Get to Know: Glencairn’s Martin Duffy
The busiest part of my year begins in February when whiskey events start. … Then things slow down some later in the year, and I work on creating distillery trails for different states. Yes, that’s for Glencairn.
Chicken Cock Small Batch Straight Bourbon Whiskey Review
At 5 years, it possess aromas and flavors you’d expect from something two to three years older. I like it so much that I looked at my tasting notes from a single barrel pick of 6-year-old Chicken Cock bourbon and found them nicely aligned.
Who Has the Better Palate – Women or Men?
It’s not some battle of the sexes thing for me, it’s just a question: Upon what grounds do you base a claim that women have better palates than men?
Michter’s 10 Year Single Barrel Bourbon Review – 2024 Release
What is there not to love about this almost-annual release? What bourbon fan would taste this and object to any of its qualities? Release after incredible release, it confirms what great bourbon should taste like.
Stagg Wins ‘Best Bourbon’—In Other News, Water is Wet
To be fair, at least this is a great whiskey winning the top prize. However, given the number of awards won by the whiskey named after a suffer-no-fools distiller, these competitions are boring for everyone except Buffalo Trace.
Sagamore Spirt Manhattan Finished Rye Whiskey Review
If you’re expecting a ready-to-drink Manhattan, it’s not quite that. Wondering if it might be, I fridge-chilled it, poured it into a chilled glass and garnished it with an expressed orange peel.
‘Honey, It’s Barrel Aged!”
If you haven’t had honey drizzled on a pizza, you’re missing out. Hot honey is even better, as in spiced up rather than heated.
Q&A with Carey Bringle, Peg Leg Porker Tennessee Bourbon
Personally, I like 8-year-old whiskey, which I think is kind of a sweet spot for bourbon. But we’ve got older stuff, including a barrel from the first lot that I ever bought. It’s 16 years old and it’s 148 proof.
A Private Barrel Pick at Four Roses Bourbon Is One of a Kind
“Oh, we’ve had people argue about it for sure,” Mandy Vance, manager of the Private Barrel Selection process at Four Roses, told me a few years ago about a pick. They generally work it out, though, because they’re having fun.”
La Pulga Tequila Blanco Review
Despite lacking complexity, this is an easy-sipping tequila that’s ideal for newcomers who are finally convinced to go slowly with tequila rather than shoot it.