by Rich Cook | Jun 28, 2023 | Tequila
Wow! Here’s a whole new thing in Reposado – there’s a rich cooked agave center that is the core that everything is built around, with a creamy midpalate texture that accentuates herbal character, adds a touch of fruit and then cleans up in the... 
by Rich Cook | Jun 1, 2023 | Whiskey
The distillery calls this an “exploratory offering” – it’s their second one following their Seismic Rye Single Barrel that came out last year. The Three Wood (so named for use of maple charcoal, charred white oak and apple wood) offers aromas of pie spice... 
by Rich Cook | May 24, 2023 | Bourbon Whiskey
Here’s a new player in the Bourbon game, and they are off to a fine start. There’s real clarity of color and aroma to start things off, with the caramel color matching the nose. A mix of banana and cereal grains join the caramel corn, and all of this... 
by Rich Cook | May 24, 2023 | Tequila
This Reposado is unusual in that it comes in at 45% ABV. It’s beautifully conceived despite that number, with white pepper, pure agave and notes of baked apple and vanilla on the nose. The palate delivers on that promise with a rustic vibe that takes on the wood... 
by Rich Cook | May 18, 2023 | Liqueur
There are very few products in any arena that become the standard bearer for the type to the point that their brand name becomes synonymous with the generic name for the product, i.e. “Kleenex”, or in cocktail world, “Campari” or “Benedictine”. I imagine alchemists of...
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