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).
Korea fervor has given soju a moment of late, so it’s natural that soju would find its way to the ready-to-drink seltzer world. Hello Soju is currently offered in five flavors — many evoking the flavors you’ll find with regular soju from Korea — each made with a combination of real soju, grain neutral spirits,…
As cristalinos go, El Jimador‘s is pretty basic — which is in keeping with its legacy as a budget tequila producer. This bottling begins as a reposado with just two months of age on it. It’s then charcoal filtered to remove the color — though, to be fair, there can’t have been that much to…
The Hakushu is a whisky at ease in its own lightness, but ends up bearing a bit of weight via metaphors. It has been dragooned into service as a forest in a glass, a meditation, a mountain breeze from the Japanese Alps miraculously bottled and sold at luxury elite prices. However, what arrives is far…
The American craft distilling movement has surged over the past decade, with standout producers like Virginia Distillery Company helping define its character. Since 2015, the distillery has focused on producing quality American single malt whisky, contributing to a rapidly expanding marketplace of craft spirits. Alongside many other independent makers, it has broadened the range of…
In the mid-nineteenth century, the cultural layout of Columbus, Ohio, underwent a profound transformation. Between 1830-1850, a massive wave of immigrants established Germans as the largest ancestral group in the state. By 1865, a remarkable one-third of the city’s population was either German-born or of German descent, settling in what are now the historic Brewery…
Rabbit Hole‘s latest limited edition is called Amrûlé, the latter part of the name a reference to the maple brûlé barrels in which Boxergrail four year old sour mash rye whiskey is finished. What is maple brûlé? I had to look that one up: It’s a maple syrup barrel that’s been emptied and torched, creme…
Jameson is one of the big darlings of the whiskey world right now — Irish is currently the fastest growing spirits category, and Jameson is at the top of the sales charts. We’ve long loved Jameson’s various incarnations, and now it’s out with a new one. Jameson Black Barrel is mostly pot still malted and…
The team at Kentucky-based Barrell Bourbon (operating under the noms de plume Barrell Craft Spirits, Barrell Rum, or Barrell Whiskey, depending on the spirit in question) is famous for some unapologetically complex blends. Today’s review focuses on one such new release: Barrell Whiskey Cabernet Sauvignon & Sauternes Finish, aged 18 Years. In this case, focusing…
I experience zero shame telling you that I love the flavor of passion fruit. My go-to sparkling water is passion fruit infused, and passion fruit in a cocktail ingredient list is certain to catch my eye and guarantee an order. (Pornstar Martini? Well… only on special occasions.) Fresh passion fruit is far from a simple…
Pamplemousse is French for grapefruit (rose indicating this is pink grapefruit), which is one of the iconic flavors used in cocktailing. The catch is that grapefruit is commonly used fresh — much like lemon and lime. It seems there’s a reason why very few lemon or lime flavored liqueurs can be found on the market…