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.

The Groundhog's Day Negroni is a quarantine-approved Negroni with aged Hampden spirit and a lot of gin.
Pineapple goes surprisingly well with peaty scotch. This is exemplified in the super-tropical Ardbeg Drum special release whisky. Peated scotch
Times are tough. And the distressing thing is that you can't even visit a bar to drown your sorrows. We're
In the Yaesu Shopping mall in the middle of a busy train station, there sits an impressive bottle shop. It's
Deadpan Fix Cocktail
We made a lot of ginger syrup, as described in our previous post on the spicy ginger daiquiri. A lot.
Ginger syrup is a great cocktail ingredient - it really plays beautifully with rye and adds a spicy and sweet
As always, I'm a huge fan of the daiquiri. Simple to make, simple to fuck up, daiquiris traditionally contain just
In these caronavirus times, with bars throughout San Francisco closed, I've found myself increasingly willing to make more complicated cocktails.
Last Thursday, before the COVID-19 crisis quarantined us all starting this week, we went to Overproof. The reservations had been
Truth be told, we started this review a while ago. We had this alongside the previously reviewed Bruichladdich 1990/25 travel