Review: Laws Bonded Bourbon, Rye, and Wheat Whiskey 7 Years Old (2024)
Denver’s Laws Whiskey House releases bonded versions of three whiskeys each year, and, interestingly, Laws has continued to let them get older and older. Our last encounter, in 2021, was a 6 year old bonded bourbon. Now the trio of whiskeys is up to 7 years of age. When will it end? Who knows? While…
Drinkhacker 2024 Wine Cheat Sheet / Vintage Chart
Peak wine season is upon us, and with it come some questions: Is the 2021 or the 2020 the better buy? We got you covered: Our annually updated “Vintage Chart Cheat Sheet” is back for your reading (and drinking) pleasure. In case you’ve missed the sheet’s prior iterations, the concept is simple: Refer to this…
Review: Mommenpop Seville Orange Citrus Aperitif
I’m a sucker for a Spritz, but can anyone outdo Aperol? California-based Mommenpop recently hit the scene with an enticing pitch: Its aperitifs are made from Northern California wines fortified with Napa-made grape neutral spirit, to which real, whole, organic California citrus is added alongside “select botanicals.” Mommenpop’s aperitifs are as natural as you can…
Review: Michter’s US-1 Toasted Barrel Finish Bourbon 2024
While they occasionally tweak the release calendar for some specialty, age-stated expressions, Michter’s limited release Toasted Barrel Finish line hasn’t skipped a beat in recent years, delivering a toasted edition of either rye, bourbon, or sour mash whiskey at a steady three-year interval. For 2024, we’re getting another US-1 Toasted Barrel Finish Bourbon. It’s something…
Review: Dovetail Cut Throat Oat Whiskey
When asked to name a distillery associated with Nevada, the bulk of whiskey drinkers will certainly come up with Frey Ranch or Smoke Wagon. After nearly 20 years of working as a chef in some of New York City’s finest restaurants, Nicholas Cataldo launched a small distillery in northern Nevada that hopes to catch the…
Book Review: The World Atlas of Whisky, Third Edition
Unsatisfied with authoring not one, but two of the best whisky books of the last decade, Dave Broom returns with an updated edition of his World Atlas of Whisky. Now in its third iteration, Broom made the creative call to replace 90% of the photography, increase the distillery profiles by 150% (500 distilleries now receive…
Review: Bardstown Bourbon Company Collaborative Series: Silver Oak
Bardstown Bourbon Co.’s latest Collaborative Series release returns to wine-finishing. In partnership with Napa’s Silver Oak Winery, this whiskey honors a more than 50-year tradition of aging Cabernet Sauvignon in American oak barrels. Specifically, it’s a blend of six different bourbons aged for 17 months in barrels that previously held Silver Oak Cab. BBCo. actually…
Review: Rums of Sugarfield Spirits, 2024 Releases
Sugarfield Spirits makes its home in Gonzalez, Louisiana and is the official vodka of Louisiana State University Athletics. However, rum is the true calling of this southern distillery. Louisiana is the top sugarcane producing state in America as it produces more than 2 million tons of raw sugar per year. As the American whiskey industry…