May 2023

NEW RELEASE: Steph Curry Has His Own Bourbon Now – “Gentleman’s Cut”

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Steph

If Steph Curry’s whiskey career is even halfway as decorated as his pro basketball resume, watch out world. Watch out. The 4x NBA World Champ, 9x All Star, 2x Most Valuable Player is entering a new game. The long ball legend who essentially changed the landscape of modern basketball is aiming to transition his hardwood […]

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Review / Oban Young Teddy

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This whisky is a distillery exclusive bottling from the west Highland distillery of Oban. Oban Young Teddy is the second whisky in The Macleans Series, which honours the distilling legacy of the Maclean family and their long association with the Oban …

Tasting Notes: Blood Oath Pact #9

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Visitors to this site know that I am a huge fan of Luxco brands. I’ve picked many barrels from Luxco and I have never been disappointed with the people, the experience, or the whiskey. It should come as no surprise then, that I always keep a watchful eye out for an email from Luxco announcing … Continue reading Tasting Notes: Blood Oath Pact #9

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Caol Ila, second part

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Caol Ila 9 yo 2013/2023 (59.6%, Watt Whisky, hogshead)Caol Ila 25 yo 1997 (60.5%, Cordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice, LMDW, Antipodes, first fill sherry butt, cask #12498, 529 bottles)Caol Ila 1997/2022 (60.7%, Gordon & MacPhail for Kirsch Import, …

Q&A With Lora Hemy, Roe & Co.’s Master Distiller

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By Richard Thomas When I broke into whiskey journalism, Irish Whiskey was on the cusp of its renaissance. The number of distilleries in Ireland had increased just a few years before from three distilleries to four. Since then, the count has increased ten fold. Nowhere has that distillery building boom been more in evidence than …

Who wants to buy a distillery?

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We received an email from our favorite local distillery yesterday, with the seemingly innocuous subject line “Blinking Owl Distillery NEWS May 2023.” Opening it up expecting a new featured cocktail or creative taco creation offered at the in-house patio restaurant, we were not prepared for what the email actually contained: An announcement that, if Blinking …

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Move Over Scotch Snobs.

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It didn’t happen overnight, but Indian craft whisky has been making steady strides, with Amrut and Paul John being pioneers.. And now, for many Indian single malt is now ‘the good stuff’.

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