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Reserve Bourbon Candle Review

Bourbon Reserve Candle

By April Manning Rating: A- Reserve Bourbon candles are contained in tumbler like glass that will compliment a home bar, den or man cave. These interesting conversation pieces have a pleasing neutral color that will harmonize with any décor. The first scent impression pre-lighting is of the fresh, clean outdoors. There is a hint of the faint sweetness of vanilla, ...

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Whisky Bible 2017 Surprisingly Uncontroversial

Jim Murray Names Booker’s Rye Top World Whiskey By Richard Thomas In world whisk(e)y circles, the autumn has a number of particular annual rites associated with it. One is the big bourbon release season in the United States, but another is the publication of the Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible. If you release a “best of” list of any description, people ...

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Book Review: Water Of Life By Daniel Marchildon

By Richard Thomas Although there are more books being published about whisk(e)y now that ever before, few, if any, fall outside the non-fiction category. Whiskey drinking might figure prominently in modern popular fiction, but unless you count the reality TV series Moonshiners, making whiskey isn’t the main subject of the story. “The distillery novel?” I hear you ask, “What is ...

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Inside Making Bourbon Barrel Furniture

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How Kywhiskeybarrelgoods Went From Welding To Barrel Furniture-Making By Richard Thomas The bourbon boom has brought with it more than just sales of bottles filled with amber liquor made by the giants of the whiskey trade, even beyond the burgeoning micro-distillery movement. For example, the micro-distillers have stimulated the emergence of several new still-makers, as well as those engaged in ...

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How Does The New Norlan Glass Compare?

Norlan Whisky Glass comparison

Side-By-Side Whiskey Glass Comparison: Norlan vs. Glencairn vs. Snifter By Richard Thomas Part of the world craze for all things whisk(e)y is a parallel boom in stuff, including stones, ice molds, and especially glassware. Twenty years ago, the classic snifter was good enough for enthusiasts, but it was supplanted after 2001 to a large extent by the Glencairn, and now ...

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