Here are the best new (to me) bourbons to tiptoe over my tastebuds last year. My editor said I can’t include Barrell Foundation’s late 2023 debut (even though some of these other bourbons came out well before or are just their regular, long-running selves), but I spent the year doling out my sample, so enjoy … Read more
Or at least incorporating that bourbon into your grilling methods. I talked to a bundle of chefs about all they ways they incorporate bourbon into grilled foods and the associated cookout drinks, from marinade to glaze and many points in between…as well as how the smoky grilled foods can come back and contribute to the … Read more
My new Halloween tradition is ranking every Goose Island BCS Stout, but my new Election Day follow-up (and boy did the nation need a collective drink from that one) is getting to be reviewing the Buffalo Trace Antique collection. This year isn’t my favorite of the three that I’ve tried, but that’s not to say … Read more
As I did in 2022 and again in 2023, I applied my liver to consuming the entire Goose Island Bourbon County Stout LTO release at Tasting Table. Now, don’t think I finished every bottle. They got capped and used up over days to follow. But even a shot of each beer is a long walk; … Read more
Yours truly found himself at the Macallan 200th anniversary party–and I have been to some big to-do whiskey releases, but this was the first one that ever felt like a movie premiere. I got to sample the junior half of the Time: Space confusingly doubly named release (and the truly luxe edition itself containing two … Read more
