The American micro-distilling movement rolls on! McCarthy’s is produced by Clear Creek Distillery of Portland, Oregon. This bottle (Batch W09-01, bottled August 3, 2009) was barrel-aged three years and weighs in at 93 proof. We were delighted to read theContinue readingMcCarthy’s Oregon Single Malt Whiskey
Located at: 2007 18th Street NW, Washington D.C. 20009. See http://JackRoseDiningSaloon.com/ The short of it: 1,400+ spirits, mostly rare single malts, but also hundreds of Bourbons Background: Jack Rose was set up by these cats: http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/restaurants/19723.html
Today, uncountable thousands of people will take fine, aged Bourbon and mix it with sugar water, ice, and mint. This, put crudely, is what a Mint Julep is. We here love our Juleps, but we think a quick historical factContinue readingThe “Original” Mint Julep Recipe
We have written many happy things about the whiskeys of Tuthilltown Spirits—see here, and here and here. Nobody denies that these folks make fine products. Here, though, there is a rudimentary question: why make corn whiskey? Is it as aContinue readingTuthilltown Spirits New York Corn Whiskey
Aren’t these lovely looking bottles? So elegant in their simplicity. But, of course, what’s in the bottle is what counts, and we are pleased with both of these Indiana whiskeys. When we threw a little party to celebrate the publicationContinue readingRedemption Rye and Redemption High Rye Bourbon