It’s going to be interesting for sure. When I moved to Austin 20 some odd years ago, going south on I35 towards San Antonio was basically empty space from about ten miles south of Austin, with a blip in San Marcos and another in New Braunfels until you hit the outskirts of San Antonio. Now the...

Wait. Hackberry has value? I’ve spent a seeming lifetime yanking them out of our yard and burning them in the fire pit when it’s stacked and seasoned.

Been traveling the last two weeks and home at last, with this streaming digitally because I can’t buy the Kevin Gray mastered re-issue on vinyl until tomorrow. Goes exceedingly well with a glass of Method and Madness Single Pot Still.

Choose a lighter vermouth like Dolin.

If you’re going by strict cocktail orthodoxy, a Boulevardier should be two parts bourbon, to one part each sweet vermouth and Campari. On the Negroni Family Tree, the rye drink is the Old Pal (1-1-1 Rye, Campari, Dry Vermouth), but Rye Boulevardiers are excellent, so screw orthodoxy (and the...

I got sent a 100ml sample in my last corporate job. Stashed it in the desk and forgot about it. Was a very welcome surprise when I was cleaning it out after the COVID layoff.

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Dewars and soda, in a tall glass, packed with ice, and a lemon twist is a damn near perfect sweltering hot day drink. That is a hill I will die on.

Careful! Kitty might take a journey.

I really admire their approach. From the start, they never wanted to move beyond Texas, and despite some quite substantial offers from outside sources to expand distribution, they’ve stuck to that for damn near 30 years.

You should check out Wine For the People next time you’re in Fredericksburg and cruise over to Blanco to visit Real Ale, one of the OG Texas craft brewers (just celebrated 28 years) with a (relatively) recent micro-distillery on-site (full disclosure, I consider Rae the winemaker at the Winery...

And an awesome answer. Thank you for your generosity!

Do y’all have a bonded warehouse in Bend? Be curious to know more about that, it’s such a weird, anachronism of a law, but often responsible for my favorite expressions of any American whiskey distillery, maybe because 50% is actually a real sweet spot or the one distiller/single distillery/one...

Whenever I’m in Virginia or North Carolina, I seek out the nearest Biscuitville. Best fast food breakfast on this green and blue orb of ours.

I’ve worked in more than one US office with beer stocked fridges. Granted, I work with beverage alcohol, but at least one of those offices was a law firm. My last job had beer on tap in the break room.