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Continue reading →: Milestone Whiskies Series #5: Maker’s Mark Private Selection – VA ABC Single Barrel, “Winter Spice” (2024)This ongoing series of posts builds on my 9 June post, “Brief Reflections on Exploring Whiskies: The Road So Far,” and is meant to highlight whiskies that have profoundly shaped my understanding of the diverse world/s of whiskies and spirits more broadly. While a Virginia ABC single barrel of 1792 Bottled in…
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Continue reading →: Updating the Bottle Share Cabinet for Graduate Student EventsExpansion of the Bottle Share Office Cabinet – for sharing with my graduate students at events: *Eagle Rare 10 Year Bourbon *Buffalo Trace Bourbon *1792 Sweet Wheat Bourbon *E. H. Taylor, Jr. Small Batch Bottled in Bond Bourbon *Patrón Añejo Tequila Barrel Select – Virginia ABC Single Barrel no. 46 (aged in…
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Continue reading →: SHORT REVIEW: Código 1530 Reposado Tequila – 1st Full Bottle (LNV080REP40)Código 1530 (Codigo) produces its tequilas at distillery Varo Destileria (NOM 1616) located in Amatitán (Amatitan) in Jalisco’s Valley region. The brand uses mature Blue Weber agaves and is produced using a low-pressure autoclave, a self-designed chopper to macerate the cooked agave to extract the aguamiel, and stainless steel tanks…
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Continue reading →: Milestone Whiskies Series #4: Four Roses BourbonsThis ongoing series of posts builds on my 9 June post, “Brief Reflections on Exploring Whiskies: The Road So Far,” and is meant to highlight whiskies that have profoundly shaped my understanding of the diverse world/s of whiskies and spirits more broadly. Though a Virginia ABC Sazerac Barrel Select program…
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Continue reading →: SHORT REVIEW: Don Julio Añejo TequilaDon Julio is the second best-selling tequila brand in the world, moving 3.4 million cases in 2023. It is produced at distillery Diageo México Operaciones (NOM 1449) in Atotonilco El Alto in the Jalisco Highlands (Los Altos). The brand uses mature 6-10-year-old Blue Weber agave cooked in stone/brick ovens and…
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Continue reading →: SHORT REVIEW: 1792 Cognac Cask Finish Kentucky Straight BourbonA limited release from Barton 1792, the Cognac Cask Finish has no age statement (NAS) but is a minimum of 4-years-old and is bottled at 95 proof (47.5% ABV). The mash bill is undisclosed but believed to be approximately 75% corn, 15% rye, and 10% malted barley. My review is…
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Continue reading →: NEW BOTTLE HIGHLIGHT SERIES: My First Penelope Estate Collection Bottle, the 10 Year Private SelectThis is part of the ongoing “New Bottle Highlight Series.” See past posts in this series HERE. I’m broadening this series to include highlights of not only newly acquired bottles but also newly opened bottles, either for the first time or new replacement bottles (including initial tasting notes thoughts and impressions…
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Continue reading →: Mijenta: The Tequila That Opened Up Agave Spirits For MeMijenta will always have a very special place in my tequila journey. My start into tequila (discounting the poor quality stuff I’d had early on in college) faced a big hurdle from the start 2 years ago – I’d fallen in love with the history, biology, and culture/s around it…
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Continue reading →: COCKTAIL SERIES: Crème de Cassis MuleCrème de Cassis Mule (1) Combine the lime juice, gin, & crème de cassis in a glass. (2) Top with the ginger beer. (3) Add ice & stir with a bar spoon or the knife used to cut the lime. ___________________
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Continue reading →: SHORT REVIEW: My 1st Bottle of Eagle Rare 10 Year Kentucky Straight BourbonThis is a review of my first bottle of Eagle Rare 10 Year, one of Buffalo Trace Distillery’s (BTD) and Sazerac’s most sought-after, actually attainable American whiskies. Made from an undisclosed mash bill rumored to be the BTD’s “Mash Bill #1” with an estimated less than 10% rye, it is…
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 