Category: Spirits

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.

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

A few weeks ago, we reviewed Five Brother’s Bourbon from Heaven Hill. I had first tried it on a tasting tour at the distillery (the “Magic of the Mashbill” experience). That

Named after the first track on their 2009 album “Black Gives Way to Blue”, this whiskey is a collaboration between Alice in Chains and FEW Spirits. Now, it’s no secret that

During the final leg of my recent Louisville trip, our crew embarked on a brisk 4-block stroll down Main Street to reach Angel’s Envy, marking our sixth distillery visit and

The final stop on my recent Bardstown tour saw us take a winding hilly road into Loretto, Kentucky to Star Hill Farm… aka the home of Maker’s Mark. Minor spoiler

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

The third stop on my bourbon tour in Bardstown, Kentucky was the Willett Distillery. Sadly, my group did not have time to do a full tour, but it was a

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

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

The second stop on my recent Bardstown whiskey tour was at Heaven Hill Distillery, which was another gleaming modern facility surrounded by rickhouses as far as the eye can see.

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

I recently visited bourbon country, and the highlight of the trip was a full day of whiskey tasting (with a reliable driver to keep the party in line). Our first