bourbon
Pappy Van Winkle has been impressing connoisseurs for years with its sweet profile, owing it it’s use of wheat rather than rye. Now the word’s out, and Pappy Van Winkle is nowhere to be found. May we suggest Canadian whisky? [Atlantic Wire]
Something’s happened to bourbon in the past five years. What was once the purview of connoisseurs and writers (Hunter S. Thompson was a Wild Turkey man) started to find its way back into cocktails again. Whiskey sours, The Old Fashioned and Manhattans ceased to be quaint and became cool. Blame … Read More
The Americans may be stuck on Thanksgiving, but you may as well start planning your Christmas bird. GET STUFFED VIA ESQUIRE
Canada Day is coming up and, while you’ll no doubt be enjoying a couple cold ones, we encourage you to take a moment to consider our nation’s “official” cocktail: the Caesar. It’s said that the Caesar was invented at the Calgary Inn in 1969 when restaurant manager Walter Chell created … Read More
If you really want to impress your poker pals, ditch the Scotch and get acquainted with a real man’s whiskey: bourbon. The sour mash spirit, which usually comprises two-thirds corn, must be made in the U.S. to be called bourbon; about 95 percent of it comes from Kentucky. Too often, … Read More
