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January 30, 2024 Nick Leghorn

Cigar Smoker’s Guide to Ybor City, Tampa

This past month I spent a few days in Tampa, Florida. I was in the city for a work conference, but I flew in a few days early and had

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January 25, 2024 Dan Trares

Whiskey Review: Towpath Distillery Bourbon Finished in Red Wine Barrels

A couple of days ago, I reviewed Towpath Distillery’s Bourbon. Now, right after Thanksgiving, Towpath released their second iteration of wine barrel aged bourbon (a batch that yielded a very

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January 23, 2024 Dan Trares

Whiskey Review: Towpath Distillery Bourbon

I am an Ohio guy, born and raised in the AK-Rowdy (Akron, if you are not familiar). Although I’m based in Chicago now, I love visiting home to see what

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January 19, 2024 Dan Trares

Whiskey Review: Elijah Craig 18 Year Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

I’ve mentioned my recent adventure in bourbon country and the tasing I did at the Heaven Hill Distillery in the past couple of articles. It’s where I first had a

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January 16, 2024 Nick Leghorn

Whiskey Review: High West Rendezvous Rye Whiskey

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.

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January 11, 2024 Nick Leghorn

Whiskey Review: High West Bourbon Whiskey

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

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January 9, 2024 Nick Leghorn

Review: Courvoisier VS Cognac

I’m a sucker for a Ridley Scott movie. My wife fell asleep the last time I took her to see one (even Ryan Gosling in Blade Runner 2049 couldn’t keep

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January 5, 2024 Dan Trares

Whiskey Review: Henry McKenna Single Barrel

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

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January 3, 2024 Dan Trares

Whiskey Review: FEW Spirits All Secrets Known

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

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December 29, 2023 Dan Trares

Whiskey Review: Angel’s Envy Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Finished in Port Wine Barrels

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

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December 27, 2023 Nick Leghorn

Review: Lost Spirits 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Heavy Pot Still Rum

For years, I had undertaken a regular annual pilgrimage to Las Vegas as a writer for a different publication covering a trade show there. Every year I came back with

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December 21, 2023 Dan Trares

Whiskey Review: Maker’s Mark Private Selection

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

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December 19, 2023 Nick Leghorn

Whiskey Review: Savage & Cooke Second Glance American Whiskey

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

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December 14, 2023 Dan Trares

Review: The Norlan Rauk Heavy Tumbler

I fully acknowledge that I am pretty basic when it comes to the staples in life. Unlike Nick, I don’t need high end paraphernalia to complete the experience, and would

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December 7, 2023 Dan Trares

Whiskey Review: Noah’s Mill Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

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

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