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Inside Manska’s Mind: The Travesties of Whiskey Tasting

Chilled Magazine

Manska for an analytical look at the travesties of whiskey tasting. Many attendees also belong to beer, wine, or whiskey clubs. Spirits events, particularly whiskey, are another story. Whiskey tastings have less vocal audience participation. No one ever at a whiskey tasting said “This whiskey is too hot.”

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Review: Wolves Whiskey Malted Barley Lot 2 and Winter Run Batch 3

Drinkhacker

Wolves Whiskey hit the scene in 2019 with both an unexpected mission and a surprising fanfare. Founded by two footwear magnates and leaning on the distilling prowess of Charbay ‘s Marko Karakasevic, the outfit drew a lot of its playbook from Charbay’s longtime program of making whiskey out of beer. 1499 bottles produced.

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Review: Casey Jones Single Barrel Wheated Bourbon

Drinkhacker

Casey Jones Distillery in Hopkinsville, Kentucky is a relatively new distillery on the scene, but they put the whiskey community on notice when taking home Best in Show from the 2023 American Craft Spirits Association. yellow dent corn, 35% soft red winter wheat, and 12% malted barley with a 4:1 ratio of Pilsner to caramel.

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Doritos Just Launched a Nacho Cheese-Flavored Spirit

VinePair

According to the release, the spirit — made from a pilsner malt distillate base — was crafted using Empirical’s unique production process: flavors were extracted from real Doritos Nacho Cheese chips before undergoing low-temperature vacuum distillation to preserve the chips’ flavor profile.

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The Best Beer and Shot Combos, According to Reddit

VinePair

Four Roses Whiskey and Pilsner While beer and whiskey combos (better known as boilermakers) are quite popular, we usually think of the beer as a means of washing down the bourbon. Comment by u/Sobechoff from discussion in bartenders PBR and Rail Whiskey Some call a Martini and french fries the NYC Happy Meal.

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This Week's Beer News: A BUG Recap & Welcome Monochrome

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

Brewbound has the announcement on the new Dark Lord whiskey from Three Floyds ; NWITimes has a story here (paywalled). Wisconsin Brewing Company partnered with Harley-Davidson to come up with a new NA pilsner. After selling out the batch in six weeks last year, New Glarus announced that their pilsner would be going year-round.

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GSN Alert: New Spirits Releases 12.15.23

Good Spirits News

This limited edition expression features a Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey finished in Scotch whisky casks sourced from Speyside. SRP $79.99) UNION HORSE REUNION 10 YEAR STRAIGHT RYE WHISKEY This straight rye from Union Horse Distilling Co., They sought out renowned master distiller Marko Karakasevic to produce their whiskeys.

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