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Continue reading →: SHORT REVIEW: El Tequileño Platinum Blanco TequilaEl Tequileño is a fantastic, widely distributed and fairly priced brand produced at distillery Jorge Salles Cuervo y Sucesores (NOM 1108) in the Tequila Valley – this blanco is my fastest bottle kill (19 days & I don’t drink every day nor drink tumblerfuls at a time). Made with Highlands…
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Continue reading →: 1792 Sweet Wheat Bourbon & Thoughts on Secondary Pricing & Spirits “Disappointment”To begin, a big thanks to my home state’s considerable whisky brain trust for being so generous with their knowledge, experience, assessments, & time. Before being lucky enough to snag this first bottle of Sweet Wheat, I’d tapped into this brain trust to ask people’s opinions about what seems to…
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Continue reading →: Milestone Whiskies Series #3: Minor Case Straight Rye Whiskey – Sherry Cask FinishedIn my recent post, “Brief Reflections on Exploring Whiskies: The Road So Far,” I made mention of a cadre of whiskies of all types that I refer to as “Milestone Whiskies,” that is, whiskies that have fundamentally changed my perspective of (and taught me) the depth and breadth of what…
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Continue reading →: SHORT REVIEW: Highland Park Viking Honour 12 Scotch Whisky – My First Peated ScotchThis is my first real experimentation with a peated scotch – it is very lightly peated, at approximately 4-6 parts per million (PPM) & the distillery’s peat level is only around 20 parts per million (PPM). But for someone new to peat, it’s still a hurdle, so patience, peat lovers. …
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Continue reading →: Spirits Are About Sharing: Samples & an Inventory List From a Recent SharePerhaps the most enjoyable part of spirits is sharing them with friends & family – to get other people’s opinions on bottles you enjoy, even if they end up not liking them as much. It’s the academic in me – I LOVE sharing details (probably too many). Below are screenshots…
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Continue reading →: SHORT REVIEW: Widow Jane – Baby Jane BourbonBaby Jane, a blend of straight bourbon whiskies, is made using a new hybrid corn, “Baby Jane,” genetically created by cross-pollinating Bloody Butcher & Wapsie Valley Yellow heirloom corns from upstate New York. This was done through close work between the distillery and local farmers beginning in 2013 & lasting…
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Continue reading →: Milestone Whiskies Series #2: 1792 Bottled in Bond Kentucky Straight Bourbon WhiskeyIn my recent post, “Brief Reflections on Exploring Whiskies: The Road So Far,” I made mention of a cadre of whiskies of all types that I refer to as “Milestone Whiskies,” that is, whiskies that have fundamentally changed my perspective of (and taught me) the depth and breadth of what…
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Continue reading →: SHORT REVIEW: Keeper’s Heart Irish + American WhiskeyThis unique blend of New and Old World whiskies is the brainchild of Keeper’s Heart founder David Perkins, who also founded High West Distillery, and his master distiller and blender, Brian Nation, who previously was head distiller at Midleton Distillery and worked on Jameson and Redbreast Irish whiskies. Keeper’s Heart…
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Continue reading →: SHORT REVIEW: Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie Scottish Barley Scotch Single Malt WhiskyBruichladdich’s The Classic Laddie – Scottish Barley is produced at the distillery located in the Rinns of the island of Islay. Islay is part of the Inner Hebrides archipelago off of Scotland’s western coastline. Unlike the bulk of Bruichladdich’s releases, The Classic Laddie is unpeated. Bottled at 100 proof (50%…
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Continue reading →: Milestone Whiskies Series #1: Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
In my recent post, “Brief Reflections on Exploring Whiskies: The Road So Far,” I made mention of a cadre of whiskies of all types that I refer to as “Milestone Whiskies,” that is, whiskies that have fundamentally changed my perspective of (and taught me) the depth and breadth of what…
Documenting my journey into agave spirits along with a smattering of other spirits after many, many years away – This blog is meant to take note of this journey including tasting notes, bottle photography, and other related topics.
Agave Spirits+ Journey 