Famous Grouse is a famous and storied brand of scotch whisky, one that has a stodgy reputation and isn’t quite as appealing to the millennials (or the elder Gen Z-ers
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Famous Grouse is a famous and storied brand of scotch whisky, one that has a stodgy reputation and isn’t quite as appealing to the millennials (or the elder Gen Z-ers
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I definitely consider Austin home, but I love to visit Chicago. I mean, yes, it’s primarily the deep dish pizza… but another major reason is the Few Spirits distillery. They
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I’ve got a soft spot in my heart for New York whiskey. I grew up in the state and, while I do enjoy the breakfast tacos and lack of snow
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The 4th Annual Texas Whiskey Festival is just around the corner — and I, for one, can’t wait to get back to some whiskey-sipping normalcy. There are some new social-distancing
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These days, there are a handful of “unicorn” bourbons. Names like Weller or Pappy Van Winkle immediately bring a tear to the eye of whiskey drinkers, both for the beauty
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Whiskey remains a booming business, and increasingly more and more entrepreneurs are trying to get into the game. Uncle Nearest is one of the latest entrants into the small batch
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It’s always interesting when I run across a relatively unknown whiskey. It isn’t surprising — Irish whiskey isn’t my specialty, and there’s a good number of them — but when
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Surprisingly, there aren’t as many Irish distilleries out there as you’d probably assume — and there’s even fewer that are owned by actual Irish companies. To exactly that point, today
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Of all the major holidays in the United States, none are more closely linked to alcohol than St. Patrick’s Day. Ostensibly a celebration of St. Patrick bringing Christianity to Ireland,
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In my day job, I’ve worked with several teams based in Ireland over the years. I even had the opportunity to visit my colleagues in Dublin pre-pandemic. The entire time
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I can’t travel right now. Or, I could, but then my wife would quarantine me in the guest room for two weeks afterward. So instead of going around the country
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Treaty Oak’s Day Drinker Bourbon has me feeing a bit… called out? The seemingly never-ending pandemic has made it such that day drinking and smoking cigars in the backyard is
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Some Texas whiskeys like to let the spirit speak for itself. Others take a bit more of a stylistic approach. Firestone & Robertson certainly has style – in fact, they
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One of the newer players in the Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey market, Jefferson’s is a brand doing some interesting things with their spirits. We’ll get to their Ocean edition in
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I’m not a huge social media user (one look at the official Thirty One Whiskey instagram page would certainly be a dead giveaway of that), but I do find it
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