Tag: bourbon and oak

Tipe Pen

Gear: When you write about good whiskey you should use a good pen. That’s what you get with Tipe. Tipe by The Tin Mill operates using a novel take on the bolt action style of pens by employing two helical grooves precisely machined into the pen clip, instead of a single linear groove like other bolt action […]

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Tenth Ward Distilling Company Set to Open in Downtown Frederick, Md.

A pair of local spirit enthusiasts are well on their way to opening a new distillery in downtown Frederick, MD. Tenth Ward Distilling Company will focus their products mainly on whiskey but will also be producing some brandies and other barrel aged spirits. They aim to be progressive and a little offbeat by experimenting with […]

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Catoctin Creek releases oldest Whisky to Date, Rabble Rouser 4 year old Straight Rye Whisky

This is the one you’ve been waiting for! October 19, 2015, Purcellville, VA – Catoctin Creek is proud to announce the release of its oldest whisky to date:  Rabble Rouser® 4 year old straight rye whisky.   Rabble Rouser is the latest rye whisky offering from Catoctin Creek.  Distilled from 100% rye, and like the other […]

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The Famous Grouse and Owl’s Brew Team Up to Develop Custom Tea Blends for Cocktail Lovers

Today, The Famous Grouse, Scotland’s no. 1 Scotch, and The Owl’s Brew, the first-ever tea crafted for cocktails, announced that they have joined forces to create two exceptional new tea blends: The Famous Mint Tea and The Smoky Earl to kick off the fall season. This collaboration, the first official spirits partnership for The Owl’s […]

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Kentucky Bourbon Trail Craft Tour® Welcomes Peerless, Hartfield & Co. Distilleries

FRANKFORT, Ky. – The Kentucky Distillers’ Association today announced that Kentucky Peerless Distilling Co. in Louisville and Hartfield & Co. Distillery in Paris are the two newest members of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail Craft Tour®. A total of 10 micro distilleries now comprise the tourism adventure that was founded in 2012 to complement the KDA’s […]

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WhistlePig Opens New Distillery in Vermont

WhistlePig is proud to announce the opening of its brand-new distillery in a converted 100-year-old barn on the WhistlePig Farm in Shoreham, Vermont. The distillery will make WhistlePig one of the few American whiskey companies to conduct the entire whiskey-making process in one place, from harvesting the rye fields to distilling, barreling, aging, and bottling […]

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Barrell Bourbon Batch 005 Review

Name: Barrell Bourbon Batch 005 ABV: 62.35% Proof: 124.7 Nose: Vanilla, Maple Syrup, Molasses, Oak Palate: Dry Oak, Smoke, Cherries, Dark Chocolate Finish: Moderate with a slight spice flavor and sweet maple syrup Overall: This review is specifically for Barrell Bourbon batch number 005 bottle number 4577. The nose is a mixture of vanilla, maple syrup, and molasses with a hint of  a light wood […]

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Proof Maple Bacon Old Fashioned Cocktail Syrup

Drink: Proof Maple Bacon Old Fashioned Cocktail Syrup is made by combining hickory smoked organic cane sugar with a unique blend oleo saccharums which is then mixed in the smokiest bacon and rich, authentic maple syrup. The resulting syrup is great for crafting excellent cocktails at home and specifically ones that will impress your guest. Proof is crafted in Decatur, […]

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Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails

Books: In Vintage Spirits & Forgotten Cocktails, historian, expert, and drink aficionado Dr. Cocktail adds another 20 fine recipes to his hand-picked collection of 80 rare-and-worth-rediscovered drink recipes, shares revelations about the latest cocktail trends, provides new resources for uncommon ingredients, and profiles of many of the cocktail world’s movers and shakers. Historic facts, expanded anecdotes, […]

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Diageo Launches Studebaker, a New Line of Bottled Whisky Cocktails

      STUDEBAKER™ is proud to announce a premium and new-to-world product line of bottled whisky cocktails including STUDEBAKER™ Old Fashioned and STUDEBAKER™ Manhattan, replicating a unique and extraordinary taste of cocktail history for a new generation. During the days of Prohibition (1919-1933), Canadian Whisky boomed in the United States, as whisky that had […]

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