By Richard Thomas Rating: C- Before flavored whiskeys like Fireball and Bird Dog caught on, the bourbon honey liqueurs started coming back. Wild Turkey is the grandfather in this category, having had a fine honey liqueur in production since 1978, only lately rebranded “American Honey.” Yet these days it seems every big whiskey brand has a honey liqueur of some ...
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Wild Turkey American Honey Liqueur Review
By Richard Thomas Rating: B Bourbon-based honey liqueurs have enjoyed a much higher profile lately, part of a general upsurge in flavored whiskey. Wild Turkey didn’t need to rush a new product on the market to take advantage of that trend, however, because they already had a grandaddy product out there. It might have gotten a new name and stylish ...
Read More »DYC Red One Cherry-Infused Whiskey Review
By Richard Thomas Rating: C As I’ve described in previous reviews of DYC whiskey, it is something of a standard in Spain to see cheaply priced bottles of basic DYC taped together with a 1 L bottle of Coke as a supermarket special. An ice cold DYC and Coke is both a simple cocktail and a popular refreshment during the ...
Read More »Bluegrass Sundown Bourbon Liqueur Review
By Jake Emen Rating: B- Bluegrass Sundown is a coffee and vanilla infused bourbon liqueur designed especially to produce a velvety, rich dessert beverage — the Kentucky bourbon coffee. Think of it as the bourbon counterpart to the Irish coffee we all know so well. If you’re a fan of Irish coffees, hot toddies and everything else in that category — ...
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