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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.
February 27, 2024 Nick Leghorn

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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February 20, 2024 Nick Leghorn

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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February 15, 2024 Nick Leghorn

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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February 6, 2024 Nick Leghorn

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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January 30, 2024 Nick Leghorn

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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January 16, 2024 Nick Leghorn

Whiskey Review: High West Rendezvous Rye Whiskey

High West is a company we’ve reviewed here before — and while all of the bottles we’ve tried have performed respectably, none of them have really blown my socks off.

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January 11, 2024 Nick Leghorn

Whiskey Review: High West Bourbon Whiskey

High West is one of those distilleries that we hear about a lot from other bourbon enthusiasts, and for good reason — we’ve tried some of their spirits before and

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January 9, 2024 Nick Leghorn

Review: Courvoisier VS Cognac

I’m a sucker for a Ridley Scott movie. My wife fell asleep the last time I took her to see one (even Ryan Gosling in Blade Runner 2049 couldn’t keep

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December 27, 2023 Nick Leghorn

Review: Lost Spirits 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Heavy Pot Still Rum

For years, I had undertaken a regular annual pilgrimage to Las Vegas as a writer for a different publication covering a trade show there. Every year I came back with

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December 19, 2023 Nick Leghorn

Whiskey Review: Savage & Cooke Second Glance American Whiskey

Whiskey distillers don’t tend to stray too far from the normal pattern of bottle designs. In the vast majority of cases, distillers are more organic chemistry nerds at heart than

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December 5, 2023 Nick Leghorn

Whiskey Review: Garage Oil Spirits American Badass Whiskey

I’m always on the lookout for new and interesting brands of whiskey, especially those based in the Austin area. Garage Oil Spirits is one of those local brands I’ve heard

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November 28, 2023 Nick Leghorn

Whisky Review: Canadian Mist Blended Canadian Whisky

We spent all of October confronting the terrifying things that lurk on the bottom shelf of the liquor store, and I was really happy to return to the good stuff

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November 21, 2023 Nick Leghorn

Whiskey Review: Black Velvet Blended Canadian Whisky

Ask most people what they want in a whiskey and they will probably tell you something along the lines of “smooth and delicious”. Velvety in texture, even. That seems to

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November 14, 2023 Nick Leghorn

Whiskey Review: Auchentoshan 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky

I’m a sucker for a good scotch. Whenever we have a milestone here at Thirty-One Whiskey (and I have an excuse to splurge on an expensive bottle to review) that’s

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November 9, 2023 Nick Leghorn

Review: Fierce Whiskers Diction Gin

We just finished trying out the unaged Contra Gin from Fierce Whiskers, one half of their special “Contra/Diction” release from this summer. And while it was unquestionably delicious, there was

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