Bob Dylan Just Might Have a Future in This Whiskey Business

I’d heard good things about Bob Dylan’s whiskey–a lot more celebrity spirits are respectable than you might expect. Turns out when your whole career is image-conscious, you try to not to align yourself with amateurs. What I hadn’t heard was just how exotic it could get. The new Bootleg VI release takes bourbon to places … Read more

My Prohibition Review Is Now on Exhibition to View

The second edition of the Buffalo Trace Prohibition Collection‘s dropping soon, but even if I never see it in the wild, I can sigh contentedly to remember enjoying it in a professional capacity last night at Club Macanudo. My takeaways for which bottles to try first from the 2025 Prohibition Collection are now up at … Read more

You’re Probably Not Drinking Enough Near Open Flame

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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

Guess Who Drank the 2024 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection?

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

Jack Daniel’s Coy Hill Barrelhouse 8 Is Better Than Pappy, Trust

I’m aware of what I’m saying, and what I’m saying is that the 2024 Coy Hill release knocks me back in a way that no expression of Pappy to yet cross my lips has done. Yes, it’s great bourbon, but this Tennessee whiskey stays with my memory in ways that the venerable Van Winkle simply … Read more