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By Richard Thomas As I’ve established pursuing my cooking with whiskey beat, bourbon and apples go together. Bourbon and barbecue go together. There is also a tradition that says apples go with barbecue, whether it be applewood in the smoker or apples in the sauce. In this recipe, we’re putting all three together for some sweet pulled pork. Ingredients A ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B When Heaven Hill introduced the new Old Fitzgerald Bottled In Bond (BiB) as a bi-annual limited edition, the usual grumbling was (refreshingly) muted, but absent. What croaking I saw about that Spring 2018 release scoffed at paying $110 for an 11 year old bourbon, complaining that you can still get 10 year old Henry McKenna ...

By Kurt Maitland Back in late June I had the pleasure of traveling to Denver, Colorado to attend Stranahan’s Cask Thief Festival at their distillery. The festival, now passed its third year, and is an event that shows off the best of Stranahan’s. Fans come from all over to see the distillery, eat, listen to music and, last but certainly ...

By Father John Rayls Rating: B Steamboat Special Edition Straight Bourbon Whiskey is produced by Wyoming Whiskey, located in Kirby, Wyoming. A casual observer might ponder how an old boating concept was chosen as the namesake for this whiskey, given Wyoming is best known for big sky, not big water. “Steamboat” was the name of an “unrideable” horse at the ...

Sullivan’s Cove is planning to make a handful of brand extensions in coming years, and the first is to be Sullivans Cove American Oak Tawny, a single cask whisky. This whiskey comes from a single American oak cask that was previously used to age tawny (Australian port style) fortified wine. This differs from the traditional Sullivans Cove American Oak release, ...