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Five Tips for Landing Rare Bourbon
Posted by Fred MinnickStill, the fact remains that there are many great bourbons you simply can no longer find. Bourbon fans are victims of bourbon’s success.
May 10, 2019 -
Sublime Brandy
Posted by Fred MinnickBut brandy—which essentially means distilled fruit—is sublime. Like whiskey, brandy is a categorical term with subcategories throughout the world. Let’s explore.
April 29, 2019 -
Rye Not?
Posted by Fred MinnickAccording 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.”
April 29, 2019 -
Five Sources of Flavor
Posted by Fred MinnickBut, 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.
April 29, 2019 -
Water of Life
Posted by Fred MinnickSo, it’s time to lose the college frat-boy mentality with Irish whiskey. Sip and savor, my friends. This is great whiskey.
April 29, 2019 -
Vodka versus Whiskey
Posted by Fred MinnickDid 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.
March 28, 2019