Valentine’s Day is almost upon us and that means bringing your best game to the table — including wine, spirits or beer. This is not the time to cut corners, experiment or dabble with dodgy labels or make branding mistakes. Count on the wines, spirits, and beers that won’t diminish …
Portland is a city of many treasures, one of them being locally made Wild Roots Vodka. Crafted by natives of the Pacific Northwest, the fruit infused into these vodkas is 100% local and natural. By using a filtration system that mimics a natural one, and utilizing Oregon lava rock to …
Boy, there sure are quite a few whiskeys around nowadays that are just named after a dude, huh? Who are these people with their names on these bottles? Is there any sort of intermediary fact-checker to check if these people are real; or even if they’re great? Please, ease your …
It’s January; and the New Year is well upon us. The Holiday get-togethers have come and gone, and we’ve all got a long lull until we need to dress our homes in a certain theme and invite all those sometimes friends over. What’s next, Valentine’s day? Not exactly akin to …
The Chicago Cubs won the World Series. Reality show host and occasional WWE participant Donald Trump is slated to be our next president. Things are weird, right now, I get it. There’s a strange churn in our collective guts. In a time as backwards and confusing as ours, there’s only …
Sorry snowy New York, spring has sprung here in California and the shorts and sunnies are on! Here are some of the best locally distilled spirits that will have you California Dreamin’. Corbin What: California Estate Grown Sweet Potato Vodka Where: San Joaquin County Alcohol: 40% abv Price: $38 …
Drum roll please. Ring in the Year of the Ram with Johnnie Walker’s latest edition to the family. Like the ram, this limited edition Blue Label is determined to reach new heights through beauty and good fortune. One bottle flaunts an iconic ram standing proud, but four bottles placed side …
The Teeling Whiskey Company, one of Ireland’s rare independent whiskey companies, has just released a new bottling of Single Malt Irish whiskey. Single Malts (previously recognized almost exclusively as a product from Ireland’s peaty neighbors to the north) require the whiskey be made of 100% malted barley from one single distillery. The result …
Only 775 decanters of this liquid gold are available come their release this November. Each bottle runs for $16,000 and commemorates the 140th anniversary of the Louis XIII Cognac. The flask is a contemporary take on the original metal container used by Paul-Émile Rémy Martin when he first bottled his cognac …
In true Latino style, it was during a grand 150th Anniversary party in Puerto Rico that the decision was made to dip into Bacardi’s extensive and rare private rum reserve, to launch the ultra premium Facundo Rum Collection. The project has been under development secretly for the past few years and has resulted …
Just as the name hints at, Diageo’s new Orphan Barrel Whiskey Distilling Company delves deep into the dark, damp recesses of both operating and boarded up old distilleries, looking for rare, orphaned barrels of American Whiskey. To mark their grand entrance into this intriguing, treasure hunting project, Orphan Barrel has discovered and …
“I love Colorado and I love drinking whiskey.” We’ll drink to that. In an industry loaded with maniacal marketing maneuvers it’s refreshing to encounter such a genuine vision like that of distilling veteran Jess Graber. His just launched TINCUP American Whiskey is a rugged blend of midwestern rye, corn and malt cut with …