Josh Peters

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1714 )

• Breeders’ Cup And Maker’s Mark® Announce Multi-Year Partnership

  

  LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 22, 2015) – The Breeders’ Cup, Thoroughbred racing’s most prestigious international event, and Maker’s Mark®, the original premium... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2015 DRINK

• Up Your Drinking Game With A Decanter

  

  Bottles of Booze are great, but nothing says “class” quite like a decanter. At least that’s what TV, movies and print media have lead me to believe over the... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2015 DRINK

• Michael Collins “The Big Fellow” Blended Irish Whiskey

  

  is related to the Michael Collins Irish Whiskey via their brand creator (Sydney Frank) and whiskey creator (Cooley). I can’t find any hard facts from the brand... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2015 DRINK

• How To Date A Bottle Of Whiskey

  

  Whether you’re trying to date a bottle of bourbon or determine the relative age of a dusty bottle of Scotch the process for US bottles is pretty much the same;... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2015 DRINK

• 1981 Lochside 23 Year Lombard Jewels Of Scotland Review

  

  1981 Lochside 23 year Lombard Jewels Of Scotland comes from the Lochside distillery which closed down the same year as the iconic Stitzel-Weller here in... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2015 DRINK

• Crown Royal Review

  

  Crown Royal was among the first whiskies I drank. The bottle looked impressive at parties in college and it made a nice shooting companion next to the obligator... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2015 DRINK

• 1988 Highland Park 25 Years Signatory Vintage Review

  

  1988 Highland Park 25 years Signatory Vintage is, in a word, magnificent. A cask strength single cask release of their infamous 25 year old whisky that is... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2015 DRINK

• McKenzie Bourbon Whiskey Review

  

  McKenzie Bourbon Whiskey is a product of Finger Lakes Distilling and uses a mash bill of corn, rye and barley with the corn and rye being sourced from local... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2015 DRINK

• Kilbeggan Blended Irish Whiskey Review

  

  Kilbeggan Blended Irish Whiskey is named after the Kilbeggan Distillery whose license to distill dates back to 1757. From what I’ve read the distillery seems... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2015 DRINK

• 1976 Banff 21 Years Cadenhead’s Authentic Review

  

  The Banff distillery is buried and gone, but its memory is carried on by bottles of whisky like this, the 1976 Banff 21 years Cadenhead’s Authentic. Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2015 DRINK

• Monkey Shoulder Blended Malt Whisky Review

  

  Monkey Shoulder Blended Malt Whisky is a combination of 3 different Speyside whiskies mixed together in small 27 barrel batches. Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2015 DRINK

• Wildcatter Bourbon Review

  

  Wildcatter Bourbon is a throwback to the short lived bourbon label created by Glenn “King of the Wildcatters” McCarthy who was a notorious Texas oil barren,... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2015 DRINK

• Bruichladdich Port Charlotte 10 Years Review

  

  Bruichladdich Port Charlotte 10 Years is exactly what its name denotes; a 10 year old release of Bruichladdich’s heavily peated Port Charlotte range. Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2015 DRINK

• Trash Or Treasure – A Tax Stamped Scotch Tasting

  

  A few weeks ago the SoCal Whiskey Club convened to taste a bunch of old tax stamped Scotch and like the tax stamped bourbon tasting it was a fun and immensely... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2015 DRINK

• Crown Royal Hand Selected Barrel Review

  

  Crown Royal Hand Selected Barrel is Crown Royal’s entry into the single barrel game. It’s their way of becoming one of the cool kids and offer us a glimpse... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2015 DRINK

• 1981 North Port-Brechin 24 Years Connoisseur’s Choice Review

  

  1981 North Port-Brechin 24 years Connoisseur’s Choice is a fun tasty little malt from a dead distillery. This particular bottle was distilled just 2 years befor... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2015 DRINK

• Woodford Reserve Rye Review

  

  Woodford Reserve Rye is the latest rye release from whiskey giant Brown-Forman, but it isn’t the first rye release from Woodford Reserve. Back in 2011 they... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2015 DRINK

• The Whiskey Jug on The Whisky Topic Podcast

  

  I was invited to join Mark and Jamie on the Whisky Topic Podcast and the episode just went up. We talked about about Wild Turkey, craft whiskey, distilling in... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2015 DRINK

• Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye Review

  

  Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye is the first true rye whisky put out buy Crown Royal, a Canadian whisky company that’s been around for over 75 years, and they... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2015 DRINK

• Cutler’s 33 Straight Bourbon Whiskey Review

  

  Cutler’s 33 Straight Bourbon Whiskey comes to us by way of Cutler Artisan Spirits in Santa Barbara, CA but they do not distill it. Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2015 DRINK