WHISKEY Irish and Texan Bottle Bonding July 31, 2023 Cask Finish Experimentation As cask finishing experimentation spirals increasingly outward, so does our joy of whiskey tasting. But it isn’t …
WINE A Bevy of Beautific Bottlings July 28, 2023 Summer Fun Summertime is synonymous with pools, picnics, and parties. And that, in turn, leads us to discussions about the …
SPIRITS Tiki Kon – The Final Voyage July 26, 2023 The Final Voyage “Tiki-Kon” has sailed its last. The long-running Portland, Oregon, festival began in 2005 as “NW Tiki Crawl” …
WHISKEY Double the Oak? Double the Pleasure! July 24, 2023 Double Oak Whiskey When I think about “double oak” whiskies, I usually associate them with single malts. For instance, Diageo’s …
WHISKEY High Quality at a Reasonable Price July 21, 2023 McConnell’s Irish Whisky In the spirits marketplace, price often tracks with and, in some cases, predicts quality. Occasionally, a product …
WHISKEY Is California the New Whiskey Country? July 19, 2023 Welcome to Alameda The city of Alameda lies on an island just southwest of Oakland, California. Perhaps most known for …
WINE Italian Reds Emerging at the Top July 17, 2023 Brunello di Montalcino in Tuscany is one of Italy’s and possibly the world’s most respected red wines. With DOCG status, it …
WHISKEY An American Malt for Bourbon Lovers July 14, 2023 A New ASM When is an American single-malt (ASM) not an ASM? When it’s the new whiskey line from Jim …
WINE Hammeken Emerges as a Leader in Spain July 12, 2023 Wine Standard Spain has two options in its highly regulated wine quality standard “Denominación de Origen Calificada” or “qualified appellation …
WHISKEY Are You Willing to Take an Oath? July 10, 2023 Fulfill Your Oath Lux Row Distillers made a name in the collectible whiskey space when it introduced Blood Oath Pact …
WHISKEY Another Day Another Smokehead July 07, 2023 Islay Whisky In the ever-widening field of Islay Scotch whisky, Ian Macleod Distillers, under its Smokehead label, is pushing the …
WHISKEY ESSENTIALS: Irish Whiskey July 06, 2023 Irish Whiskey When most people think of whiskey, especially in the USA, they think of either bourbon or scotch. Little …
SPIRITS Confession of a Whiskey Lover July 03, 2023 A Good Gin? I found a gin I like. There. I said it! How is it possible, you ask, that …
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