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John Wayne’s Bourbon Recipes

John Wayne’s Bourbon Recipes

When Ethan Wayne, son of one of America’s silver screen greats, unlocked the vaults containing the carefully cataloged stuff of his father’s life, he found memoirs, costumes, scripts, John Wayne’s Oscar for True Grit . . . and an entire vault dedicated to Wayne’s...
Strawberry Bourbon Labor Day Lemonade

Strawberry Bourbon Labor Day Lemonade

Lemonade is the drink of the summer. Well, negronis and margaritas are technically the drinks of the summer, but we’ve been enjoying those for three months now. As summer winds down and you open your backyard up for the last hoorah of the season, mix up a batch...
Camacho Launches Battle Between Barrel-Aged Cigars

Camacho Launches Battle Between Barrel-Aged Cigars

Are you team ABA (American Barrel-Aged) or NBA (Nicaraguan Barrel-Aged)? This is the question Camacho is thrusting onto cigar enthusiasts throughout the remainder of the year. The concept is dubbed Camacho Throw Down, where the company plans to pit their two...
Virginia whiskey brand trying to stand out

Virginia whiskey brand trying to stand out

Scott Harris must have great foresight. He and his wife, Becky Harris, started a rye whiskey distillery, Catoctin Creek Distillery, in Purcellville, Va., in 2009 — just before the spicy whiskey drink catapulted to a ubiquitous offering at bars and liquor stores...
Chemistry of Whisky

Chemistry of Whisky

Whisky is one of the world’s most popular spirits, and comes in many different classes and types. The character and flavour of these differing types vary widely; this, of course, comes down to their varying chemical composition. Here, we take a look at where some of...