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The Airplane Flask
And with that order, I violated my longstanding rule to never drink flavored whiskey. I was desperate, not packing my own flask, and oddly, at the moment, very much anti-Scotch and Crown. I gave this Jack Daniel’s a whirl.
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Five Tips for Landing Rare Bourbon
Still, the fact remains that there are many great bourbons you simply can no longer find. Bourbon fans are victims of bourbon’s success.
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Barns Courtney rocks Beam American Stillhouse’s first-ever pop-up show
The Barns Courtney show was a one-off, Cohen said, “but our intent is to continue to use the American Stillhouse as a venue for epic experiences for our fans. So we could certainly do more of these in the future.”
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Peggy’s Mint Julep
Springtime in the South means two things…Derby and Mint Juleps
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Sublime Brandy
But brandy—which essentially means distilled fruit—is sublime. Like whiskey, brandy is a categorical term with subcategories throughout the world. Let’s explore.
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Defining Craft
As these companies grow, they’ll add fermenters and distillation equipment, and will be synonymous with bourbon perfection. By then, the word “craft” will be a little more defined.
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Rye Not?
According to a 1935 Hunter Baltimore Rye Whiskey ad: “In the Gay Nineties, and on through the Spanish-American War when Theodore Roosevelt took his Rough Riders to Cuba, Hunter Rye was in demand nation-wide, and had become well-known in London. ‘First Over The Bars,’ it had won a world reputation for taste among English-speaking peoples—it was in fact the largest-selling rye whiskey in the world.”
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Five Sources of Flavor
But, what if a single stave was more porous than the others? It could leak and suddenly the barrel is losing up to 15 percent of whiskey a year. That will greatly change the flavor.
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Water of Life
So, it’s time to lose the college frat-boy mentality with Irish whiskey. Sip and savor, my friends. This is great whiskey.
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Vodka versus Whiskey
Did you know vodka didn’t have a US federal definition until the late 1950s? It’s true. And when the mostly Russian and Polish spirit started garnering minute amounts of acclaim, the whiskey distillers lobbied the government to create a definition that would surely defeat its popularity.
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