Review #86: Ardbeg Kelpie
Okay, I’ll be honest: I have been searching for a bottle of this for a while. Every time I have tried to order it on a menu, the bartender will look around and then tell me that they are sorry, …
Review #84: Plantation Trinidad 1997
Tasting notes from a vertical of six Plantation single cask releases. This was our favorite of the bunch.
NoMad NYC
NoMad was ranked* the top bar in the United States in 2018, and comprises separate bar areas, including the NoMad tavern, the Elephant Bar, and the Library.
Review #85: Habitation Velier Hampden 2011 Rum Review
Habitation Velier has been starting to bring some new, aged Jamaican rums to the states and we couldn’t be happier. They have rolled out a line of age statement, no added sugar, no bullshit rums from some major distilleries in …
Review #83: Eades Anticipation Double Malt Highland
The contrarian in me truly wanted to hate this whisky. The label pronounces “handcrafted for the American Connoisseur”. This ruffled me a bit, because secretly I hope to a bit more than what a bunch of scotsmen define as the …
Review #73: Plantation Single Cask Peru 2010: Pineau des Charentes Finish
Peru-distilled rum finished in Pineau des Charentes. Part of a set of blind-tastings of Plantation rums.
Storm King from Grand Army Cocktail
The Storm King comes from Damon Boelte at Grand Army, a bar in Brooklyn. The drink is well balanced with a pronounced dose of dark walnut, toffee, and caramel.
Review #81: Westland Peat Week 2019
“Wow, Balvenie really changed their branding,” is what I privately thought when I noticed the bright yellow and red circus themed Westland Peat Week bottle across the bar. I vaguely remembered that I had tried the Balvenie Peat Week at …
Review #84: Redwood Empire Pipe Dream Bourbon
It rained the other day in San Francisco. Which is actually a notable event. One person on a local bourbon group I’m in posted a video of the flooding. Although I can’t find the exact video, the news clip below …
Alpine Negroni
One of the major problems with having a homebar is that when you open a normal sized bottle of vermouth it quickly becomes a game of “how many vermouth-based drinks can I make before this goes rancid”?
To be fair, …