Sometimes, the choice of what bottles to review comes down to just walking the aisles in my local liquor store, checking out the bottles, and finding one that I’ve never
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Whiskey Review: Chattanooga Whiskey Single Barrel Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Chattanooga Whiskey is a smaller distillery that’s been slowly building positive word-of-mouth because they have (so far) put out good stuff at a reasonable price. Their 91 proof bourbon whiskey
Continue readingWhiskey Review: Still Austin Distillery Reserve Series Cognac Cask Strength Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Not much beats a local distillery experience — especially when you can locally purchase different experiments and expressions that you might struggle to get your hands on otherwise. Still Austin
Continue readingReview: El Padrino Anejo Tequila
Often, a tequila brand will put out three versions of agave-based spirit: a blanco, a reposado, and an anejo. (The holy trinity, if you will.) But really, the two ends
Continue readingReview: El Padrino Blanco Tequila
Whenever I see something at my local liquor store that I’ve never heard of before and is prominently being pushed by the store as their “top pick”, I get a
Continue readingBest Scotch for Novice Scotch Drinkers
International Scotch Whisky Day is coming up on February 8th (not to be confused with National Scotch Whisky Day for those of us in the United States, which is on
Continue readingWhiskey Review: 1876 Texas Straight Bourbon Whiskey
I live in Austin, so I’ve reviewed a lot of whiskey from the local area. I’ve done some pretty in-depth digging into some of the specifically Austin based distilleries, but
Continue readingWhiskey Review: Tahwahkaro Texas Rye Malt Whiskey
One of my top (personal) whiskey recommendations for friends and family is Tahwahkaro’s Four Grain Bourbon Whiskey. It’s been four years since I had my first drop, and it always
Continue readingReview: Plantation 3 Stars Artisanal Rum
Calling your bottle of spirits “Three Stars” is a bold move… but not necessarily a good idea. The immediate connotation is to the quality of the spirits — in which
Continue readingReview: Stade’s Rum Barbados Bond No. 8
In the process of running a spirits review site, we occasionally have to choose between bottles we know will get clicks and bottles we’re just plain interested in. This bottle
Continue readingWhiskey Review: Assassin’s Creed Straight Bourbon Whiskey
I absolutely loved the original Assassin’s Creed when it came out. I thought the story was original, the gameplay was engaging, and setting the story during the Crusades was something
Continue readingReview: JAJA Anejo Tequila
Today we’re rounding out the product line of JAJA Tequila. We started with the youngest version (their blanco straight off the still), checked in with their middle aged reposado, and
Continue readingReview: JAJA Reposado Tequila
When we first tried JAJA Tequila back in 2021, we checked out their blanco version and stopped there. But since their new partnership with Proximo Spirits, things are looking up
Continue readingReview: JAJA Blanco Tequila
I love a good redemption story, and it sounds like that’s exactly what the folks at JAJA Tequila are working on. They launched their first version of their tequila in
Continue readingReview: Spiritless Kentucky 74 Distilled Non-Alcoholic Whiskey
Most non-alcoholic faux spirits are really just a blend of flavorings and water in a pretty bottle. The botanicals are distilled in some water, and then added to more water.
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