As we wrap up our month dedicated to bottom shelf spirits (the scariest thing we could imagine this spooky season), it felt especially fitting that when I found this bottle
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As we wrap up our month dedicated to bottom shelf spirits (the scariest thing we could imagine this spooky season), it felt especially fitting that when I found this bottle
Continue readingWe continue our spooky season tour of the bottle shelf with another offering from the Sazerac Company (the first we looked at was Old Charter Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey). True story:
Continue readingThere are many things that I’d consider to be “Canada’s Finest”. Poutine. Tim Horton’s. The 1997 film Cube. Keanu Reeves. But I’m not sure if this bottom shelf bottle of
Continue readingWe’re more than halfway through spooky season here at Thirty-One Whiskey, where we’ve been facing our fear of the bottom shelf of the liquor store. Today’s bottle seems meek and
Continue readingToday we celebrate a remarkable milestone here at Thirty-One Whiskey: our fifth anniversary! Exactly five years ago today we published our first review (specifically, a Cuban cigar review that I
Continue readingWe’ve been working our way through some bottom shelf spirits here at Thirty-One Whiskey, going through all the scarily cheap spirits we can find. A few weeks ago, during Labor
Continue readingSome of the spirits we are reviewing this month are scary because of the contents, the brand, or the price tag. And this bottle of Grand Macnish hits all those
Continue readingThere’s a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” trope among some horror movies, in which something initially seemingly normal will turn out dark and twisted in reality. Only a truly close watch
Continue readingToday we continue our Octoberfest of frighteningly unfamiliar and scarily cheap whiskey, moving just 57 miles down the road from Heaven Hill to Buffalo Trace. In this case, we’re taking
Continue readingToday officially marks the start of “spooky season” — the beginning of October and the run-up to Halloween. For this year’s celebrations, my editor thought the perfect thing to do
Continue readingMost times, when I see a celebrity endorsed spirit, I turn and run the other way. With very few exceptions (like Ryan Reynolds’ Aviation Gin), they tend to be attempts
Continue readingSo far, the folks at Chattanooga Whiskey have been putting out some delicious spirits by combining a higher than usual percentage of malted grains into their bourbons and rye whiskies.
Continue readingMy last article was about Willett Family Reserve Rye 4 year whiskey. If you read that one, you know I bought that bottle the day I was laid off, and
Continue readingA few months ago, I got laid off. Thats a phrase I never expected to say in my career, but here we are. The day it happened, I took stock of
Continue readingAs we’ve been working our way through the Ardbeg product line, I don’t think there’s a single bottle that I haven’t liked so far. Some of them have been a
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