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The Best Sipping Rums from Around the World
We took a rum tasting tour with Kenneth McCoy, owner of The Rum House and Ward III in NYC.
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DrinksCan Americans Make Single Malt as Well as the Scots?
In 2012, an American single malt whiskey from Balcones Distillery in Texas defeated nine other world-class single malts from around the world and gained international attention.
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DrinksColonial Rum, Renewed
Lost Spirits Distillery’s Colonial American Inspired Rum revamps and perfects the original American spirit.
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DrinksTasting Gosling’s Family Reserve Old Rum
The Gosling’s Family Reserve Old Rum is a far cry from the stuff you used to hammered back at the frat house.
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Beerlandia: 7 Breweries to Visit in Portland
Portland’s beer scene rivals any other city in the world.
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DrinksNew York’s Finger Lakes Wine Finds Its Way
At long last, New York’s Finger Lakes wine region is gaining recognition, both nationally and abroad.
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DrinksThank You, Oloroso Sherry, for The Balvenie 15 Year Single Cask
If you’re in the market for something a bit different, their newly released 15 Year Single Barrel Sherry Cask is richly rewarding aesthetically and on the palate.
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Drinks10 Hot Chocolates to Try This Winter
Hot chocolate has an artisan niche that’s on par with the craft beer scene.
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DrinksThe Legend and Lore of Hot Chocolate
Typically an alleviant for cold hands or pouty tantrums, hot chocolate has a bitter, bloody history.
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DrinksThe Best Microbrews in Scotland
Finding the best craft brews in Scotland with the help of Glasgow’s DryGate Brewery.
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DrinksWhy Is Bourbon Booming?
We’ve been making a lot of noise lately about our shitshow of an adventure in Kentucky.
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Drinks10 Best Bourbons Not From Kentucky
The rise of craft American whiskey now extends beyond the bourbon belt.
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DrinksHow Bourbon Is Made
We toured 12 distilleries in a five-day blitz, asking everyone we met to walk us through the bourbon-making process. Here, you’ll find all of the steps that go into making America’s unique take on whiskey.
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DrinksHand Selecting Barrels with Chris Morris of Woodford Reserve
“For liquor stores, whiskey bars, restaurants — having a private barrel label is basically their way of saying ‘This is how we like our whiskey.’” Tom Fischer, the founder of BourbonBlog and a frequent judge at many spirits and cocktail competitions, told me over the phone after we got back from Kentucky. “So it allows them to put that bottle on a shelf and say, you know, ‘This is something we went to Kentucky and we picked up.
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DrinksBuffalo Trace’s Hunt for the Perfect Bourbon
“Buffalo Trace is already making the bourbons of the future”, said our guide Freddy Johnson. It sounded bold until we stopped to think about it.
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DrinksThe Kentucky Sundowner
The Irish have Irish coffee, the Scotch have Highland Coffee, the Germans have Rüdesheimer Kaffee, and college students have vodka and red bull. Kentuckians have the Kentucky Sundowner.
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DrinksWillett’s Long Path Back to Bourbon
Willett Master Distiller Drew Kulsveen doesn’t have time for bullshit. It’s not something he has to tell anyone.