The Schtick: This is a combination of mashbills from an undisclosed distiller containing a wheated mashbill and a high rye mashbill. This combination is bottled at 48% ABV. Let’s dive on in. Disclosure: LuxRow asked me to review this, and sent some along. Review #1740 | Bourbon Review #713 Distiller: Heaven Hill Bottler: Lux Row …
The Schtick: Distilled from Wisconsin wheat and infused with juniper and locally grown chamomile, roasemary and lemongrass & lavendar, this Wollersheim gin release is an interesting addition to their portfolio of spirits. This is produced to be a botanically balanced style, with a contemporary dry profile. Let’s dive in. Review #1739 | Gin Review #77 …
The Schtick: This is a mezcal produced from distilling Largo on clay pot by Antonio Carlos Martinez. I think this may be my first largo distilled on clay, so I’m super stoked to dive in. Let’s get going. Review #1738 | Mezcal Review #141 Distiller: Antonio Carlos Martinez Bottler: Maguey Melate Brand: Maguey Melate Selection: …
The Schtick: This is a combination of mashbills from an undisclosed distiller (though not hard to guess) containing a wheated mashbill and a high rye mashbill. This combination is then finished for 6 months in cabernet sauvignon barrels. No age statement here, but this expression is bottled at 48% ABV. Let’s get to it. Disclosure: …
The Schtick: A brand new release from Lee Spirits, the Gunpowder Release, or as it’s better known: the Navy Strength release is a 57.5% ABV release of their base gin. Distilled entirely from grain, if it’s anything like their base gin, this should be a wild ride. Let’s dive in. Review #1736 | Gin Review …
The Schtick: Today’s review comes to us in the form of Hooten & Young 12yr American Whiskey. A 12yr sourced whiskey (no mention of bourbon on the label) distilled by our friends in Indiana at MGP and bottled by our pals in Florida at Hooten & Young. Selected by Master Sommelier George Miliotes, this is …
The Schtick: If you thought the unaged Botanica from Falcon Spirits was wild, get a load of this. Distilled from a brandy base, this is solera aged for 1-6 years, in Demptos casks from Napa. The key with these casks is that they are not fired or charred, they are air dried for 3 years …
The Schtick: Distilled by “Don Goyo” Martinez Garcia using Tepextate, this bottling by Maguey Melate should be quite the treat. This was distilled on copper, and bottled at 48.9% ABV. Let’s dive in. Review #1733 | Mezcal Review #140 Distiller: Don Martinez Garcia Bottler: Maguey Melate Brand: Magey Melate Selection: N/A ABV: 48.9% ABV Age: …
The Schtick: Distilled in Michigan with some Indiana bourbon blended in, this release from TCWC features their bourbon aqed on Montmorency cherries. It’s obviously now invalidated as a bourbon, since its bottled at 35% ABV but it’s not produced to be a liqueur. Let’s give this a go. Review #1732 | Bourbon Review #710 Distiller: …
The Schtick: Vapor infused and distilled from grain – non-GMO corn in fact, Falcon Spirits Botanica is a gin that enunciates just how many details can be minded during distillation. With less than 300 bottles per batch, Botanica is distilled 6 times, leverages citrus during infusion in the winter season, and is rested for a …