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Continue reading →: SHORT REVIEW: Keeper’s Heart Irish + Bourbon Cask Strength Whiskey (Batch #CS-23-001)This 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: Dulce Vida Reposado TequilaProduced by distillery Grupo Industrial Tequilero de Los Altos de Jalisco (NOM 1443) located in San Ignacio Cerro Gordo in the Highlands (Los Altos) region of Jalisco by master distiller Carlos Jurado, Dulce Vida is a solid budget-friendly tequila brand suitable for both “everyday” sipping and mixing into cocktails. The…
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Continue reading →: Brief Reflections on Exploring Whiskies: The Road So FarPictured above is the first whisky (or “whiskey,” per your spelling preferences) that I tried after deciding to jump back into spirits after many, many years away from all spirits since my early college days (trust me, that’s an increasingly long time ago now). Like many silly college students, I…
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Continue reading →: SHORT REVIEW: Bushmills 12 Year Single Malt Irish WhiskeyProduced by the Old Bushmills Distillery in Bushmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland and bottled at 80 proof (40% ABV), Bushmills 12 Year Single Malt Irish Whiskey is aged for 11 years in ex-bourbon American White Oak barrels and ex-Oloroso Sherry casks before being blended together and allowed to marry for…
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Continue reading →: SHORT REVIEW: Olmeca Altos Reposado TequilaOlmeca Altos, which was developed in partnership between its producers and mixologists to create a versatile bar well tequila, processes its Weber Blue agaves using both a roller mill and a tahona volcanic stone wheel to extract its sugars (aguamiel). It is then fermented in steel tanks without agave fibers before being double…
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Continue reading →: SHORT REVIEW: Dulce Vida “Lone Star Edition” Añejo TequilaDulce Vida, an Austin, Texas-based tequila company, uses 100% certified organic Blue Weber agaves (which are an average age of “nearly 8 years” old) to produce its certified Kosher tequilas. The agaves’ sugar (brix) levels are tested before harvesting so that Dulce Vida is sure that they have the ideal…
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Continue reading →: SHORT REVIEW: Maker’s Mark Private Selection – VA ABC Barrel Select, “Winter Spice”“Winter Spice” is a Virginia ABC single barrel pick with Maker’s Mark’s Private Selection, a program that allows clients to mix-and-match a total of 10 oak staves from 5 types, both American White and French Oak. Bottled at 111.5 proof (55.75% ABV), Winter Spice was finished for 9 weeks with…
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Continue reading →: SHORT REVIEW: El Mayor Blanco TequilaEl Mayor is a solid budget-friendly tequila brand produced by distillery DGL Destiladores – Distiladora Gozalez Lux (NOM 1603) run by the Gonzalez family in Arandas in the Jalisco Highlands (Los Altos). The distillery uses its own estate-grown Blue Weber agave grown at around 7,500 feet above sea level in…
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Continue reading →: SHORT REVIEW: Corazón de Agave Reposado – VA ABC Single Barrel (Sazerac Rye Barrel-aged)Corazón (Corazon) de Agave is the budget-friendly tequila line produced by distillery Casa San Matías (NOM 1103) by master distiller Rocío Rodríguez. The line’s regular reposado and añejo are blends but the line’s single barrel program allows stores to select from Sazerac brand whisky barrels to age barrel pick reposados…
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Continue reading →: SHORT REVIEW: Minor Case Straight Rye Whiskey – Sherry Cask FinishedMinor Case is produced by Limestone Branch Distillery, which opened in 2011. This rye is named after Minor Case Beam, a member of the extended family of James “Jim” Beam who began distilling American whisky in the style today called bourbon in 1800s Kentucky. Minor Case was a master distiller…
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 