A Whiskey Journey Part 6 – Nosing The Grind
What to do when something you engage in purely for pleasure and the joy of curiosity starts to feel like … Continue reading A Whiskey Journey Part 6 – Nosing The Grind
Tag: American history
Cocktail: Poor Red’s Golden Cadillac – Histories in a Glass
THE GOLDEN CADILLAC Created in 1952 by bartender Frank Cline at Poor Red’s INGREDIENTS – 1 part Galliano Liqueur Autentico, … Continue reading Cocktail: Poor Red’s Golden Cadillac – Histories in a Glass
Leopold Bros Three Chamber Rye – Holiday Edition
LEOPOLD BROS THREE CHAMBER RYE Bottled in Bond Holiday Edition (2022) MASH BILL – 80% Abruzzi rye, 20% malted barley … Continue reading Leopold Bros Three Chamber Rye – Holiday Edition
Jim Beam Repeal Batch
JIM BEAM REPEAL BATCH Limited Edition (2018) MASH BILL – 75% corn, 13% rye, 12% malted barley PROOF – 86 … Continue reading Jim Beam Repeal Batch
Book (and time travel portal): The World’s Drinks and How to Mix Them by William Boothby
THE WORLD’S DRINKS AND HOW TO MIX THEM BY – The Honorable William T. “Cocktail Bill” Boothby PUBLISHER – First … Continue reading Book (and time travel portal): The World’s Drinks and How to Mix Them by William Boothby
A Whiskey Journey Part 5 – What have three years of writing whiskey notes done to me?
To mark the three-year anniversary of The Right Spirit, here are some reflections on what writing 275 posts about whiskey … Continue reading A Whiskey Journey Part 5 – What have three years of writing whiskey notes done to me?
Notes on Whiskey Notes
Meta? It’s at least a bit meta, for sure. (Aren’t most things in the iEra?) But the purposes of whiskey … Continue reading Notes on Whiskey Notes
Book: The Ideal Bartender by Tom Bullock
THE IDEAL BARTENDER BY – Tom Bullock PUBLISHER – First published by Buxton & Skinner Printing and Stationary Co., St. … Continue reading Book: The Ideal Bartender by Tom Bullock
A Whiskey Journey Part 4 – on Weller Antique 107 and the Art and Practice of Letting Go
The start of a new year always seems a good time to check in on a whiskey journey, to take … Continue reading A Whiskey Journey Part 4 – on Weller Antique 107 and the Art and Practice of Letting Go
Whiskey as History in a Bottle – on curiosity and the (in)curious habit of leaving politics at the door
If whiskey is “history in a bottle,” and history is essentially political history, then isn’t whiskey also politics in a … Continue reading Whiskey as History in a Bottle – on curiosity and the (in)curious habit of leaving politics at the door
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