Category: Whiskey

Every so often, I come across a bottle of whiskey that is going to either be extremely good or extremely bad. And never more so when it’s a bottle of

Diageo, the large liquor conglomerate owner of Johnnie Walker, likes to use their scotch in entertainment related tie-ins.  From the “Johnny Drama” bottle for the Entourage movie to the White

I’ve been in Raleigh, North Carolina for about two years now, having transplanted from Austin, Texas. While Austin has a good number of local distilleries these days, the Raleigh crowd

Once a year, I escape from Chicago to spend a few weeks in the Florida Keys, trading the bustle of the big city for sitting on a deck as the

We’ve reviewed Ezra Brooks’ Black Label Bourbon Whiskey before, and it did a pretty good job for a bottle priced under fifteen bucks (at the time). There were some good

Before you even pour a drop of Pendleton Original Canadian Whisky, the bottle tells a story. An old school medicine bottle with a label sporting a bucking bronco — this

There are a group of bottles that have been catching my eye recently, one of which is from a distillery called New Riff. Located on the Kentucky side of the Ohio

We’ve reviewed whiskey from all across the United States, but never from the Commonwealth of Virginia before. Which seems to be an oversight on my part — I spent my

Today we’re going to be taking another look at a reasonably priced scotch whisky. This one is a little more mid-market compared to the Clan MacGregor we recently reviewed, but

Imported spirits are getting expensive these days. Blame whatever you want, but the reality is that your money might not stretch as far as it once did for things like

We’ve reviewed quite a number of offerings by Few Spirits; however, it’s been a while. The other day I did my normal sweep of my local bottle shop, and saw

One of the nice things about living in Raleigh is that there are so many interesting places nearby to visit. From the mountains of Asheville to the beautiful Atlantic beaches,

I’m always on the lookout for new or interesting spirits to try, especially given what we do here at Thirty-One Whiskey. Fortunately for me, I’m only a block and a half

Imported whisky is likely to get rather expensive in the coming months and years, which is unfortunate for those of us who enjoy a good scotch now and again. Thankfully,

During a recent trip to Nashville (in addition to the normal trouble one tends to get into visiting the honky-tonks up and down Broadway), we decided to take a quick