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I tried to create Barrell Seagrass Grey Label by soaking regular Seagrass in oak chips. You won’t BELIEVE the results.
Read More: I tried to create Barrell Seagrass Grey Label by soaking regular Seagrass in oak chips. You won’t BELIEVE the results.Friends, acquaintances, strangers, you got clickbaited. The title says “you won’t believe the results,” but the truth is, you probably will believe the results. The Frankenstein monstrosity I created tastes nothing like Seagrass Grey Label. But that clickbait got you clicking didn’t it? It’s okay, it’s nothing to be ashamed of. Even the wisest fish in the…
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I went to a Bourbon Subreddit Meetup in New York. Here’s a review.
Read More: I went to a Bourbon Subreddit Meetup in New York. Here’s a review.It’s been a month since u/prepreludesh reviewed the First Official r/Bourbon Meetup in Louisville, Kentucky and ushered a new era of accountability to the subreddit. With that review, the walls of anonymity came crashing down. We are real people, it said. We have beards. We have ascots. And more importantly: We know what you look like. We’re watching you. Reviewing you. This Thursday…
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Jack Daniels Old No. 7: Write Drunk, Edit Sober
Read More: Jack Daniels Old No. 7: Write Drunk, Edit SoberThere’s some bottles I only drink after I’ve already been drinking. It’s only fitting that I review them in that same state of mind. So I had a drink, had a drink, had a drink, wrote a review, woke up the next day, read the flaming pile of turds I’d written, wondered if the hangover…
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Bootleg Midwinter Night’s Dram: I tried to find out if there’s any noticeable difference between a port cask finish and just blending port directly into the whiskey
Read More: Bootleg Midwinter Night’s Dram: I tried to find out if there’s any noticeable difference between a port cask finish and just blending port directly into the whiskeyI love a good cask-finished whiskey, but one question always nagged at me. Is there any real difference between cask finishing in say, ex-port barrels, and just… putting a little bit of port into the whiskey itself? “Ah, child. My sweet, sweet, confused child. It’s okay to have those thoughts. Heck, I used to have similar thoughts!…
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Barrell Seagrass vs. Seagrass Gray Label
Read More: Barrell Seagrass vs. Seagrass Gray LabelBarrell Seagrass is a rye finished in a combination of rum, apricot brandy, and wine barrels. There’s no age statement, but apparently the ryes they use range from 5 to 12 years old. Retails for about $80. The seagrass gray label is the same thing, but with a 16 year age statement and $250 price…