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  • Quarantine Bottle Kill #1: Heaven Hill 7 Year Bottled In Bond Bourbon

    Quarantine Bottle Kill #1: Heaven Hill 7 Year Bottled In Bond Bourbon

    Sheltering in place has led to a massive spike in booze sales across the United States a the days are now divided into “Coffee Hours” and “Alcohol Hours.” Being forcefully unemployed by the pandemic I’m unable to contribute to that spike and have had to reexamine my hoarding tendencies. My reluctance to open bottles, let […]

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    April 8, 2020
    Bottled-In-Bond, Bourbon, Heaven Hill, Quarantine Bottle Kill, Whiskey, Whiskey Wednesday
    Bottled-In-Bond, Bottled-In-Bond LA, Bourbon, Heaven Hill, Quarantine Bottle Kill, Whiskey Wednesday
  • Whisky(ish) Wednesday: A Different Story

    Whisky(ish) Wednesday:        A Different Story

    I’m not a healthy individual.  I know I project an air of fitness, health, and confidence but the underlying structure has a flaw. This flaw directly relates to me being a bartender and no it’s not my propensity to drink barrels full of whiskey or my possibly addictive personality.  I started bartending as a career when I was 25 and […]

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    March 25, 2020
    Drinking Poetic
    Expectations, Hospitality, Whiskey Wednesday
  • Whiskey Wednesday: Take Off of Taketsuru

    Whiskey Wednesday: Take Off of Taketsuru

    Continuing this month’s conversation about Nikka comes the news that Nikka will be discontinuing the Taketsuru 17, 21, and 25 Year old expressions as of March of 2020. The Taketsuru line represents NIkka’s history. It pays homage to its founding father as well as combining the art of both of the company’s distinct distilleries. The loss of the Taketsuru line is the loss of a piece of history but it does open a future. Whisky, and in particular Japanese Whisky, is having an incredibly large moment. Bit even if whisky distilled 25 years ago is being depleted left and right the world, and the flavor, that whisky represents is gone. The challenge now is to find the way to create the spirit that fills the barrel to be bottled in 25 years while still keeping the lights on in the years between.

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    January 22, 2020
    Asian Whisky, History, Japanese, Malt, Nikka, Review, Spirits, Taketsuru, Whiskey Wednesday, Whisky
    17 Year, Blended Malt, Discontinued, Malt Whisky, Miyagikyo, Nikka, Pure Malt, Review, Taketsuru, Tasting Notes, Whiskey Wednesday, Whisky, Yoichi
  • Whiskey Wednesday: Nikka Days of Our Lives

    Whiskey Wednesday: Nikka Days of Our Lives

    I love a good story and Nikka Whisky certainly has a good story. A story of both an excellently crafted whiskey but also a phenomenal story in the life of the company’s founder, Masataka Taketsuru. The month of January is especially important to the story of Taketsuru and his redheaded Scottish wife, Rita. So, I thought I’d take some time and look at a few of Nikka’s offerings for the rest of January.

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    January 15, 2020
    Asian Whisky, Duty Free, History, Japanese, Malt, Nikka, Nikka Days, Review, Spirits, Suntory, Whiskey Wednesday, Whisky
    Blended Whisky, Japanese Whisky, Malt Whisky, Nikka, Nikka Days, Review, Taketsuru, Whiskey Wednesday, Whisky, Yoichi
  • Drinking Poetic: The Banana Dance

    Drinking Poetic: The Banana Dance

    I’m prouder of the Banana Dance than almost any other drink that I’ve created. More so than I probably have any right to be. It’s an esoteric, nerdy, centrifuge requiring, relatively prep heavy drink that is ultimately delicious, complicated, and easy to batch and execute in a way that belies its complexity. Its evolution is also a damn good microcosm of my personal journey behind the […]

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    January 10, 2020
    cocktails, Competition, Drinking Poetic, Sherry, Whiskey
    Banana Dance, Centrifuge, Drinking Poetic, Irish Whiskey, Josephine Baker, R&D, Sherry
  • Drinking Poetic (On A Christmas Wednesday): The Nutcracker

    Drinking Poetic (On A Christmas Wednesday): The Nutcracker

    I’ve always felt disconnected from the Holiday season. While I grew up Catholic it has had been many a solstice since I identified as such. I’ve also spent the past 10+ years living 2,500+ miles from the family and friends I grew up with. As such when the holidays roll around I often find myself latching on […]

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    December 26, 2019
    cocktails, Competition, Drinking Poetic, Elijah Craig, Heaven Hill, Whiskey, Whiskey Wednesday
    Chestnuts, cocktail recipe, cocktails, Drinking Poetic, Elijah Craig, The Nutcracker, Whiskey Wednesday
  • Whiskey Wednesday: Blood Oath Pact #5

    Whiskey Wednesday: Blood Oath Pact #5

    A couple of months ago I was graciously sent a sample of the new release of Blood Oath Bourbon. Between competitions, menu flips, leaving a job, and much needed vacation travel after leaving said job the sample unfortunately fell by the wayside. But with Halloween nearly upon us I figure it would be appropriate to crack open a little Blood Oath and see what it was about.

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    October 30, 2019
    Bourbon, liquor, Review, Whiskey, Whiskey Wednesday
    Blood Oath, Bourbon, Cask Cartel, Luxco, Tasting Notes, Whisk(e)y, Whiskey Wednesday
  • Drinking Poetic: Cascading Lines

    Drinking Poetic: Cascading Lines

    This is the story of a drink that got away from me.  As I’ve said before I tend to turn every drink into a brown, bitter, and stirred variation on a theme. It should therefore come as no surprise that I’ve been trying to play around with some version of a hopped Old Fashioned style drink for […]

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    July 17, 2019
    cocktails, Drinking Poetic, Genever, Spirits, Whiskey, Whiskey Wednesday
    Aquavit, Cascading Lines, cocktail recipe, cocktails, Drinking Poetic, Genever, Henry McKenna, Hops, Whiskey Wednesday
  • Whiskey Wednesday: Woodford Reserve Bottled-In-Bond

    Whiskey Wednesday: Woodford Reserve Bottled-In-Bond

    Let’s get meta.  I run a blog, which you’re currently reading, called Bottled In Bond, LA. I write about bartending, cocktails and spirits, primarily whiskey but occasionally not. I’ve been doing this for a few years now and occasionally old articles will suddenly get a few more views because someone Googled a bottled in bond product that doesn’t […]

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    July 3, 2019
    Bottled-In-Bond, Bourbon, Brown-Forman, Old Forester, Whiskey, Whiskey Wednesday, Woodford Reserve
    Bottled-In-Bond, Bottled-In-Bond LA, Bourbon, Brown-Foreman, Review, Whisk(e)y, Whiskey Wednesday, Woodford Reserve
  • Whiskey Wednesday: Four Roses’ New Selection

    Whiskey Wednesday: Four Roses’ New Selection

    Conservatively, I would say that 87% of the Four Roses Single Barrel depletions at any bar I work at are due to it ending up in my mouth. Conversely, my Partner-In-Bars, Dave Purcell, would rather sit in the pool with a bottle of the Four Roses Small Batch. I’ve sourced Four Roses Barrel Strength Single […]

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    May 1, 2019
    Bourbon, Four Roses, Review, Whiskey, Whiskey Wednesday
    Bottled-In-Bond LA, Bourbon, Four Roses, Single Barrel, Small Batch, Small Batch Select, Whisk(e)y, Whiskey Wednesday
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