by Michael Cervin | Mar 8, 2023 | Bourbon Whiskey
A small batch bourbon from North Carolina, Weldon Mills is not a shy bourbon. Using corn, malted wheat and malted barley, this lacks a distinct sweetness from the corn, but does offer richer notes of caramel, resin, apricot, light lemon verbena, and almond. It... 
by Michael Cervin | Feb 6, 2023 | Bourbon Whiskey
What makes Willett so good from the outset is that it is unbelievably balanced. “Balance” is the term tossed around by spirits writers, though it’s not clearly defined. For me, balance is about the judicious use of grain, spice, wood and fruit in the... 
by Michael Cervin | Feb 6, 2023 | Tequila
The beauty of this tequila blanco is that you get the blue agave notes straight upfront. And this is why Lalo only makes a blanco – to showcase blue agave. Aged tequilas often mask the agave notes. For Lalo there’s a rustic earthiness, a hint of sweet potato that... 
by Michael Cervin | Feb 6, 2023 | Cognac
We tend to think of Cognac as being an age-old spirit, distilled for hundreds of years in the village of Cognac costing hundreds of dollars. There are some 230 Cognac producers in France, and the majority are small producers whom you’ve never heard of. So when a new... 
by Michael Cervin | Jan 24, 2023 | Mezcal
Produced in San Baltazar Guelavila, Oaxaca, and using angustifolia agave and espadin maguey, this mezcal is a little more mild and less smoky than many mezcals. It does offer some campfire smoke, but it also offers noticeable agave, resin, a...
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