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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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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We’ve reviewed some of the whiskey produced by George Dickel in the past, and generally consider it a good option for a tasty, budget-friendly Tennessee whiskey. Which begs the question:
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Grangestone is a brand of scotch that seems to focus primarily on different and unique ways to finish whisky. We’ve tried their bourbon cask finished spirit before and enjoyed it
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There’s a booming demand for Japanese whiskey at the moment, and for good reason. The blending of traditional Scottish methods with Japanese production methods and materials creates an interesting, delicate,
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There’s a couple new faces at the local liquor store. Not literally — everyone is in a mask these days, which is a good thing — but there are definitely
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Texans love their BBQ as fiercely as New Yorkers love their bagels. Part of the reason behind that love of BBQ is the use of local wood to smoke the
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