Jim Beam American Stillhouse Opening
Drink Spirits captures opening day for Jim Beam American Stillhouse including a video of Fred Noe
Whiskey
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High West American Prairie Reserve Whiskey Review
We take a look at High West’s new American Prairie Reserve Whiskey
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The Story of Maker’s Mark Whiskey
Drink Spirits brings you the story behind Maker’s Mark, one of the world’s most beloved bourbons.
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Behind the Scenes of Jack Daniel’s Barrel Making
We go behind the scenes at the Brown-Forman Cooperage and show you how Jack Daniel’s Whiskey Barrels are made.
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Novo Fogo Cachaça Review
One of the great spirit categories we’ve discovered since running Drink Spirits is cachaça . Made in Brazil from sugar cane juice, good cachaca has wonderfully vegetal and sweet tones, is easy to drink, and has a nice level of complexity.
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4th of July Cocktail – Whiskey Sour
We at Drink Spirits have been doing a lot of sampling and research to come up with the perfect summer cocktail to celebrate the 4th of July. The criteria we came up with for the drink: It had to be easy drinking Good for hot weather Easy to make Ingredients that you could easily get during the summer It had to be delicious Sorting and sifting through the various spirits categories, we decided that bourbon would be the perfect base spirit for a hot summer day. There are so many great bourbons out there that are affordable, so it seemed like a great place to start. There are a ton of bourbon drinks out there, with the simplest being the way Maker’s Mark Master Distiller Kevin Smith does it:
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Wild Turkey Reviews
We have to be honest. When we first sat down to do the tasting for Wild Turkey (which was conducted in a special online session for web journalists), we didn’t have very high expectations. Wild Turkey Bourbon, while obsequious, never really struck us as a spirit we would go WOW over. Tasting six spirits from the Wild Turkey line, including two from the Russell’s Reserve collection (named after master distiller Jimmy Russell), we were bowled over by how well the Wild Turkey line is distilled. Almost every bourbon left our mouths clean and cool after a strong and flavorful finish. All too often we fall for a heavyweight spirit that is both expensive and hard to come by. The great thing about our Wild Turkey favorites are they are neither expensive nor hard to get. Here’s how they fared with...
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Maker’s 46 Review
When a ‘one product company’ releases their first new product after 52 years, the stakes are pretty high. Maker’s Mark, a huge contributor to the recent boom in bourbon consumption, makes a massive bet with their new product, Maker’s 46. To put this into perspective, this move is as big a deal as when Coca Cola reformulated their product to make ‘New Coke’. The difference here is that Maker’s 46 isn’t designed to replace the standard Maker’s Mark, it’s meant to expand their offerings into a new space. Sticking with the soda analogy one moment longer, Maker’s 46 is the equivalent of Coca Cola launching Dr. Pepper. While the experience will remind you of drinking a soda, it’s a unique beverage experience in its own right. The folks in Loretto, Kentucky can breath a sigh of relief, because unlike ‘New Coke’, Maker’s 46 is actually...
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Whisky Fest Chicago
I didn’t quite know what to expect from Whiskyfest Chicago. When I first got the schedule I was surprised at how relatively short the event is: doors opened at 5:30pm for VIP and press, and then at 6:30 for everyone else with the event completely wrapping up by 9:30. Flying out to Chicago for a little over three hours of whisky seemed a little excessive and I had a hard time imagining how much you could really get out of three hours of tasting. Then I discovered that in Chicago, Whiskyfest is actually a full week of events including guest bar tending, pairing dinners, samplings and more. There’s so much going on every night that it’s simply impossible to do it all. If you can believe it, there’s even an after party after the Whiskyfest itself (although by 9:30 that...
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Why a Spirits Blog?
For the longest time, when I’d go into a bar and the bartender asked me what I wanted I’d stare blankly and try to figure out something interesting to order. Nine times out of ten I’d ultimately default to something safe, something familiar. “Makers on the rocks” became my standard answer because I knew, like a Starbucks latte, I’d be pretty much guaranteed the same beverage, prepared the same way wherever I went. There’s nothing wrong with having a standby and in many bars I still happily order my very familiar “Makers on the rocks”, and in many ways I’ll always have a soft spot for the ole’ Maker’s Mark for being one of the first steps on my spirits journey. But the world of cocktails and spirits is so vast that it’s almost tragic the way so many people corner themselves...