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.
Rye Isn’t All That Spicy, Experts Say
Immediately, I thought of Heaven Hill’s bourbons, which have only 10 percent rye in the mashbill but come off as nicely spicy in the glass. Then Veach cited Old Fitzgerald, a wheated bourbon that has terrific spice notes despite having no rye.
George Dickel Bottled-In-Bond Spring 2011 Tennessee Whisky Review
The nose is rich and complex, combining dried flowers, ripe raspberries and blackberries and whiskey-wetted oak.
Angel’s Envy Cask Strength Bottled-In-Bond Bourbon Review
If you’re even semi-American whiskey savvy, you recognize the phrase in this bottle’s name: Cask Strength Bottled-In-Bond Bourbon. Well, it’s true: no water was added to achieve 100 proof; just the mingling of sub- and above-100-proof casks to attain that essential proof for BIB.
Old Elk Cognac Finish Bourbon Review
There are days when I think, “I’m finished with cask finishes!” and then there are days when cask finishes redeem themselves. Old Elk Cognac Cask Finish did that recently when I tasted it and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Most National Bourbon Day Cocktails in Kentucky Aren’t Worth Celebrating
Last year at a high-level Kentucky whiskey industry event I requested a Manhattan. When the genial “bartender” merely poured me bourbon on the rocks, I asked about the vermouth and bitters. “I don’t know about that,” she said. “Can you tell me what to put in?” I settled for whiskey on the rocks.