Q// It's true that there is clearly a debate between the maltheads who like a little mystique and the ones who think we should stick to the proven facts, what are your ideas? MN// Well, what's to argue about? They're both right. With a History stretching over many hundreds of ...
18) – At last year’s World Beer Cup, the team at Atlas Brew Works brought a gold medal home to the nation’s capital with Silent Neighbor—a “pumpernickel stout” brewed with rye and blackstrap molasses.Complete Story.
This artisan bakery was founded in 1916 by a Hungarian family seeking to bring the familiar flavors of their homeland to their New York City neighbors. You can expect to see artisan breads made with flour ground in Upstate New York, classics like rye and sourdough, and tempting breakfast pastr...
with a wee metallic edge and a growing feeling of yesterday’s early grey tea. It’s not that it got flat, not at all, but it sure has lost some of its knack. Finish: short and tea-ish. Normal given the age of this whisky (did you notice it’s not spelled whiskey?) A little...
called Sistema Solera, ages rums for up to 14 years in oaken barrels previously holding American whiskey, sherry and port wines. I am ridiculously inept at recognizing my palate, and therefore grateful for assistance in describing the tasting notes – candied fruits, red cherry, ripe fruits and...
Rye whiskey and more allspice, a few raisins in the aftertaste. Comments: not an ace (ha), but I don't find it as bad as some friends have been saying. R.I.P. Lemmy Kilmister, even if I'm never quite been a fan. By the way, I don't think his death was related to alcohol...
The label states that this is ‘unique Irish pot still whiskey with 70% malt Irish whiskey’. Okay! Colour: pale gold. Nose: oilier, it seems, more syrupy than all other ones, with rather melons that hint at… Redbreast? It’s a pleasant nose, with this typical oily fruitiness. I ...
It’s all about oak, but that worked. Finish: medium, extremely bready. Comments: did they manage to turn some proper ‘industrial’ malt whisky into a crafty little thing? I say yes. Hate the idea of the octaves, but I’ve got to face the facts, I rather like this bready thing....
Ezra Brooks (45%, OB, Straight Rye, +/-2016) Rye, but remember that in the US, a rye whiskey is whiskey that contains at least 51% rye, and not obligatorily 100%. That always sounded strange to European ears… Colour: gold. Nose: much rounder and smoother than the Blantons, with...