I first tasted the whiskey from Ironroot Republic in New Orleans at the first New Orleans Bourbon Festival. I was impressed with their one year old whiskey and the distiller. He later sent me a sample and I enjoyed that… Continue Reading →
Port Ellen 45 yo 1980/2025 (57.6%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice Heritage Collection, refill American oak hogshead)
Port Ellen 46 yo 1978/2025 ‘Prism’ (57.8%, OB, refill hogshead then refill American oak puncheon, magnum and miniatures)
Punch Cigars debuts Mr. Punch, a new full-time cigar honoring its historic mascot, with Cuban-era roots, an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper and Nicaraguan tobaccos.
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Spirits behemoth Bacardi has purchased the remaining stake of ownership in family-owned Teeling Distillery, producers of Irish whiskey, from founding brothers Jack and Stephen Teeling. Bacardi initially purchased a minority stake in the Dublin-based Irish whiskey producer in 2017 and gradually increased ownership to become the majority shareholder in 2023. Bacardi claims that the Teeling […]
Bardstown Bourbon Company’s Mars collaboration blends Kentucky bourbon and Japanese single malt in a first-of-its-kind co-aging experiment. The result? Creamy chocolate, Rice […]
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In this episode, I walk you through the wall prep in all its unglamorous detail, the hammered-copper gate reveal (genuinely exceeded expectations — one coat of Rust-Oleum and I was standing there, a little stunned), and the new window treatments.
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Strathisla 27 yo 1997/2024 (55.7%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice, for HNWS 19th Anniversary, Taiwan, refill American hogshead, cask #47798, 224 bottles)
I’d like to thank Maker’s Mark and their PR team for sending these samples with no strings attached.
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Jim Beam – the official spirits partner of Formula One backmarkers, Cadillac – has produced a promotional video campaign entitled “Better View,” [which is presumably a reference to the better view one gets from behind the pack]. Jim Beam has had a rough year, having to shutter parts of their distillery to begin the year, […]
