One of my last trips prior to the pandemic was to Dublin. During my time there, I heard a lot of talk from locals about Teeling, the first distillery to
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Review: Villa One Silver Tequila
I’m always intrigued by celebrity endorsed spirits. It seldom seems to go well, usually resulting in a poor product that is really just a naked cash grab instead of a
Continue readingWhiskey Review: Kings County Distillery Wine-Finished Bourbon Whiskey
Cask finishing is a process that has been used widely in Scotland for their spirits, but here in the United States, it’s a pretty new concept. Take an aged whiskey,
Continue readingWhiskey Review: Kings County Distillery 6-Year Blender’s Reserve Straight Bourbon Whiskey
During a recent trip to New York, I paid a visit to the Kings County distillery in Brooklyn. It was a great experience, and naturally at the end of the
Continue readingWhiskey Review: RockFilter Distillery Rail Splitter Bourbon Whiskey
While I may have been born and raised in New York, my mother’s side of the family is all in Minnesota. I’ve probably spent more time visiting in that state
Continue readingWhiskey Review: Rittenhouse Bottled In Bond Straight Rye Whiskey
My wife and I fell down a YouTube rabbit hole recently. We started watching a YT channel called How To Drink, and while I don’t always agree with the host
Continue readingReview: Ritual Zero Proof Whiskey Alternative
I saw a whiskey available on Amazon.com the other week. Which is strange — Amazon doesn’t sell whiskey. (I’m sure that’s somewhere in their future plans to take over the
Continue readingWhiskey Review: Few Spirits Immortal Rye Whiskey
I like whiskey, and I like tea. So when I heard that Few Spirits was producing a whiskey that incorporated an interesting black tea in the production process, I was
Continue readingWhiskey Review: Kings County Distillery Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Kings County Distillery in New York seems to focus heavily on experimental bottlings: different finishing techniques, unique grains used in the process, all sorts of oddness. But before you start
Continue readingWhiskey Review: Willett Pot Still Reserve Bourbon
There are a few bourbons that really stand out for one reason or another. There could be an interesting production process, or an interesting aging location, for example. For this
Continue readingWhiskey Review: Rabbit Hole Cavehill Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
I was browsing my local liquor store here in Chicago and a new display of Rabbit Hole spirits caught my eye. It’s kind of hard not to notice it, actually
Continue readingWhiskey Review: Jefferson’s Ocean Aged at Sea Bourbon
Jefferson’s is a brand that made their start bottling a blend of bourbons without doing much of the production or processing themselves. Usually, I’m not that thrilled about a company
Continue readingWhiskey Review: Triple R Russian River Rye Whiskey
Despite the majority of the whiskey market focused on cranking out bourbon, there’s a slow but steady trickle of newer distilleries that are focusing on other expressions to make their
Continue readingRum Review: Jonah’s Curse Black Spiced Rum
Before I fell down the tequila rabbit hole, I had already started wandering off the straight and true path of the whiskey drinker and had found myself investigating rum. It’s
Continue readingWhiskey Review: Still Austin Cask Strength Straight Bourbon Whiskey
The folks at Still Austin have been putting out new and interesting versions of their whiskey multiple times a year now — but usually, these releases are limited to only
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