Sku's (Not So) Recent Drinks

When I was 16, my 12 year old little brother was a pain in the rear...always embarrassing me in front of my friends, messing with my stuff, and ma...

Getting Started: Visit Trader Joe's If you live in California, there is no better place to start sampling single malts than your local Trader ...

  I hereby anoint every Wednesday Whiskey Wednesday on Recent Eats, where I will review or otherwise opine on my favorite spirit. Starting next we...

(Image Source: Gear Patrol)     I'm generally a scotch drinker when it comes to whiskey, but I've been enjoying drinking bourbon lately. Since ...

    Islay, of course, is an island off the west coast of Scotland, known among malt fanatics as the vaunted producer of such peated Scotches as Lag...

  A lightly peated Highland whisky, Ardmore is an old but little known single malt. For years almost all of its stock went into blends, predominan...

  I'm enjoying this Born in the USA series so much that I'm going to double it. I had originially intended to go through five American whiskies, b...

  Next in our series on American whiskey is something new on the California scene. Around fifty years ago, Four Roses was a major US Bourbon brand....

  Some myths are so ingrained in the collective psyche that no matter how many times you issue corrections, no matter how often you try to set the...

  Under federal regulations, Bourbon must be made from a mix of grains composed of at least 51% corn. What is in the other 49% is up to the distil...

  Heaven Hill is the only distillery I know that is comparable in quality to the great Buffalo Trace. The Hill is known for great whiskies like Ev...

  We've all had it happen. You want a Scotch, but you're stuck in an airport, a crappy hotel bar, or worst of all, a wedding or a convention's ca...