Last week, we reviewed a straight bourbon whiskey from Copper Still. It had some good levels of rye spice (apple, black pepper, etc) and made for a fine cocktail spirit.
Continue readingWhiskey Review: Copper Still Single Barrel Indiana Straight Bourbon Whiskey
I’m always intrigued by no-name brands, especially from regions that aren’t widely known as whiskey-producing areas of the United States. Whiskey is an insanely crowded market where brand identity is
Continue readingWhiskey Review: Tailgate Cinnamon Apple Moonshine
Dan in Chicago, 6’2” and 240 pounds… *ding* If you’ve ever listened to the Dan Patrick Show on radio or streaming, you’ll recognize the common introduction by most callers. While I
Continue reading2022 Holiday Gift Guide
It’s that time again — time to stress about pretty much everything. Which gift are you going to get your Uncle Joe? Do you have enough food for everyone for
Continue readingWhiskey Review: Fierce Whiskers Five O’ Clock Shadow Single Barrel Bourbon Whiskey
There are a growing number of distilleries in the Austin area, and the newest one to open its doors is Fierce Whiskers. We visited them a little over a year
Continue readingIs Balvenie’s New $14,500 Bottle of 42 Year Old Scotch Worth the Price Tag?
The Balvenie distillery is one of the last holdouts in the industry doing pretty much everything in-house (what we could call a “grain to glass” distillery in other parts of
Continue readingReview: Navy Pilot’s Cocktail Checklist
Name me a more iconic duo than a pilot and their cocktail. Whether it’s the 1933 movie Night Flight with the heroic pilot singing “How Dry I Am” as he
Continue readingWhiskey Review: McFarlane’s Reserve Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Picking up a bottle of no-name bourbon off the liquor store shelf is a little bit like pulling the lever on a slot machine. On occasion, this approach has been
Continue readingWhiskey Review: Balcones Tres Hombres Whiskey
The folks up north at Balcones Distilling have a pretty good track record with whiskey collaborations. We reviewed their Shiner Bock collaboration Balcones Texas Bock about two years ago and
Continue readingWhiskey Review: Key West Trading Co. Smugglers Choice Bourbon Whiskey
A few months ago I was in the Florida Keys, browsing the bourbon selection at a local store on Summerland Key. Unsurprisingly, I saw a lot of the larger brands
Continue readingRum Review: Key West Bad Bitch Spanish Marie Rum
To the benefit of every tourist to Key West, there is no shortage of places to get a good drink. Having spent some time there recently, I came across the
Continue readingReview: Greenall’s Original London Dry Gin
You’d think that the oldest continuously operating gin distillery in the world would be a bit more flashy and ostentatious with their packaging, but in fact you are looking at
Continue readingReview: Bombay Dry Gin
If the photo above isn’t exactly what you picture when you think of Bombay Gin, you’re probably not alone. While the blue bottle of their Sapphire label might be the
Continue readingReview: Tanqueray Rangpur Lime Distilled Gin
I am a big fan of the standard edition Tanqueray London dry gin — I mean, there’s a reason it was (reportedly) the first spirit served in the White House
Continue readingWhiskey Review: Bib & Tucker 6 Year Old Small Batch Bourbon Whiskey
There are plenty of new bourbons on the market these days, but not all of them come from actual distilleries. Some of them source their spirits elsewhere, do something interesting
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