We recently reviewed the Barrel Proof version of Coalition’s Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey, which is a delicious product all on its own. But that wasn’t good enough for Coalition —
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The 21st century version of the Roaring Twenties has certainly gotten off to a less than joyous note, what with social unrest, economic strife, and oh yeah… a literal plague.
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There are a couple places you think of when you hear the word “whiskey”. Some people immediately think of Scotland, others Kentucky. And while my own home state of Texas
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I was hanging out with the folks at Still Austin a few weeks ago (a great local Austin distillery) talking about whiskey, and specifically talking about the good work that
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Now that I review whiskey for a (pseudo) living, I try to keep an eye on when new brands come out. This one seemed to slip my notice until my
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One of my favorite spirits is the Mother Pepper from Still Austin. It was a solid, spicy, unaged whiskey that worked amazingly well in cocktails, but unfortunately Still Austin has
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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused some interesting changes to the travel and hospitality industries. Especially for airlines, where small enclosed spaces where people are in close contact for multiple hours
Continue readingWhiskey Review: Teeling Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey
One of my last trips prior to the pandemic was to Dublin. During my time there, I heard a lot of talk from locals about Teeling, the first distillery to
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I’m always intrigued by celebrity endorsed spirits. It seldom seems to go well, usually resulting in a poor product that is really just a naked cash grab instead of a
Continue readingWhiskey Review: Kings County Distillery Wine-Finished Bourbon Whiskey
Cask finishing is a process that has been used widely in Scotland for their spirits, but here in the United States, it’s a pretty new concept. Take an aged whiskey,
Continue readingWhiskey Review: Kings County Distillery 6-Year Blender’s Reserve Straight Bourbon Whiskey
During a recent trip to New York, I paid a visit to the Kings County distillery in Brooklyn. It was a great experience, and naturally at the end of the
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While I may have been born and raised in New York, my mother’s side of the family is all in Minnesota. I’ve probably spent more time visiting in that state
Continue readingWhiskey Review: Rittenhouse Bottled In Bond Straight Rye Whiskey
My wife and I fell down a YouTube rabbit hole recently. We started watching a YT channel called How To Drink, and while I don’t always agree with the host
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I saw a whiskey available on Amazon.com the other week. Which is strange — Amazon doesn’t sell whiskey. (I’m sure that’s somewhere in their future plans to take over the
Continue readingWhiskey Review: Few Spirits Immortal Rye Whiskey
I like whiskey, and I like tea. So when I heard that Few Spirits was producing a whiskey that incorporated an interesting black tea in the production process, I was
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