Category: Spirits

There are some things that grab my attention and make me want to check out a bottle of whiskey I’ve heard about. Sometimes it’s an interesting background. Sometimes there’s a

I grew up in New York, and while most equate “New York” with “New York City”, there are actually a great deal of distinct areas within the state. My hometown

I spend a good amount of time in the Hudson Valley, NY area. My wife was raised there and has friends that still live in the area that she regularly

I love walking down the whiskey aisle and grabbing new things off the shelf. I never know what I’m going to find, and in this case I had no idea

The first time I heard about Michter’s was from Billions, the TV show. Apparently Michter’s sponsors the show, and as a result the cast gets a fresh bottle in their

There are more and more distilleries popping up in Texas, and especially in my local Austin area. One distillery that I hadn’t heard of before is Banner Distilling Co, and

Before moving to Austin, I spent about five years living in San Antonio, Texas. Austin generally gets more street cred, but there’s some interesting stuff going on in SA. Point

Texas is home to many small towns with strange and difficult to pronounce names. From Boerne to Littig, there’s some strange place names out there. One of those strange names

I’m heading off to Scotland in a couple weeks time, so I figured it would be a good idea to study up on the more popular expressions of scotch whisky.

Crown Royal is the poster child for Canadian whiskey. The most popular on the American market and with some slick branding, it certainly makes a splash on the liquor store

When you say Champagne, there are some brands that come to mind immediately. Moet, Tattinger, Veuve… The list goes on. The same thing is true for scotch whisky. In this