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I've been holding onto a bottle in my cupboard for a while and I'd like to finish it off. But I want to write about it first. So let's do it. A part of the fun of getting into whiskey is the hunt. I wrote about this (see ' Whiskey 104 ') a ways back when I was just getting started in American whiskey. There's always a selection to look for when out and about, commonly everything from Buffalo Trace ( BT itself , Blanton's , EH Taylor etc) and special bottles from just about e

I've at no point sought out whiskey made in Minnesota. There's not any history or distilling reputation here to speak of, though we do produce a lot of corn in the state. That said I'll never say no to trying something, especially when it's free. A while back my wife's boss gifted her (us) a bottle of Minnesota-made whiskey and that'll be our topic for today. What I have is 10,000 Drops Single Barrel Bourbon. If you don't know, 10,000 Drops is a reference to the number of lak

When my wife and I visited the Scottish island of Islay, before kids, there were eight distilleries there. Most of these are quite old:...

Let's explore a fancy Bourbon, shall we? I've been a fan of the output of Michter's since I was given a bottle of their Single Barrel Rye...

While it's a little late for St. Patrick's Day, it's still worth taking a look at another Irish whiskey. It's a segment of the industry...

Back in October, over MEA (a teacher's conference) when school's out, we visited Maryland and saw some friends. I packed a couple samples...

A couple friends and I spent last weekend in Nashville, there to see the Vikings play the Titans. It was the first time in Music City for...

I'd been back and forth on whether to do another whiskey comparison before resuming more intimate looks at individual bottles, or...

One of the fastest growing segments of American whiskey is perhaps not what you'd think. Spirits made predominantly from corn (see:...

I've been struggling with what whiskey post to do next, mostly thinking it would be another individual bottle. Then I realized I had...

Two things have Japan currently at the forefront of my mind. First, Shohei Ohtani and U.S. newcomer Yoshinobu Yamamoto joining the...

If, like me, you frequently browse the whiskey selection in liquor stores, you've probably noticed a brand called Barrell. They have a...

It's dry January and I don't plan on a bottle review this month. So it's a good time to resume teaching, and learning, about what goes...

A lot of the whiskey I've written up comes from the big-name distilleries and producers, and I've wanted to branch out a little more,...

As stated elsewhere (like in Whiskey 101) the Balvenie 12y DoubleWood was the first whiskey I really liked, the one that kicked off this...

We're Costco people now, and are just over a year into having a membership. I usually go once a week to buy at least a handful of things...

My wife and I have enjoyed doing whiskey tasting kits in the past (see A Johnnie Walker vertical ), it's like getting a flight at home....

There's a dwindling bottle in the cupboard that hasn't been written up yet, so it's time for a review. I'd gone back and forth on whether...

It wasn't that long ago Buffalo Trace was a readily available, quality Bourbon you could grab for <$30. That's how it was when I started...

As I pointed out in my Bourbon Trail post , my biggest takeaway from our Kentucky trip is my newfound fandom of Bardstown Bourbon...