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We review Yellowstone Limited Edition Kentucky Straight Bourbon (2024), featuring 7-year and 17-year aged bourbons and finished in French brandy and cognac casks. image via Limestone Branch) Editor’s Note: We received a review sample of this whiskey from the brand. Bottled at 101 proof (50.5% per 750mL bottle. per 750mL bottle.
While the South may get most of the glory for its role in American whiskey production, the northern part of the United States is home to some of the most dynamic distilleries to emerge in this modern spirits-making era. Stoll & Wolfe played a vital role in re-establishing modern-day Pennsylvania rye , a historic style of this whiskey.
Initially launched in 2010 at 40% ABV, Rémy V has been refined to 35% ABV for its reintroduction. I used some softer flavors like a prickly pear brandy and Manzanilla, a grape-based fortified wine infused with fresh tarragon. The result is a smoother and more fruit- forward spirit. So for me it’s really easy to enjoy.
And while it’s probably a stretch to call bourbon “America’s native spirit” — that title could equally go to apple brandy or rye whiskey — it’s certainly a distinctly American product anyone in the U.S.A. Since the whiskey boom in the mid-2010s, some states are practically neck deep in craft bourbon.
Amrut Distilleries expanded into rum distillation in the 1960’s, and subsequently brandy distillation in response to a growing Indian market in the 1970’s. Amongst a selection of 4,000 whiskies, Jim Murray voted Amrut Fusion as the 3 rd Best Whisky in the World in 2010, scoring the malt 97 points in his ‘Whisky Bible’.
And it’s a story that results in one of my favorite clever drink variations — an apple brandy-forward riff on the Penicillin (a honey-ginger Scotch whisky sour) that I’ve never seen published anywhere. You’ll need bottles of apple brandy and Scotch whisky. I knew…I liked…whiskey…?
-RT Sangria 1 bottle of Gamay, Zinfandel, or Garnacha wine (note: it’s okay to go cheap here) 1/2 cup brandy 1/2 cup cranberry juice 1 tablespoon of sugar summer fruits of choice (start with lemons, limes, and oranges), quartered Vigorously mix the juice, sugar, and cut fruit together in a large container. Add wine and brandy and stir well.
Scotland is the birthplace of golf, home to its own unique whisky (that’s the Scottish spelling, American whiskeys include the ‘e’) and the country with the most current Open Championship venues at five. The Birth Of The Open Championship” Linksland Communications 6 June 2010. Garnish with lemon zest twist.
The Hibiki 17 Year Old blend was awarded the top prize for a Japanese blended whisky at the World Whisky Awards in 2010, and 2012. Admonishing Kirk for drinking illegal Saurian brandy, McCoy presents him instead with a bottle of Glenfiddich 30 Year Old commenting ‘Besides, I found this in Chekov’s locker’.
Rums began arriving from the New World, joining French brandies , fortified wines of Spain and Portugal, and Irish whiskeys already lining London backbars. In 2010, it became the first place on Earth to launch its own dedicated Cocktail Week. The more elaborate the disguise, the more clientele they could attract.
For more top gift ideas check out the archives and read our 2023 , 2022 , 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , and 2008 holiday guides. As always, watch this space for our top whiskeys of the year list in mid-December, which will offer even more solid picks. Want to get wild?
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