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Wild Turkey Rare Breed

May 28, 2021 Josh Whiskey

While I looked around the internet for new bourbons, I noticed different distilleries would have a barrel proof option. The marketing successfully gave me the impression these bottles were special and I was immediately curious. Wild Turkey Rare Breed was one of the names I saw most often.

Wild Turkey is produced by Wild Turkey distilling company in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. They have been producing whiskey for decades and have grown into one of the biggest names in bourbon. They began when The Ripy brothers started distilling bourbon in the late 1800’s and would sell their whiskey to a wholesale grocer named Austin Nichols throughout the […]

Herradura Silver Tequila

May 21, 2021 Emmeline Tequila

This bottle of Herradura Silver Tequila is produced by Casa Herradura, a tequila distillery founded in 1870. Located in Amatitán, Jalisco, this distillery makes up a small part of the larger Hacienda San Jose del Refugio – a live-work community evolved from the traditional hacienda estate. The horseshoe image is prominent in the bottle’s branding – alluding to the company’s origin story where the founder found […]

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Glendalough Rose Gin

May 14, 2021 Josh Gin

Glendalough Rose Gin is a unique spirit from Glendalough Distillery, an Irish whiskey and gin distillery from Wicklow, Ireland. They label themselves as the first Irish craft distillery and only use local and sustainable ingredients that honor the Irish landscape. All of the botanicals in Glendalough Rose Gin are from Wicklow and the head distiller, Rowdey Rooney, and his family are responsible for the rose flavor. The Wild roses, heritage roses and Damask roses are all hand picked by Rooney’s sister, Geraldine Kavanagh, from their late mother’s house. They both have their signatures on the front label of […]

Barbary Coast Rhum Agricole

May 7, 2021 Emmeline Rum

This bottle of Barbary Coast Rhum Agricole is produced by Raff Distillerie, located in San Francisco. Founded in 2011, this Distillery was originally located on Treasure Island off of the coast and relocated to the Bayview district in 2018. Privately owned by a small group of 3 partners, this distillery produces Rhum as well as Whisky, Gin, and Absinthe.

The brand itself is named after the historic Barbary Coast […]

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The Dalmore 12 Year

April 30, 2021 Josh Whiskey

The Dalmore 12 Year is the least expensive entry in the Principle Collection of whiskies from The Dalmore Distillery. This legendary distillery was founded in 1839 and is located in the Northern Highland region of Scotland. Each of the different Scottish regions produce distinctly flavored whiskies and the Highland scotches tend to have sweet and fruity notes.

In order to produce the specific flavor of this scotch, the Dalmore uses two types of barrels in the aging process. The scotch spends the first 9 years in ex-bourbon barrels then 50% of the whiskey is transferred to oloroso sherry casks. The two vessel […]