Here’s what I learned today while musing about hitting the bottle: So the term “white whiskey” means unaged whiskey. And what that really means is moonshine. Although at $60, it’s a little fancier than any booze made in a bathtub. This bottle of finer rough stuff was crafted by the boutique distillery Charbay’s Master Distiller […]

Rum + Horchata? What god awful abomination of cocktail will they think of next? Is this sweet cultural collision the liquor equivalent of a lunch truck crashing into a tiki bar? If so, does this mean once I hit up the lonchera for today’s grease-sack of carnitas, I’m supposed to trade in my Styrofoam cup […]

I am a big fan of flavored vodkas in general, even if they tend to make me end up in a face plant. And speaking of plants, Absolut Wild Tea is infused with elderflower and some subtle earthy expression of black tea — a recipe originally used for the limited edition Absolut Boston vodka. Or […]

This hipflask is welded by hand from stainless steel, each flask baring its own design one-of-a-kind serial number letting you know it’s special. No mass-produced, Chinese-made disposable flask for you — these are all individually made by British product and furniture designer Tom Cecil. He’ll even engrave it with your initials should you so request […]

There are just times in your life that will require you to drink the nectar of the gods from a Viking Drinking Horn. Sorry my son, there just are — I won’t be there to tell you when, there will be no sage elder for you counsel. For on that fair day my lad you […]

The Tantalus case by esteemed British woodworker David Linley is something every gentlemen worth his weight in scotch should have in their household. Made of Macassar ebony, dark stained walnut and nickel engraving plates, the lead crystal decanters held within can be safely locked — that way no wandering snifter poachers can get their hands […]

Angel’s Envy is a new bourbon set to launch in January, distinct in that each year the Kentucky distillery will alter the recipe and aging to create a unique batch of whiskey. The 10/10 edition debuting in January 2011 was aged in oak, but finished in vintage and ruby Port barrels — a practice that […]

A great living example of ‘When life gives you lemons, make lemonade’, renowned scotch distillers Glennfiddich have taken a disaster that happened at their warehouses and turned it into a limited edition single malt whisky. Who needs lemonade when you can make some limited edition single malt scotch? When record snowfalls caused the collapse of […]