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Gold Bar Whiskey Review
Gold Bar Whiskey is one spirit that won’t be mistaken—or missed on the shelf. Its bottle resembles a gold bar and includes a removable “Lady of Fortune” brass coin made by a private mint. The actual juice is a blend…
Drinking in Rome: the Jerry Thomas Project and Beyond
It feels safe to say that Rome isn’t thought of as a cocktail city. And that’s fine—leave that distinction to the likes of New York and London and enjoy the millennia-old ruins, masterpieces of Western art, and extra-hearty pasta the…
Wyoming Whiskey Steamboat Bourbon Review
Steamboat Bourbon, a special Wyoming Whiskey expression limited to one thousand cases, was released in the summer of 2018 exclusively in the Equality State. Its name doesn’t reference a steamboat in the steamboat sense, but rather Steamboat the Horse, a turn-of-the-century…
Valentine’s Day Cocktails to Celebrate in Style
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St. George Breaking and Entering American Whiskey Review
I spent much of my holiday in Nashville, rummaging around some of the better liquor stores there for bottles I don’t normally see at home in D.C. So, I was pleased to come across a bottle of St. George Spirits’…
Cheat Sheet: Old Tom Gin
Old Tom is something like the Jurassic Park of gins: it was once a dominant category, then suffered extinction, and eventually was resurrected in modern times. Impossible to find until about a decade ago, Old Tom gin now pops up…
Clyde May’s Straight Rye Whiskey Review
Clyde May’s Straight Rye Whiskey is a bit hard to place. It’s distilled in Indiana, named for a legendary Alabama moonshiner, and owned by the NY-based Conecuh brands (which is itself named after Alabama’s Conecuh county). The spirit itself is…
Brewers Batch Virginia-Highland Whisky No. 2 Review
A name like “Brewers Batch Virginia-Highland Whisky No. 2” requires some explaining. First, it’s a limited, five-casks-only release from Virginia Distillery Company. Second, the spirit is a blend of scotch with 100 percent malted barley whiskey made by Virginia Distillery…
Hendrick’s Gin Releases Orbium, Its First New Expression in 20 Years
Last month, Hendrick’s announced the arrival of a new limited-edition gin called Orbium. While the original Hendrick’s Gin is famous for its essences of cucumber and rose, Orbium takes things a step farther with the addition of quinine, wormwood, and…