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Buffalo Trace is a hot commodity these days and for good reason. Some of the most sought after bourbons are produced at the Buffalo Trace Distillery; think Pappy Van Winkle, Blanton’s, and W.L. Weller, to drop a name or three.

2020 January / February

Buffalo Trace / Casa Fernandez Miami Aniversario

July 2, 2020

ORIGIN: FRANKFORT, KY. ABV. 45% Follow the herd Buffalo Trace is a hot commodity these days and for good reason. Some of the most sought …

2020 January / February

Old Forester 100 Proof / Cuellar Black Forest

June 17, 2020

Old Forester ORIGIN: Shively, KY ABV. 50% First in the bottle Adulteration of spirits is a problem as old as the spirit itself. In the …

2020 January / February

Four Roses Single Barrel / Davidoff Nicaragua

June 1, 2020

ORIGIN: LAWRENCEBURG, KY ABV. 50% Cinderella of Bourbon Four Roses Bourbon hasn’t had an easy life; its history is murky, no one really knows where …

2020 January / February

New Riff Single Barrel / Oliva Serie V Melanio Maduro

May 18, 2020

New Riff Single Barrel ORIGIN: NEWPORT, KY. ABV. 56.3% The new guy is going old school One of the newest players in the bourbon game …

2020 January / February

Tabacalera Oliva 2.0

April 8, 2020

Tabacalera Oliva Oliva Cigar has undergone a transformation and adopted new technologies that might revolutionize the way premium cigars are made. There’s something paradoxical about …

2020 January / February

Michter’s US1 Bourbon / The Particulares Cremas by Sindicato

March 31, 2020

Particulares Cremas ORIGIN: LOUISVILLE, KY. ABV. 45.7 % America’s revolutionary bourbon The cigar world is replete with brands that boast long histories spanning as far …

2020 January / February

Q&A with Nestor Andrés Plasencia

March 19, 2020

Q&A with Nestor Andrés Plasencia We met Nestor Andrés Plasencia at his factory cigar lounge in Estelí Nicaragua for a conversation about his hometown, tobacco …