Review: Dulce Vida Blanco 100 and Extra Anejo Tequila (2023)
Dulce Vida Tequila has been steadily expanding their offerings and availability (while periodically rebranding itself), and today we swing back to retry two of their tequilas and see how current bottlings compare to older ones. We last reviewed Dulce Vida Blanco in 2010 and 2017, both as an 80 proof offering; today we’re checking out…
Review: 2021 Ottella Lugana and Le Creete
Lugana can be found in the north of Italy, and the focus here is far and away on white wines. We’ve covered the wines of Lugana extensively in the past, but this is our first round with Ottella, which also produces olive oil and grappa. Let’s dive in. 2021 Ottella Lugana DOC – 100% turbiana…
Review: Log Still Distillery Whiskeys – Monk’s Road Small Batch and Rattle & Snap
Log Still Distillery is based in Gethsemane, Kentucky, where it produces a variety of whiskeys and gins. The project was born from the progeny of old-time whiskeymaker JW Dant, whose name is still being used on whiskey today, courtesy of his great-great-grandson Wally Dant, who revived the family’s 1836-established brand just a few years ago.…
Review: Green River Wheated Bourbon
Following its bourbon debut last fall, Kentucky’s Green River Distillery (formerly O.Z. Tyler) is expanding their portfolio this spring with two new expressions. While a full-proof single barrel bourbon is on the way, Green River fans can snag this new bottle now: Green River Wheated Bourbon. The mashbill is similar to Green River’s inaugural offering…
Review: Renegade Pre-Cask Single Farm Origin Rums – Lake Antoine Upper Crater and Hope
Mark Reynier is obsessed with terroir. He was an early proponent of the concept, as it applies to whisky, when he owned Bruichladdich. He then built an entire whisky brand around the idea with Waterford Distillery in Ireland, offering almost tedious levels of production detail for each release. Last fall, Mark applied his obsession with…
Review: Natterjack Irish Whiskey
Hot on the heels of Keeper’s Heart, another Irish and American whiskey mashup has landed on the Drinkhacker review desk: Natterjack, from the unusually-named Gortinore Distilling. Unlike Keeper’s Heart, which blends Irish and American whiskeys, Natterjack is triple-distilled entirely in Ireland but from a very corn-heavy grainbill similar to American bourbons (80% corn and 20%…
Review: Canaima Gin
Canaïma gin is produced in Venezuela by a surprising maker: the distillers of Ron Diplomático. Made with 19 handpicked botanicals, six of which are native to the Amazonian rain forest (cashew (merey), acai, uva de palma, tupiro, seje, and copoazu), each is said to be individually distilled to make this unique gin. Traditional gin botanicals…
Review: Stella Rosa Tropical Passion Brandy
You know the wine, now get to know the brandy. The massest of mass market wine brands, Stella Rosa, parachuted into the brandy business late last year, offering a trio of brandies at launch — all flavored and imported from Italy. We received one of the three: Tropical Passion, which is further described on the…
