Spirit Reviews

We love writing about spirits. While we’ve had hundreds of rums, as of March 2019 we’ve just started formally reviewing them, and you can find our catalog of rum reviews, and history about the spirit in our Rum Reviews section.

We’ve picked up the pace on whisky reviews, and have amassed a small arsenal of reviews. You can also learn more about our spirit tasting and review process. Some of our favorites recently have been from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS), so we put together a comprehensive guide to SMWS bottle numbers, because a lot of the other ones we found weren’t up to date and were missing things.

We accept Rum and Whisky samples and you can learn more about how to reach us on our contact us page.

Two arms holding rum bottles
Review of San Francisco’s annual rum festival
A little and tequilla in this negroni
Many jars in front of bar with many bottles behind it
The unholy alliance of vinegar, fruit, and sugar.
Bottle of Whisky with several bottles behind it, backlit
A complex dram that changes through each sip
Several stills and bottles in front of bar
A one-man show well worth the short ride from SF
Cocktail in front of a mirror with a lemon garnish, the mirror reflects the cocktail
Historical cocktail with cognac and orgeat.
Cocktail next to strainer with a bottle above it, shot from the top
A two ingredient one-two-punch
Several bottles of whiskey backlit
Dessert and orange marmalade. Creamy.
Two women next to a man in a black shirt in front of a sign
With Roberta Mariana on Martini & Rosso’s newest vermouths
Man next to a woman with a painting behind them
Master Distiller at Whistlepig