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).
Burnt Church Distillery, located in Bluffton, South Carolina—just 10 miles from Hilton Head—was founded in 2019 by Billy J. Watterson and Sean Watterson, with Chris Crowe serving as president. Though still a young player in the whiskey world, Burnt Church has made a strong impression thanks to custom-distilled releases through Kentucky partnerships, including Green River…
Hardy is a reliable Cognac producer with some extremely expensive bottlings on the market. Today we’re looking at some more affordable fare, both of which you should find widely and readily available. Both are 80 proof. Hardy VSOP Organic Cognac Review Hardy has had this organic VSOP on the market for years, but we’ve never…
2025 saw the arrival of a new bourbon brand, Whiskey Row — named after the part of Louisville’s Main Street which was a hub for bourbon shipping until Prohibition. (Today, it’s become ground zero for whiskey brands from all over the place (not just Kentucky) to set up tasting rooms.) Whiskey Row Bourbon doesn’t just…
Pennsylvania-based Bluebird Distilling makes all manner of spirits, but to date we have mostly covered its whiskeys. We’re switching things up today with a look at more products in the collection, including Bluebird’s vodka and a coffee liqueur. Who’s ready for espresso martinis? Bluebird Distilling Vodka Review Distilled from rye. Initially quite industrial on the…
If the “most interesting man in the world” was real, he would probably look a lot like Buffalo Bill Cody. At the dawn of the 20th century, the showman was arguably the most famous person on earth. His legendary Wild West show introduced the world to the places and peoples of the American frontier, and…
After a lengthy hiatus, our coverage of Jose Cuervo’s Reserva de la Familia Extra Anejo expression recently returned with the 2024 release, and now we’re back with a look at 2025’s bottling. As always, this Extra Anejo comes with a custom wooden box, this one designed by contemporary Mexican artist Ana Segovia. Per Cuervo: “The…
The Perfect Fifth is an independent bottler based in Miami, Florida, established in 2019 by Karl Schoen. The company primarily focuses on well-aged single malt Scotch whisky but also bottles select American whiskeys. In the summer of 2025, The Perfect Fifth released the second edition of their Canongate 15-Year-Old Single Barrel American Whiskey. This release…
Our recent trip to Korea opened my eyes to soju culture, how a small shot of a low-alcohol spirit could become an integral part of a meal, whether formal or not, expensive or cheap. (In fairness, no meals that I had in Korea were expensive — even “fancy” ones.) Luxury soju is hard to find…
We’ve been writing about Hirsch since its 2016-ish relaunch, and the operation has grown in size and scope ever since. Today, Hirsch has at least 7 expressions under its belt, including three (very different) single barrel releases that are hard to distinguish from one another aside from peeping the color of the label. Ultimately you…
Old Forester’s latest in its innovative 117 Series has arrived: Extra Extra Old, a double-barreled whiskey that starts with the 1910 expression and ages it in a second, heavy char barrel for 24 months. If this sounds familiar, you might remember the 1910 Extra Old bottling which arrived in 2022 and which was finished in…