By Jake Emen Rating: C+ Bat Masterson was omnipresent in the American Wild West, playing all the archetypal roles you’d expect – gunslinger and hunter, lawman and gambler. So it’s fitting that his name and face adorns a lineup of several different whiskeys from 35 Maple Street. Despite the company’s Sonoma, California routes, they’re the bottler, and their grain is ...

By Jake Emen Rating: B+ Masterson’s Wheat Whiskey, made by 35 Maple Street of Sonoma, California, is named for William Barclay “Bat” Masterson, a legendary figure who over the course of his life managed to check off gunman, lawman, gambler, sports writer, boxing promoter and quite a few more as his occupation du jour. 35 Maple Street bottles a lineup ...

By Richard Thomas Pork just has a particular flavor that makes it a great meat for combining with whiskey, but sometimes one might want to get that sweet, smoky whiskey enhancement without resorting to a whiskey-spiked barbecue sauce. On such occasions, a whiskey glaze is the way to go. Ingredients 4 pork chops ½ cup chicken stock ½ cup of ...

In the fall of 2010 the guys at Ranger Creek were installing the equipment at their brewstillery and anxiously waiting to sell their first keg of beer. They had brewed a batch of Belgian beer that couldn’t be sold because they were waiting for government paperwork. On the distillery side, they needed to run something through their still in order ...

By Richard Thomas In the minds of many bourbon drinkers, Knob Creek is the core of Jim Beam’s Small Batch Collection. A 9 year old small batch that is neither as light as Basil Hayden or as potent as Booker’s or Baker’s, for more than twenty years Knob Creek has been the go-to bourbon for many drinkers in search of ...