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
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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 readingPicking 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 readingThe 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 readingA 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 readingTo 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 readingYou’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 readingIf 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 readingI 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 readingThere 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
Continue readingPre-mixed cocktails are something that distilleries are increasingly putting out on the market, and the folks at Treaty Oak are no different. While these bottles are sometimes a bit questionable,
Continue readingThis bottle boasts a pretty bold statement on its label: “This Is Your Favorite Whiskey”. To be fair, Hudson Whiskey hasn’t led us astray yet — I’ve been tasting their
Continue readingI like whiskey, and I like rum — so it would make logical sense that a combination of these two spirits would be even more delicious, right? That’s the same
Continue readingWe’ve reviewed Tullamore Dew in the past and, while it didn’t exactly knock our socks off, it did seem like a good base whiskey that provides some interesting opportunities for
Continue readingI recently pulled this bottle of Landry Stakes Small Batch off the shelf of the local liquor store purely on a whim. I had no idea who made it, where
Continue readingI’m not exactly an “athlete” by any measure, and skiing is one of the athletic endeavors that I could never get into. I did try it once… and never again.
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