Review: Grand Macnish Double Matured Rum Cask 13 Years Old and Sherry Cask 15 Years Old
Grand Macnish is a blended Scotch best known for its unusual, dimpled bottles, but recently the brand has taken strides upmarket, with two new blends that carry age statements as well as distinct barrel finishing. The label drops the dimply bottles for these “Double Matured” releases as well, both of which we were able to…
Review: 2017 Terlato Friuli Pinot Grigio DOC
Terlato’s Pinot Grigio is the best-selling wine from the Friuli region. Let’s find out why. On the nose: Fresh herbs — tarragon and marjoram — with a racy acidity, heavy with lemon and some apricot notes. The palate is more focused on the fruit, heavy with lemon and more apricot again, with a ridiculous level…
Review: Nelson’s Green Brier Belle Meade Cask Strength Reserve Bourbon
We remain fans of the whiskeys coming out of Nashville’s Nelson’s Green Brier Distillery. In 2018, Drinkhacker took a look at several of their finished bourbons, among others, but by the end of the year they had already released yet another expression in their portfolio, Cask Strength Reserve. A blend of bourbons aged between 7…
Review: Takasago and Toko Divine Droplets Junmai Daiginjo Sake
Late last year I went shopping at one of the USA’s only sake specialty retailers, True Sake in San Francisco. When I mentioned that my favorite sake is Takasago’s Divine Droplets Junmai Daiginjo I was told some unpleasant news: 2018’s batch would be the last one. Devastated, I emailed importer Vine Connections looking for answers.…
Tasting Report: Jack Rose Dining Saloon Premier Drams 2019
Jack Rose Dining Saloon in Washington, D.C. hosted their second Premier Drams festival in early April, and Drinkhacker was once again invited along for the ride. It was probably apparent from last year’s Tasting Report that I thoroughly enjoyed the inaugural event and found the variety and quality of the whiskey available to be excellent…
Review: Kahlua Espresso Style Martini
Kahlua’s latest release isn’t one of its oddball-flavored bottled liqueurs, but something entirely new: A ready-to-serve espresso martini that comes in a nitro-carbonated can. Says Kahlua: “It’s the perfect blend of Kahlúa, coffee and Vodka, complete with smart nitrogen widget, which helps to create the distinctive foam of an Espresso Martini as soon as it’s…
Review: Wild Turkey Master’s Keep Cornerstone Rye
For the first time, a Wild Turkey’s Master’s Keep release is not bourbon but rather a rye, and the distillery is pulling out all the stops. This fourth release in the Wild Turkey Master’s Keep series has been breathlessly touted as “the oldest rye whiskey ever released by Wild Turkey.” That may have you dreaming…
Review: Wines of Inama, 2019 Releases
Azienda Agricola Inama can be found in the heart of Soave Classico in the Veneto region of Italy, and like all great Italian wineries it’s got a story to tell: When he started the winery in the 1960s, Stefano’s father, Giuseppe Inama, focused almost exclusively on old vine Garganega (the classic white grape of Soave),…
