Spirits – Page 25 – Thirty-One Whiskey

January 5, 2022 Nick Leghorn

Review: Navy Bay Dark Jamaican Rum

I was recently browsing the rum aisle looking for Meyers’s Rum, and did a full-on double take when I finally found it. Because right next to it on the shelf

January 3, 2022 Nick Leghorn

Review: Myers’s Original Dark Rum

You’d expect a rum this iconic, long-lived, and well-regarded to come in a fancy bottle. And yet, here we are with Myers’s Rum… which comes primarily in plastic containers with

December 31, 2021 Nick Leghorn

Review: Crystal Head Vodka

We’ve been looking at some celebrity backed spirits over the last few weeks, and one we’re often referenced but never actually reviewed was Dan Aykroyd’s Crystal Head Vodka. I figured

December 29, 2021 Nick Leghorn

Review: Beefeater London Dry Gin

I was recently practicing my blind tasting skills in preparation for my WSET Level 3 exam in spirits, and one of the spirits I could always identify, right down to

December 27, 2021 Nick Leghorn

Review: Bombay Sapphire

I’ve been digging into gins lately, having realized that my review library of them was sadly limited. Gin is a delicious spirit with some interesting characteristics and options, and Bombay

December 24, 2021 Nick Leghorn

Review: Tanqueray London Dry Gin

From the look of it, you’d never know that this historic gin was present at one of the most important moments in American spirits history. Tanqueray looks like a sophisticated

December 22, 2021 Nick Leghorn

Review: Don Julio Anejo

Given the choice, I’ll always reach for an anejo tequila before a blanco or reposado. I started in the whiskey world and have a taste for barrel aging notes, so

December 20, 2021 Nick Leghorn

Review: Don Julio Reposado

Manufacturing and putting out a reposado tequila is a tough challenge. You need to get things just right so that the flavors are all in balance, the color is just

December 17, 2021 Nick Leghorn

Review: Don Julio Blanco

There’s really only so much that you can do to a blanco tequila. It’s probably the most restrictive of the tequila styles and, as a result, the flavor profile you

December 13, 2021 Nick Leghorn

Review: Teremana Anejo Tequila

In general, I’m not usually a fan of young spirits. Things like a blanco tequila are useful in their specific lanes, but when I’m looking for something to enjoy at

December 10, 2021 Nick Leghorn

Review: Teremana Reposado Tequila

Tequila is an odd duck when it comes to aging. It’s one of the only spirits categories that has this strange reposado definition, in which the spirit is aged between

December 8, 2021 Nick Leghorn

Review: Teremana Blanco Tequila

Celebrity spirits can be a bit hit and miss — some are pretty awesome, and some are only awesomely terrible. Today we’re going to start taking a look at Dwayne

December 6, 2021 Nick Leghorn

What Is Tequila?

Tequila sometimes gets an undeserved bad rap, thanks to some media portrayals and a history of poor quality products dominating the market. Thankfully that’s all changing, though, and this delicious

December 1, 2021 Nick Leghorn

Review: Aviation American Gin

We’ve been focused on two things here at Thirty One Whiskey as of late: 1) highlighting a different spirit every week, starting off each Monday with a “What is <insert

November 29, 2021 Nick Leghorn

What Is Gin?

In most spirits, what you’re looking at is a combination of a well-made base alcohol and a delicious maturation process. This could be spirits like mezcal and tequila, in which