Try This Mint Julep For Oaks Day and the Kentucky Derby! Read Post »
With the Kentucky Derby this weekend, I’m proposing a recipe for a mint julep. Instead of buying a premade mix, it’s easy to make a homemade simple syrup with one part water and one part sugar. However, I like to tweak this a bit and go with a brown sugar mint-infused syrup. Corey’s Simple Syrup […]
New Irish Whiskey Review: Knappogue Castle 12 Read Post »
Continuing the Irish whiskey series this month, today’s review is of the flagship product of the Knappogue (pronounced “nah-POHG”) Castle distillery out of County Clare, Ireland. This spirit is triple-distilled and then aged in ex-bourbon barrels for at least 12 years. Older expressions use finishing barrels, but this bottle is intended to let the whiskey
Cold Cuts In Your Glass? FEW Spirits Cold Cut Bourbon Review Read Post »
Patreon Member Review By @CoreyEngineer on Twitter On episode 147 of our podcast, FEW Spirits Master Distiller Paul Hletko mentioned an innovative product called “cold cut”. Our Patreon Member Corey recently came across a bottle and wrote this review to tell you more about it. Just the Facts: FEW Spirits Cold Cut Bourbon According to
Nashville Barrel Company: Cask Strength Rye Review Read Post »
Starting in 2018 and making their first barrels available in 2020, Nashville BarrelCompany is a relative newcomer. Founded by Mike Hinds and James Davenport inNashville, TN it seems that the entire small team has been going hard at it ever since.This cask strength blend states that it is made of 4-9 year ryes which create
Very Olde St. Nick Summer Rye – Patreon Member Review Read Post »
From a distillery with an old name, this rye is a bit of an odd bird. Not much is said about its contents other than what can be presumed to be a rye blend acquired from “somewhere” else. That by itself doesn’t make it inferior, just part of the growing breed of blends created by
