Recipe: Lemonade Cocktails From the Thoroughbred Club – Charleston, S.C.
Charleston, S.C. happens to be one of my favorite summer destinations. And although I’ve never stayed at the Belmond Charleston Place, I have had the good fortune of enjoying a rather posh night out at the Charleston Grill followed by drinks at the Thoroughbred Club. So I was quite pleased when we received two recipes straight…
Review: Kavalan Single Malt Whisky Lineup (2014)
Kavalan is the best-known Taiwanese whisky distiller (at least in the U.S.), rapidly increasing its footprint from a single bottling just a few years ago (which we reviewed) to a total of nine on the market now. At least five of these whiskies, all single malts, are available in the U.S., and today we take…
Review: 2012 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon
I give Caymus all the credit for making me a real wine lover. When I was in grad school, my friend Sonny would regularly have me over for dinner — Korean style steaks, asparagus, and Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon, which we procured for $20 a bottle back then. It was a bit of indulgence for kids…
Review: Bittermilk Mixers No. 1, 2, and 3
OK, yes, there are dozens of pre-packaged cocktail mixers on the market. And yes, most of them claim to be ultra-premium-better-than-you-can-make-yourself products. And — yes — most of them are passable at best, swill at worst. Well, finally, here’s one that isn’t. Bittermilk is a Charleston, South Carolina operation that is making truly high-end mixers…
4th of July Cocktail Recipes, 2014 Edition
Once again we present a wide assortment of July 4th inspired cocktails for you to experiment with over the long holiday weekend. We received a ton for consideration of inclusion, but after sampling many of these over the previous week we felt the recipes below were at the top of the class. Everyone stay safe…
Review: Cabernets of Louis M. Martini, 2014 Releases
No need for a lot of throat-clearing here. Check out these three new Cabs from both Napa and Sonoma, all made by Louis M. Martini. 2011 Louis M. Martini Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley Sonoma County – Textbook Sonoma Cab, milder on the palate than Napa’s fruit bombs, but with plenty of earthy mushroom notes, leather,…
Review: Buffalo Trace Experimental Collection – Rye Bourbon Warehouse Floor Experiments
More tinkering in the form of experimental whiskeys from the mad scientists at Buffalo Trace. This is one of the company’s most interesting and telling ones to date: Three 12-year-old, rye-heavy bourbons each aged on a different floor of Buffalo Trace’s massive Warehouse K (floors 1, 5, and 9). Warehouse K is built of brick, with…