Column: I Have No ‘Daily Drinker,’ I Just Drink Good Stuff Daily
Column: I Have No ‘Daily Drinker,’ I Just Drink Good Stuff Daily
Whiskey fans often ask each other, “What’s your daily drinker?”
I used to have a quick answer Old Forester Signature, Wild Turkey 101, Elijah Craig and the like but no more. Often my reply is, “You know, that’s hard to say. I like so many things.” Truth is I have too many too many options to choose one easily.
I don’t know when the choices overtook me, but the shift became evident when I moved my collection of books off our great room shelves to make room for bourbon, rye, tequila, gin, rum, brandy and all the cocktail amendments to make ‘em fancy. When days end with my wife and I beginning our 8 p.m. “What’cha drinking tonight?” routine, I’ll spend at least 3 minutes surveying the bulging shelves, slack-jawed and struggling to decide. Eventually she hollers from the other room to, “Just make me an old fashioned,” be
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Whiskey Review: Coalition Sauternes Barriques
Whiskey Review: Coalition Sauternes Barriques
Editor’s Note: This whiskey was provided to us as a review sample by Coalition Whiskey. This in no way, per
, influenced the final outcome of this review. It should also be noted that by clicking the buy link towards the bottom of this review our site receives a small referral payment which helps to support, but not influence, our editorial and other costs.
Craft is the word that really describes what Coalition Whiskey is doing with their whiskies. Every step of their process has been painstakingly planned out and considered, and it comes together in a beautiful product – quite literally when you take the bottle into account. The “coalition” of Leonid Yangarber, Steve Thompson, and Ludwig Vanneron (who we spoke to recently) is seeking to create something really special.