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 …
Double Helix Wine & Whiskey Lounge—a long-standing dining and drinking establishment located in the Town Square shopping-dining-entertainment destination on the southern edge of Las Vegas—is inviting guests to “Build Your Own Old Fashioned” by choosing their favorite spirit, bitters, and syrup, as well as garnishes and other finishes, starting at $16. Spirit options run the …
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Welcome to the first Bourbon & Bitters Quick Pour, where we skip the pretenses and dive right into a product review. Today, we’re trying out The Old Fashioned (of course) from the On the Rocks Premium Cocktails collection. This premixed cocktail combines Knob Creek bourbon whiskey (one of our favorites) with bitters, cane sugar, orange, …
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Scottsdale, Arizona probably isn’t the first place that comes to mind when you think of fine Scottish whisky. But the rookie Scotchdale brand defies expectations. Created by Scottsdale residents Travis Ranville and John McDonnell several years ago and brought to market in early 2019, Scotchdale’s 80-proof blended malt Scotch whisky comes from Angus Dundee Distillers’ …
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Bourbon probably isn’t the first thing you associate with Minnesota. Prince. Snow. Really nice people who say “you betcha.” But bourbon? This ain’t Kentucky. And yet, if you believe the adage that “water makes the whiskey,” maybe it is Kentucky. Or, at least, it is if you consider that the water that goes into making …
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I honestly don’t know when I fell in love with the Old Fashioned. Did a friend suggest I try one? Was it love at first sip? Am I just too lazy to order anything else? All I know is that one day, I started drinking Old Fashioneds. And then I never stopped. Most of my …
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