Spirits
Spirits are beverages made by the process of distillation. The “Spirits” category is not commonly used at Drinkhacker because the vast majority of reviews we publish fall into this category. It is used only occasionally to help organize our category list (and mainly gets clicked by accident).
Not even the fine print of the old-timey Argonaut Brandy bottles will clue you in to who actually makes it, but it’s not a massive secret. Argonaut is a new brand produced by none other than Ernest & Julio Gallo, made in California from its own excess wine production. For decades Gallo has been distilling…
Around seven years after introducing its hallmark gin, the House of Suntory is expanding the Roku line with a more fruit-forward special release: Roku Gin Minori Select Edition. The limited offering is meant to coincide with a Spring seasonal harvest. It features six total botanicals, in addition to juniper berry: melon, white peach, ume (Japanese…
Two years ago Jack Daniel’s released its first age-statemented whiskey in a century — Jack Daniel’s 10 Years Old — and now it’s back with a second batch, plus a friend. Today we check out JD 10 Batch 2 as well as the first batch of an older sibling, Jack Daniel’s 12 Years Old. Both…
Distilled at the Trinity River Distillery in Fort Worth, Texas, Devil’s Grin Gin is the brainchild of Master Distiller Brett Luchesi who set out to make a gin that was in the London Dry style but was not too pine forward. He explained: That resinous flavor can dominate from first sip to last. I wanted to…
Couldn’t get your hands on Sazerac 18 Years Old this year (hey, neither did we) — make do perhaps with this more accessible upgrade to Sazerac 6 Years Old — Sazerac Full Proof. This permanent addition to the Sazerac Rye lineup is the same juice as other Sazeracs, but bottled at a blazing 125 proof, the…
If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em? Johnnie Walker‘s latest blend, Black Cask, is inspired by that most Scottish of spirits: Bourbon. While standard Black Label is aged in a variety of barrels, including American and European oak, Black Cask uses only American ex-bourbon oak in the mix. While it’s actually white oak, the name…
Since we started keeping up with Smokehead a few years back, the heavy metal-inspired, Islay whisky brand from Ian Macleod Distillers has eschewed conventional age-statements in favor of a lineup more focused on unique cask finishings. In fact, age statements have never really been Smokehead’s thing with the one notable exception of an 18-year-old limited edition…
Jack Daniel’s has been making headlines for its latest bottling, the first whiskey with a 10 year old age statement in more than 100 years. (You can see an old bottling of JD at 10 years old in the photo above.) Most JD carries no age statement at all, of course, so it’s unusual to…
Gin from castles. So hot right now. Following on the footsteps of brands like Downton Abbey Gin and Highclere Castle, Walled Garden makes a big deal about the building it’s made in. This gin hails from a Scottish castle rather than an English one, though, where it’s made by Zara Gordon-Lennox the executive gardener of…
I’m guessing you can figure out what cause this charitable pair of whiskeys from Penelope is designed to support. First launched in 2022 and alternately known as FCancer and F*ck Cancer — if you’re old enough to read this review, we figure you’re old enough to swear properly — proceeds from the sale of each of…