Review: Stubbees Bourbon Infused Honey
Way out in St. Augustine, Florida, you’ll find Stubbees, a honey producer with a product that should be of particular interest to the Drinkhacker crowd: Bourbon Infused Honey, “a bold blend of small batch crafted bourbon and floral honey. With help from bourbon aficionados, chefs and foodies alike, we’ve curated this Napoleonic inspired honey, a luxury all…
Review: Glendalough Wild Botanical Gin
England and Scotland are home to some of the biggest gin brands in the world. But what about that smaller island just off their western coast? Irish distillers have actually been busy churning out a variety of gins in recent years, including the Glendalough Distillery in County Wicklow, just south of Dublin. Their Wild Botanical…
Cocktails for Labor Day 2018
Today we raise a glass to those who work hard and long hours — and who just want to unwind after a long day at work. This year we’re sharing some tasty cocktail recipes that don’t involve too much effort. OK, except one; there’s always some adventurous drinker who wants a challenge. As the unofficial…
Review: Valentine Vodka and White Blossom Vodka
Detroit-based Valentine Distilling was founded in 2007, and while it produces gin and whiskey, today we’re looking at its flagship products — two vodkas, named after the distillery proper. Recently rebranded with upscale bottles and labels, Valentine is pot distilled in small batches from a blend of corn, wheat, and barley. Let’s taste. Valentine Vodka…
Review: Yagara Shuzo Kabosu Liqueur
“The refined fruit liqueur” may look like it has a trio of limes on the label, but that’s no lime, it’s a kabosu (often incorrectly translated by Google as kaoru). Kabosu is a fruit that is related to the yuzu, looks like a lime, and is said to taste (in its natural state) somewhere between…
Review: Heaven Hill Barrel Proof Bourbon 27 Years Old
Sooner or later, it seems that every distillery burns down. They pretty much always get rebuilt, but invariably those with tears in their eyes will insist that it’s just not the same. Heaven Hill experienced a massive fire — one of the worst in modern history — in November 1996, when a warehouse caught fire in…
Review: Sugarlands Appalachian Sippin’ Cream Strawberry Dream, Pumpkin Spice Latte, and Eggnog
Sugarlands Distilling Co., in the Great Smoky Mountains, now proclaims to be the most visited distillery in America. It’s also moved well past its flavored moonshines, now producing a flavored rum, whiskey (review coming soon), and numerous cream liqueurs with names like Electric Orange Sippin’ Cream. There are now six members of the Sippin’ Cream…
A Visit to the Don Julio Tequila Distillery
It’s the stuff of a Hollywood movie, or a novel about rags to riches. Except it’s all true. In 1940 in the town of Atotonilco El Alto in Jalisco, Mexico, 15-year-old Julio Gonzalez-Frausto Estrada lost his father. Julio became head of the family, and worked as a farmhand for nine pesos a week to help…