By Kyle Doran Moonshine has been making a significant comeback over the last decade. Traditionally, the drink has held the stigma of the peasantry, the work of rural farmers and mountain people set to quickly turn corn into a good time and a cash product. However, that stigma has receded in recent years. Rich with fascinating history, hipsters and connoisseurs ...
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Franklin County Distilleries White Label Corn Whiskey Review
By Debbie Shocair Rating: B Right from the heart of moonshine country, Franklin County, Virginia, comes a new member of the American Craft Corn Whiskey movement. Franklin County Distillery’s (FCD’s) White Label Corn Whiskey builds on the reputation that authentic bootleggers built, and claims to offer a “true taste of history and heritage in every bottle.” Corn whiskey can be ...
Read More »The Whiskey Stick Kit That Really Works
By Richard Thomas One of the slew of accessory products that came out as a result of the Bourbon Boom were home-aging kits. Many of these were nothing more than oak sticks, with variations adding textured surfaces, charring or toasting. There have also been miniature barrels and, strangest of all, twirling whiskey sticks. The usual advised method for using the ...
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By Father John Rayls Rating: B If you’ve ever listened to someone with passion trying to start a business, you’ve heard the tales of excitement, challenge and fulfillment. If you listened closely, you also heard the tales of fear, inadequacy and failure. Thomas Edison once said “I have not failed. I’ve found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” Edison’s message there ...
Read More »Book Review: Let’s Get Monster Smashed
By Richard Thomas I was presented with a minor personal dilemma recently, very much in the vein of trivial “white guy problems,” because of a new book that word of came across my desk. Like many a Gen Xer guy, I’m a huge horror fan, dating back to the low budget, VHS-bound slasher movies of the 1980s. Yet, while I ...
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