Barrell Dovetail (Blue Label) Review
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Finding the Heart of the Van Winkle Family Legacy: A Book Review of Pappyland
Pappy Van Winkle bourbon has indisputably become an iconic symbol of the American good life. Prominently featured in contemporary film, literature, and music, gifted on special occasions, and toasted at celebrations, love it or hate it, the brand has assumed cult status in American drinking culture — with all the baggage that entails. People who
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Garrison Brothers Balmorhea Bourbon Whiskey Review
Distillery: Garrison Brothers Mash Bill: 74% White Corn, 15% Wheat, 11% Barley Age: NAS (four years in the first barrel, and another year in a custom finishing barrel) Style: Straight Bourbon ABV: 57.5% (115 Proof) Price: $179.99 Overall: Balmorhea’s succulent, sweet profile is complex and memorable; and the company’s description of this whiskey as “Bourbon Candy” is on the
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Brother Justus Whiskey Company: A Rising Star in the North
Brother Justus Whiskey Company is likely not a name that immediately comes to mind when talking about American whiskey. Give it a few years. The Minneapolis-based craft distillery is producing some incredible, innovative American single malts (and collecting national and international accolades in the process). Sitting just blocks from the mighty Mississippi, the distillery’s cavernous
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Preserving Your Whiskey Collection
In the 1800s, whiskey drinkers were not especially concerned with the question: does whiskey go bad? Most whiskey was consumed shortly after production, and there didn’t yet exist a robust culture of whiskey collecting. Today, however, auction houses do volume business, and serious collectors can have hundreds of high-end bottles circulating through their assemblage at
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Fire, Water, and Grain: The Story of Empire Rye Review
As much as the story of Empire Rye is the story of New York whiskey, its the story of American whiskey. Farmer-distillers tilling their own land and lovingly crafting whiskey for local consumption. Urban distillers searching for something authentic and connected. A group of committed revolutionaries sharing drinks in a back room, plotting in secret
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What’s in the Water?
What every New York Pizzailo (pizza chef) will tell you is that the city’s water is one of the key factors that makes a New York pie so amazing. In whiskey production, quality water is just as important. As much as 60% of whiskey is water, and Master Distillers around the world go to great
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