generally had a pretty good track record of putting out products that are
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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.
Whiskey Review: The Sexton Single Malt Irish Whiskey
Sometimes, I walk into a liquor store with a shopping list of what I need: brands I’ve researched well in advance, things that I know I need to grab before
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Whisky Review: Bruichladdich Port Charlotte Islay Barley 2013 Heavily Peated Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
I’m a fan of heavily peated whisky, from Ardbeg to Lagavulin and everything in between. It’s not an everyday choice, but when the day is sufficiently rainy and dreary, it’s
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Review: Pusser’s Rum Blue Label Original Admiralty Rum
Of all the spirits we review, I feel like rum is the one spirit that has a specific vibe most closely associated with it. There’s a nautical, tropical, seafaring feeling
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Cocktail Recipe: Three Dots and a Dash
Some say that a hurricane is the quintessential tiki cocktail. Others think the mai tai or the painkiller rules supreme. But in my estimation, the best cocktail of the bunch
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Review: Plantation Original Dark Rum
As we move into the warmer months of the year, there’s only one spirit on my mind this time around: rum. It’s a delicious spirit that I don’t think gets
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Cocktail Recipe: Saint Casa
When you think of an Irish cocktail, you probably think of something that uses Irish whiskey as a base. You probably aren’t thinking of something tequila based… but sure enough,
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Whiskey Review: Powers Gold Label Irish Whiskey
With St. Patrick’s Day only a few days away, it seems like a good time to review one of the more historic bottles of Irish whiskey that you can find
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Cocktail Recipe: Foghorn’s Fog Cutter
I have a soft spot in my heart for tiki cocktails. Sure I might look like the kind of guy who complains if his old fashioned has one too many
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Cocktail Recipe: French Blonde
A good cocktail can be a tricky balance, and not always everyone’s cup of tea (so to speak). Spirits can be a bit overpowering, and especially some of the flavors
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Review: Melifera Edizione Corsa Artisinal French Gin
A few months ago, I was walking through a spirits store in London trying to find any rare or interesting bottles that I wouldn’t be able to find back home
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Whiskey Review: Uncle Nearest Straight Rye Whiskey
The folks at Uncle Nearest have done a great job getting their business off the ground, and we’ve reviewed a couple of their bottles here in the past. In these
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Whiskey Review: Compass Box The Peat Monster
I’m a huge fan of bold, smoky, peaty scotch whiskeys — pretty much anything that comes out of Islay is something I’m going to like. I haven’t tried anything from
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Whiskey Review: Still Austin Bottled In Bond Red Corn Bourbon Whiskey
Even though I recently moved out of Austin, I plan on continuing to keep up with the latest offerings from the folks at Still Austin. Not only is it a
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Cigar Smoker’s Guide to Ybor City, Tampa
This past month I spent a few days in Tampa, Florida. I was in the city for a work conference, but I flew in a few days early and had
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