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April 11, 2018 Mish Sukharev

Wright & Brown Barrel #27 Release #2 (Brandy Barrel Finish): Release and Tasting
Oh boy, it’s here! - On Tuesday Earl of Wright & Brown dropped off the second half of our Barrel #27 Rum, the half that spent an extra 6 months being finished in several Brandy quarter cask barrels. And man, was it worth the wait!
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April 10, 2018 Patrick Smith

Everything You've Always Wanted To Know About Terroir But Were Afraid To Ask
Terroir is a term that is thrown around a lot these days in the spirits world. Any number of luxury spirit brands claim to exhibit Terroir, which in most cases they seem to define as a sense of place. When the definition is that vague, who can argue with them? Our very own Patrick Smith is on the case!
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March 27, 2018 Mish Sukharev

Cocktails Fo-rum: Rum-maging Our Shelves For Our Favorite Rum Mixers
What could be a more fitting companion piece to our rum article than an article on rum companions?! We polled our team and came up with six bottles that we think are a particularly great fit for mixing up rum cocktails from all corners of the world.
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March 20, 2018 Patrick Smith

Rum Style Guide: Navigating the Caribbean Through Your Sipping Glass
I’m a rum drinker. I think we should all be rum drinkers. More and more people are becoming rum drinkers every day. As one of my favorite bottles, Skipper Rum, says right on the label, “It’s a rum world wherever you look”. However, there is still a lot of trepidation and misunderstanding about this impending new rum order.
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February 21, 2018 Mish Sukharev

How To Fall In Love With Lemon Bars and End Up With New Cocktails (Part 2)
Making a clarified milk punch is like cocktailing for bakers. We often talk about mixing cocktails as we do about stovetop cooking. Throw what we have together, spice up with some bitters. Didn’t like it? You can quickly start over and have a brand new cocktail in very little time. Making a milk punch is a bit more of commitment - much more akin to baking.
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January 24, 2018 Meredith Lantz

The best bottles of 2017 to try now and love forever
2017 was the year of the shake up. Once reliable bases were all but erased, and it was all about the big, loud, new-sense of spirit, eager to drain the swamp and pomp... out of cocktails and spirits of course.
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Wright & Brown Barrel #27 Release #2 (Brandy Barrel Finish): Release and Tasting

Everything You've Always Wanted To Know About Terroir But Were Afraid To Ask

Cocktails Fo-rum: Rum-maging Our Shelves For Our Favorite Rum Mixers

Rum Style Guide: Navigating the Caribbean Through Your Sipping Glass

How To Fall In Love With Lemon Bars and End Up With New Cocktails (Part 2)

The best bottles of 2017 to try now and love forever