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Continue reading →: SHORT REVIEW: Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Heritage Barrel Toasted Tennessee Whiskey (Barrel #25-04990)I haven’t liked the majority of Jack Daniel’s (JD) whiskies that I’ve tried. Yet, this specific single barrel of the distillery’s new Heritage Barrel Toasted is a new entry onto my “Milestone Whiskies” list because it’s made me rethink what I think of what Jack Daniel’s can produce. On the…
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Continue reading →: Culmination of the Bottle Share Cabinet for Graduate Student & Faculty SocialsFinalizing the Bottle Share Office Cabinet – for sharing with my graduate students at their socials & for faculty socials: *Virginia Distillery Company – VHW Port Cask Finished American Single Malt (blended with Scotch) *Virginia Distillery Company – VHW Cider Cask Finished American Single Malt (blended with Scotch) *Tequila Ocho Plata Puntas…
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Continue reading →: Sharing is Caring: Mezcal Samples for a Work Colleague*Gracias a Dios Mezcal Artesanal Reposado (Oaxaca) *Burrito Fiestero Joven Mezcal Artesanal (Durango) _______________
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Continue reading →: Two Tequilas & a New E.H. Taylor, Jr. Small Batch Bourbon: The Bottle Share Cabinet Continues to ExpandExpansion of the Bottle Share Office Cabinet – for sharing with my graduate students at events continues, building on recent expansions: The new additions are: *El Tequileño Reposado Gran Reserva Tequila *El Tequileño Platinum Blanco Tequila *Switched out the opened E. H. Taylor, Jr. Small Batch Bourbon for a new, unopened one.…
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Continue reading →: New Updates to the Bottle Share Cabinet for Graduate Student EventsExpansion of the Bottle Share Office Cabinet – for sharing with my graduate students at events: *Virginia Distillery Company – VHW Port Cask Finished American Single Malt (blended with Scotch) *Virginia Distillery Company – VHW Cider Cask Finished American Single Malt (blended with Scotch) *Tequila Partida Añejo *Tequila Partida Reposado…
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Continue reading →: SHORT REVIEW: Traveller Whiskey – Blend No. 40Produced by Buffalo Trace Distillery, Traveller is a blended whisky that is a collaborative project between master distiller Harlen Wheatley and country musician Chris Stapleton – the whisky went through over 50 blend trials before the two decided on the final one and is named after the latter’s first album. …
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Continue reading →: SHORT REVIEW: Courage & Conviction Cuvée Cask American Single Malt (Virginia Distillery Company)This is a new entry onto my “Milestone Whiskies” list, which keeps growing as I explore more and more different types and bottles of whiskies. Produced by the Virginia Distillery Company, which holds a special place in my whisky journey – theirs were the first whiskies that I really explored…
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Continue reading →: SHORT REVIEW: El Mayor Añejo 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 →: Lost Lore & Nonna’s Sunday Sauce: Symbolic End to 6 Weeks of Pointlessness & MeanspiritednessLost Lore, one of my favorite blanco tequilas, in a Riedel Ouverture Tequila flute glass (one of my 2 favorite agave spirits glasses alongside Denver & Liely’s Mezcal Glass – the 2 best glasses for highlighting aroma profiles) as I sear/seal off meatballs for my late Nonna’s Sunday Sauce tomorrow (it saves…
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Continue reading →: SHORT REVIEW: My 1st High Proof Bourbon – 1792 Full Proof (Virginia ABC Single Barrel, 2024)This was my high proof bourbon (above 50% ABV). Produced by Barton 1792 Distillery and bottled at 125 proof (62.5% ABV), this has no age statement but is at least 4 years old and non-chill filtered. The mash bill is undisclosed but is thought to be 15-25% rye. This specific…
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 