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05/07/2015

New Post! We got together with a few booze-minded friends to pick apart Philadelphia Distilling's newest offering, Bluecoat Barrel Aged Gin and try making a few cocktails. Bluecoat American Dry Gin

Last week, we decided to get together with a few of our friends from Rocks or Neat and Whiskey Club to do some tasting and experimenting with the backlog of samples we've been sent by people...

04/29/2015

This weekend we'll be experimenting with Bluecoat's new Barrel Finished release, but if you'd like to try some yourself, you may want to run out and grab a bottle in the next two days!

This week in gin: Philadelphia Distilling, one of our personal favorite distilleries (we may be a little biased) has released a limited edition barrel aged gin, and now they have the unenviable tas...

02/12/2015

New Post! It might be a little out of our normal wheelhouse, but we tried out the new Woodchuck Hopsation.

Though we don't usually review beer and cider, sometimes when a rep reaches out and asks if you'd like to try out a new drink, you're just in the mood to try out a new drink. That's exactly what ha...

01/05/2015

Taketsuru was adopted by his uncle Masataka and his Scottish wife Rita after an atomic bomb hit Hiroshima, situated near to his home town of Fukuyama, during the Second World War. He then worked for most of his life at Nikka Whisky Distilling, which he expanded substantially following the deaths of…

11/20/2014

New Post! A review of SIA Blended Scotch Whiskey

New kid on the block and recent Kickstarter success SIA Scotch Whiskey is creator Carin Luna-Ostaseksi's attempt to create a blend (50% Speyside, 40% Highland, 10% Islay) to appeal to a "modern pal...

10/24/2014

New Post: Philadelphia Magazine's Whiskey Festival, or "F**k the PLCB"

If I had to sum up last night's Philadelphia Magazine Whiskey Festival at Lincoln Financial Field, it was a well-attended trade show for assorted alcohol. There was a smattering of solid whiskeys, ...

10/06/2014

New Post! Our Man in Havana - a tiki experiment to test out the new variety of Spodee Wine

Our Man in Havana 1 oz Spiced Rum 1 oz White Rum 2 oz Pineapple Juice 1 oz Spodee 1 tbsp Coconut Cream Pour over crushed ice Shave nutmeg on top, garnish with mint NOTES: The folks over at Spodee s...

07/08/2014

New Post: Whiskey Club Field Trip pt3 – The Buffalo Trace Bourbon distillery

The third stop on the trip was to Buffalo Trace, producer of several of my favorite bourbons. We called in advance and were set up with a pretty great private tour of the inner workings of the dist...

06/25/2014

New Post: Whiskey Club Field Trip pt.2 - Willett Distillery

Next up, and just down the road from Heaven Hill was one I'd been really looking forward to: Willett Distillery. Occupying a strange middle ground between craft microdistillery and large producer, ...

06/24/2014

New Post: Whiskey Club Field Trip - Heaven Hill Distillery

Our first stop was the Heaven Hill Distillery. The largest family-owned, and second-largest holder of barreled bourbon in the world, clocking in at 1.5 Million 53-gallon barrels. According to Heave...

04/09/2014

New post: A preview of Bank & Bourbon and their barrel aging program

Yesterday, I had a chance to check out the newest in the recent string of whiskey-centric bars opening in Philadelphia. Bank & Bourbon (infuriatingly similar in name to the also-new Bourbon &am...

02/13/2014

Today, we're being featured on Serious Eats! Thanks, guys!

[Computer image: Shutterstock] I know I'm in a vanishing minority, but I still believe in blogging, and especially cocktail blogging. When I started my own blog eight years ago, I used it to report on cocktail trends, share recipes,...