Review: Earth Echo Cacao Bliss
Whipping up a hot chocolate or chocolate milk (spiked or otherwise)? Give Earth Echo’s Cacao Bliss a look. Rather than relying on processed cocoa powder, the base of this product is raw cacao which has been infused with 9 additional ingredients all designed to improve your overall health. Those include: turmeric, black pepper, MCT powder,…
Review: The Tyrconnell Single Malt Irish Whiskey 10 Years Old – Port Cask and Sherry Cask
Two new products from Ireland’s Tyrconnell are here, both single malts, both 10 years old, and both finished for 6 to 8 months in wine casks — one Port, one Sherry. Let’s give them a whirl. Both are 92 proof. The Tyrconnell Port Cask Finish 10 Years Old – It’s a bit muddy on the…
Review: Frey Ranch Single Barrel Bourbon Barrel #22
Nevada-based Frey Ranch recently jumped into the single barrel business, offering — you guessed it — single barrel expressions of its top shelf craft bourbon, all bottled at cask strength — which is prodigious. It’s the same stock as Frey Ranch Bourbon — 66.6% non-GMO corn, 11.4% winter cereal rye, 10% winter wheat, and 12%…
Diversity, Data, and Change in Bourbon: An Interview with Old Forester’s Jackie Zykan
Old Forester’s Jackie Zykan is one of Kentucky bourbon’s most recognizable names. During her six-year tenure with the brand, Zykan has been equal parts whiskey maker and whiskey educator, giving numerous interviews and social media looks into her day-to-day as Old Forester’s Master Taster. And she’s notched more than a couple important milestones along the…
Recipe: Boulevardier
If this photo of the Boulevardier looks familiar, that’s because it should: The Boulevardier is in essence a Negroni, with rye whiskey or bourbon instead of gin. The two other ingredients, Campari and sweet vermouth, remain unchanged. Different recipes up the amount of whiskey from the 1-oz-of-everything proportions to 1 1/4 or even 1 1/2…
Review: 2019 Granbazan Etiqueta Ambar Albarino
Bodegas Granbazán is a winery in Rias Baixas, Spain, though the ornate bottle may make you think you’re drinking something from Germany or Croatia. Anyhoo, this 100% estate-grown albarino is a bright and grassy wine, full of lime leaf, lemongrass, and a hint of spice, providing a welcome complexity one doesn’t often find in this…
Review: Bib & Tucker Small Batch Bourbon 6, 10, and 12 Years Old (2021)
It’s round 3 for the Bib & Tucker brand, which continues to evolve yet, somehow, never really change. After being sold to a new owner in 2017 — with a wholly different source for its whiskey — the 6 year old brand is still under the ownership of Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits and made…
Review: Ben & Jerry’s Whiskey Biz Ice Cream
What happens when you get Vermont neighbors Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream and WhistlePig Whiskey in the same room together? It’s not that hard of a question, really: You get whiskey-flavored ice cream. Ben & Jerry’s latest flavor is a wild one indeed, so hang on: Brown butter bourbon ice cream with blonde brownies and…
