Review: Tarnished Truth High Rye Bourbon 3 Years Old
Here’s a curious fact: Tarnished Truth Distillery is the first and only distillery based within a hotel, the historic Cavalier Hotel in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Tarnished Truth produces vodka, gin, moonshine, and this, a high rye bourbon that’s aged for 3 years. The bourbon for now is sourced from MGP — though the label is…
Review: 2017 Quinta de Roriz Post Scriptum Douro DOC
We last saw Prats + Symington’s Post Scriptum (part of its Quinta de Roriz winery) in 2014. The 2017 vintage is a blend of 51% Touriga Nacional, and 49% Touriga Franca, a much different blend than both 2014 and 2011. 2017 sees the wine carrying a ton of astringency and not nearly enough body to…
Review: Barrell Whiskey American Vatted Malt
Even with its already robust portfolio of small batch whiskeys, single barrels, and limited editions, the folks at Barrell Bourbon can’t seem to satisfy their creative appetites. Enter their latest special release, American Vatted Malt. It’s admittedly an unsexy name for a pretty unique undertaking. I’ll let Barrell explain: This bottling is a blend of…
Review: NV Croft Pink Rose Port
Croft Pink was the first Rose Port, and remains the most popular on the market (at least from my perspective). The style has been around only since 2008, but since that time dozens of major and minor Port producers have followed suit. The main difference in the production of Rose Port vs. other styles is…
Review: Mic.Drop Bourbon L19-01 4 Years Old
PM Spirits (creators of The Street Pumas collection) recently launched a pair of old bourbons under the name of Mic.Drop, the first an 8 year old and the second a whopping 13 years old. The Mic.Drop continues with this third release, though it’s not called Mic.Drop.3. Rather, it simply carries production information on the front…
Review: Loyal 9 Canned Cocktails – Complete Lineup
Rhode Island’s Sons of Liberty recently launched a brand of canned cocktails under the banner of Loyal 9 — though the labels just say “Loyal.” These aren’t seltzers (none are carbonated), and all are made with vodka. I initially presumed that was Sons of Liberty’s own vodka, but they don’t actually market one, so who…
Review: 1792 Bourbon 12 Years Old
Up next in the rapidly expanding 1792 collection is another spin on 1792 Small Batch Bourbon: 1792 12 Years Old (aka 1792 Aged Twelve Years). The 12 year old is Kentucky straight bourbon that uses the same rye-heavy recipe as the flagship 1792 Small Batch Bourbon. 1792 Small Batch currently carries no age statement, but…
Review: 2018 Alois Lageder Chardonnay Alto Adige
This northern Italian white — denoted unusually on the label with its grape varietal, chardonnay — is a biodynamic wine that’s part of Alois Lageder’s “Classical” line. Per the company, “Alois Lageder strives to find the best conditions for each grape variety and collaborates with partners from all over Alto Adige to highlight the diversity…
