Gift Idea and Giveaway: Globe Decanter by Prestige Decanters
Where did 2019 go? We’ll probably never know, but one thing is for sure, it’s time to get shopping. Since you’re reading this, there’s a greater than zero chance that you’ll be gifting or unwrapping a shiny new decanter this holiday season. Decanters are the one thing every whiskey lover should own, but most can…
Review: Uncle Nearest 1884 Whiskey
The Uncle Nearest brand only got its start in late 2018 with the launch of Uncle Nearest 1856, but the brand has already launched a second and third expression. We missed #2, Uncle Nearest 1820, and we’re skipping ahead to #3: Uncle Nearest 1884. Like 1856, it’s a sourced, Tennessee-distilled whiskey that doesn’t formally…
Review: Wines of Veramonte and Primus, 2019 Releases
Two new (big) value wines from Chile’s Veramonte and a pair from it moderately more upscale label, Primus. Andale! 2017 Veramonte Pinot Noir Casablanca Valley – While this wine is initially a touch beefy and tough, a little time in glass lets it open up to reveal a soft blueberry and strawberry element, with subtleties…
Review: Gun Fighter Rye Whiskey Double Cask
Gun Fighter is the sole whiskey brand in Colorado-based Golden Moon Distillery’s portfolio, including a bourbon and a rye. Both are billed as Double Cask products, aged for six months in new charred American oak barrels, then finished for an unstated time in “French Port wine barrels.” I’m guessing that means French oak and Portugeuse…
Review: Limousin Rye – Batch B14 and D14
Wisconsin-based Dancing Goat Distillery has been known for its Travis Hasse liqueurs, and recently it pushed its way into rye whiskey. The distillery offers no mashbill information, but it does note that the bottled spirit is at least three years old. The catch is that Limousin Rye starts out in used “vintage oak” barrels, to…
Review: Highland Park Twisted Tattoo 16 Years Old
Highland Park continues to shake up its image and product line, and I have to confess, by launching a product with a name like Twisted Tattoo, I figured Highland Park must have finally jumped the shark. I mean, this is a product that sounds more applicable to a flavored rum than a 16 year old…
Review: Hangar 1 Bentwing Brandy
Ready for something new from the brandy world? Here it comes, in the form of a blended brandy from Hangar 1, which offers its first non-vodka spirit ever. Hangar 1 Vodka transitions to The Hangar 1 Distillery with the launch of its first-ever non-vodka offering: Bentwing Brandy, a super-premium blend of fruit-forward Northern California and…
Review: Lux Row Distillers Double Barrel Bourbon 12 Years Old
Lux Row, the maker of the Blood Oath, Rebel Yell, and Yellowstone line, has been on a tear of late, and to celebrate the first anniversary of the opening of its distillery, it’s launching its most prized whiskey yet, a 12 year old bourbon that bears nothing but the company’s name. The limited-release ryed bourbon…
