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Whisky Reviews 

Review #4: AD Rattray Cask Islay

Tastes likes it noses. There’s a light bandage component weaved in with honeysuckle, cantaloupe, and lemon. The taste is rather delicate for an Islay.
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Cocktail Conference Interview Spirits 

Interview: Dave Pickerell, Distilling Savant

Master Distiller at Whistlepig
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Around the World Cocktail Conference Cocktails 

2018 San Antonio Cocktail Conference

Visiting the San Antonio Cocktail Conference
Cocktails 

Friday Cynar Negroni

This bitter Negroni is the best way to jump start the weekend
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Cocktails 

Lovely Bunch of Pink Coconuts

Twin vodkas make a lovely pink cocktail
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Cocktails 

The Aftershock

Cocktail featuring faultline and coffee liquor.
Cocktails 

Liquid Therapy

Brandy sour with trio of fruit flavors
Pink cocktail with a lemon garnish next to a bottle of St. George Raspberry Brandy
Cocktails 

Drunken Raspberry

Refreshing Summer Drink with Raspberry

Featured Articles

5 Recommended Single Malt Scotch Whiskies under $50
Best Whisky Reviews 

5 Recommended Single Malt Scotch Whiskies under $50

2020-11-10 Michael L 0

We’ve tried a few hundred single malts at this point, so we finally feel qualified to recommend whiskies. Before we get into the recommendations, few parameters:

  1. All the whiskies are readily available; nothing on the list is impossible to
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We Tried Cocktails To-Go During COVID-19
Bars Best Cocktails San Francisco 

We Tried Cocktails To-Go During COVID-19

2020-04-01 Sylvia L 0
What to Make with Laphroaig
Best Cocktails 

What to Make with Laphroaig

2019-09-24 Sylvia L 2
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Best Cocktails 

Cocktails to Make with Cognac

2019-06-03 Sylvia L 0
Lagavulin Vertical Tasting: Which Lagavulin Bottling is the Best?
Best Whisky Reviews 

Lagavulin Vertical Tasting: Which Lagavulin Bottling is the Best?

2019-02-16 Sylvia L 2
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Bars Best 

Top 3 Cocktail Bars in Singapore for Dates

2019-02-05 Michael L 0

About the Authors

We are a San Francisco-based duo of cocktail and whisky enthusiasts. We're always happy to connect! You can read more about us here and get hold of us here.

Sylvia and Michael

Recent Articles

  • Pandan Express Cocktail Recipe
    2022-01-02
    I've experimented with infusing a few spirits, but I find it plays incredibly well with high-proof American Applejack and with some bourbon whiskies. For this one, I used cask strength Bullet Bourbon, Vermouth Terino and Carpano Antica, along with Tom Foolery Applejack. If you can't find Tom Foolery, check out Copper & Kings Butchertown brandy as well. […]
  • Eastern Cork, Riff on the Corktown Cocktail
    2021-08-09
    A few years back we visited Boston's Eastern Standard […]
  • Birch Tree by Nomad Bar
    2021-07-31
    Coffee liqueuer, Amaro Nonino, sweet vermouth, aged aquavit, and cognac […]
  • Review #128: Edradour: The Fairy Flag 15 Year Review
    2021-07-18
    Sylvia received a handful of samples when she visited […]
  • Review #127: Sovereign Laphroaig Single Cask Whisky Review
    2021-06-22
    The Sovereign is a sub-brand of the venerable Hunter […]
  • Breakfast Negroni Cocktail – A Fistfull of Cocoa Puffs
    2021-06-13
    the highlight of the last Negroni Week was Wildhawk's Breakfast Negroni cocktail. The star ingredient is the Cocoa Puff infused Sweet Vermouth. […]
  • Review #126: Balcones Healthy Spirits Bottle
    2021-06-06
    It's exciting to try local products when you travel. […]
  • Review #125: Heaven Hill Bottled in Bond
    2021-05-30
    Heaven Hill used to release a 6 year old Bottled in Bond bourbon only in Kentucky. In 2019 the company started releasing a new Bottled in Bond whisky, now aged for 7 years. […]

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