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).
Bruichladdich’s Port Charlotte brand loves to explore cask finishing, particularly red wine barrel finishes. The latest from the Islay icon is Port Charlotte SYC:01, which was released in the UK last fall and is now making its way into the U.S. This whisky marks the first time the heavily peated Islay spirit has matured in…
Founded in 2015, O.H. Ingram River Aged Whiskey began as a bold idea: what if bourbon could be aged not on land, but on the rolling current of America’s most iconic waterway? That idea became reality when Hank Ingram, drawing from his family’s long and storied history with river barges and the Mississippi River, pioneered…
Still Austin‘s fourth and final seasonal bottled in bond expression has arrived, and unlike the previous three releases — all bourbon — this one is composed of rye. 100% Texas-grown rye to be specific. As a bonded release, it spends 4 years in barrel before hitting the bottle at 50% abv. Update: This rye has…
Blue curacao is scary stuff, perhaps because the only other time one encounters that color is in the jars that hold combs being sanitized in old-timey barbershops. And yet we are supposed to enjoy drinking tropical cocktails made with the stuff, right? Unless you live on a tropical island or work in a bar with…
West Fork Whiskey has been cranking out juice since 2014, moving from its roots as a NDP to producing its own products with a distinct focus on Indiana heritage styles. Old Hamer Bourbon is crafted from a very unusual mashbill of 99% corn, 1% malted barley, a fact which Jacob has dug deep into in…
Old Fitzgerald’s VVS (Very Very Special) bonded bourbon series gets its fourth release to date with 2025’s new offering: Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond 11-Year-Old VVS 2025 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. Like all Old Fitzgerald releases, the VVS offerings are wheated bourbon (68% corn, 20% wheat, 12% malted barley) released under the rules of the Bottled-in-Bond Act, but…
Whiskey season 2025 is upon us, and with its arrival we launch into the 19th edition of Parker’s Heritage Collection, which is a regular highlight of the fall. This year’s release is billed as a Kentucky Straight American Whiskey — a blend of three mashbills that represent a mix of expected and unusual whiskeys from…
We’re 25 years in to Old Forester Birthday Bourbon releases, and the milestone brings with it an exciting twist: Rather than being produced with a traditional sour mash “setback,” this whiskey was made with freshly propagated yeast — a “sweet mash” which is rather rare in the whiskey industry, as sour mash is thought to…
Brent Elliott and Four Roses are back with the latest in the long-running Limited Edition Small Batch series, the highly anticipated annual drop of cask strength bourbon that typically features four batches of whiskeys, none ever any younger than 10 years of age. For 2025, Elliott says he’s leaning into the “V” yeast character of…
Veritable Distillery is a new Connecticut-based spirits company, but founder Bailey Pryor has been around the block. He’s the founder of The Real McCoy Rum, and now he’s moving into the world of whiskey and gin. The idea? Make spirits with “ingredients that were historically available and commonly traded in New England over 300 years…