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The Best Bourbons According To The Whiskey Wash Awards 2025

The Whiskey Wash

I love experimenting and exploring new opportunities, and using a double finish with brandy and cognac casks created a more complex and nuanced bourbon, opening a whole new experience for consumers to enjoy. The Bottled-in-Bond Decanter series usually sees two installments per year – one in the Spring and one in the Fall.

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The 15 Best Sweet Wines for 2024

VinePair

America has a sweet tooth, but when it comes to wine, many tend to avoid bottles with a high sugar content. But if you find a well-made, harmonious bottle, sweet wines can be some of the most complex and age-worthy wines in the world. In sweet wines, balance is key. There’s a bright pop of peppery, dark fruit on the nose.

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The Sazerac: The mysterious (and confusing) history of this iconic classic

Australian Bartender

Meanwhile, another New Orleans based businessman was importing brandy, specifically Sazerac-du-Forge et Fils cognac. The story then goes that phylloxera, a root disease which crippled France’s wine and brandy industry, made cognac hard to come by and so the indigenous rye whiskey was substituted, eventually becoming the norm.

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5 American Whiskey Stories You Don’t Want To Miss

The Whiskey Wash

” The production process spans three months from barrel to bottle, incorporating brandy blending techniques rarely seen in bourbon production. The distillery claims the formula originated from alien technology discovered in 2015. ” Bottled at 90.6 proof, the bourbon presents flavors of caramel, vanilla, and oak.

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Pisco Is Still Searching for Its Place on the American Back Bar

VinePair

On paper, an additive-free spirit craft-distilled from quality wine by mostly small, independent producers should play well in an expertly curated Brooklyn cocktail bar like Leyenda, particularly as consumers gravitate toward products they perceive as pure, artisanal, and authentic. “I think we sold, like, two.”

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National Geographic Documentary Films, Along With Oscar- and Emmy-Winning Producers Little Monster Films and Lightbox, in Association With Señal Colombia Announce New Documentary Feature LOST IN THE AMAZON (WT)

PubClub

Their first film together, “Meru,” won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2015 and was on the 2016 Oscar ® shortlist for Best Documentary Feature. Since its inception in 2017, National Geographic Documentary Films has been lauded around the world for telling timely, gripping and globally relevant stories.

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Drinks Atlas: Madeira Wine

Imbibe Magazine

Madeira, the name of that globally revered wine and the island where its made, starts out like most: by vinifying red or white grapes. The wine gets fortified with brandy, and then oxidized and maderized , or intentionally exposed to heat. Before long, these richly nuanced wines were a global sensation.

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