Highland Park Thor
Invoke the gods with every glass, starting with…Thor. And his hammer, Mjolnir. Highland Park Thor is the first in the distillery’s Valhalla collection of special edition Scotch single malts. Honor the protector of Asgard with this powerful, peaty 16-year-old, 52.1% abv, and limited to 23,000 Hammer-depicting bottles worldwide. The Norse god connection comes at least in...
Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao Ancienne Methode
Another round of the old is new with Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao Ancienne Methode, a classic liqueur often called triple sec, painstakingly re-reciped based on the historical record. First, there’s the original curaçao, a pleasingly bitter spirit, developed in the 19th century, made from the dried peel of a too-bitter-to-eat close relative to the orange,...
Glenlivet 70 Year-Old Single Malt Whiskey
Extremely rare and rather expensive, Glenlivet 70 Year-Old Single Malt Whiskey is also the only whiskey to make it to the final 50 contenders for the 2012 Scotland Food and Drink Excellence Awards. Considered from that perspective, one could conclude that, for the moment at least, this is the finest single malt Scotland has to...
Italian Craft Beer
If what’s going on in a small slew of trendy American restaurants is any indication, high-end Italian craft beer is the drinkin’ foodie’s Next Big Thing. With the always-prestigious Made in Italy tag, and $40-a-bottle pricing not uncommon, these brews are on the menu front and center at restos like Alla Spina in Philadelphia, and...
Pierre Herme Paris & La Maison Du Whisky Gift Box
In the City of Light, French pastry chef Pierre Hermé set out to marry his own fine chocolates with perfectly paired whiskeys from Parisian purveyor, La Maison du Whiskey, and the Pierre Herme Paris & La Maison Du Whisky Gift Box was born. That was 2008, the Box was a hit, and now it’s been...
Tap 357 Canadian Maple Rye Whisky
Introduce a refreshing hint of maple syrup into the whiskey section of your liquor stockpile with all-Canadian, Quebec-made Tap 357 Canadian Maple Rye Whisky. This small batch whiskey combines quadruple-distilled 3-, 5-, and 7-year-old ryes, matured in new, second-use and third-use bourbon barrels, with premium Canada 1 Light maple syrup exclusively from Quebec, under the...
Compass Box Whisky
Looking to shake things up from the outside, award-winning custom Scotch whiskeymaker Compass Box Whisky turned to liquor packaging and branding specialist, Stranger & Stranger, for labels and boxes that reallydo right by their high-end contents. The resulting look is fun, playful, distinctive, and evocative, while retaining a refined and classy feel—what more could you ask...
Karlsson’s Batch 2008
Flavourful, aromatic sipping vodka made from a single, rare, heirloom potato variety is what you get with Karlsson’s Batch 2008, potato vodka taken to its hardcore purist essence, with a twist. Sweden’s Karlsson’s got it in mind that potatoes for vodka should be treated like grapes for wine, carefully selected to form a unique flavour base...
Woodford Reserve Double Oaked Bourbon
They didn’t rush into it with ultrapremium Woodford Reserve Double Oaked Bourbon, the first new whiskey from the oldest distillery in Kentucky (founded 1797), joining their Kentucky Straight Bourbon to make a family of two in regular production. Woodford Reserve whiskey, the official bourbon of the Kentucky Derby, is hand-crafted, small batch and uniquely triple-distilled...