I like gin, but I’m usually more of a whiskey kind of guy. Those delicious barrel maturation flavors — vanilla, caramel, brown sugar, baking spices — can’t be beat. And
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I like gin, but I’m usually more of a whiskey kind of guy. Those delicious barrel maturation flavors — vanilla, caramel, brown sugar, baking spices — can’t be beat. And
Continue readingMost spirits are designed to be sold directly to consumers. Companies spend a ton of time on marketing, branding, identity, all that good stuff. This isn’t one of those spirits.
Continue readingI was recently in downtown San Diego with some family members who lived in the area when we stumbled across the You & Yours distillery. It seemed like the perfect
Continue readingThere’s an old joke in the cyber security world that the safest way to protect your computer is to encase it in steel and drop it in the bottom of
Continue readingI am a big fan of the standard edition Tanqueray London dry gin — I mean, there’s a reason it was (reportedly) the first spirit served in the White House
Continue readingWhile whiskey might be my favorite spirit, gin isn’t terribly far behind. There are so many different ways that you can approach this flavored spirit, from different herbal components to
Continue readingEver since I’ve been wading deeper into the world of gins, recommendations for ones to try have been coming out of the woodwork. One of the top recommendations that I’ve
Continue readingThere’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
Continue readingThe 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
Continue readingI’m a huge fan of the Nikka distillery, and their many whiskeys that I’ve reviewed previously. But that’s the whiskey side of things. I don’t think I’ve ever tried a
Continue readingWe’ve reviewed Classic Club rum before and the verdict was: it’s a bottom shelf brand that tries to produce a spirit good enough to pass muster mainly as a mixer.
Continue readingI’m a huge fan of scotch whisky — specifically, the funky stuff that typically comes out of Islay. But whiskey isn’t the only thing that they distill on the island
Continue readingOver the holidays, I tried Tanqueray gin for the first time and was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it. The flavors were good, the price was right, and
Continue readingAs we continue exploring the non-alcoholic gin market, we’re heading back to revisit a brand whose zero alcohol whiskey we tried and reviewed last year. In fact, we seem to
Continue readingTo date, our exploration into non-alcoholic spirits has been pretty disappointing. It seems like getting a non-alcoholic version of a traditional spirit is a pretty hard task to achieve. One
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