Baluarte: Tequila That Makes The Cut

Mostly these days, I am sick of Tequila. It seems like everybody and his brother are introducing a new Tequila brand, complete with heavy glass bottles, too-cool labels, fancy promo campaigns, and, typicall ....

Carribean Rum: 115 Islands, 115 Rums

There aren’t really 115 different kinds of rum. But there are distinct differences, even huge differences, in style between the several main rum traditions in the Caribbean Sea. These di ....

The Beauty of the Grain: Canadian Whisky

Picture endless fields of grain, spreading from horizon to horizon under an endless blue sky. Now pour that scene into a bottle and you have Canadian whisky. At its best, Canadian whisky is all ....

Mint Juleps For Your Derby Party

The greatest mint julep I ever knew of came from my friend Chris McMillian. Chris lives in New Orleans and works the bar at the Renaissance Marriott there. He also sits on the board of directo ....

Irish Whiskey Month

Ireland’s whiskey is different from its fellow Celtic neighbor Scotland in several important ways. Both have a foundation in barley, but while most Scottish distilleries use peat to dry their barley ....