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Philadelphia Magazine’s Whiskey Festival

Posted in Bourbon, Canadian Whiskey, Irish Whiskey, Rye, Scotch, Single Malt, Whiskey Club on October 24, 2014 | 6 Comments »

If I had to sum up last night’s Philadelphia Magazine Whiskey Festival at Lincoln Financial Field, it was a well-attended trade show for assorted alcohol. There was a smattering of solid whiskeys, and a few people there genuinely interested in talking about what they made, but for the most part, there was one trade show […]

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Whiskey Trip part 4: Four Roses Distillery

Posted in Bourbon, Rye, Whiskey Club on October 6, 2014 | Leave a Comment »

The final distillery we visited was Four Roses. I’ve been a fan of the Single Barrel for a while (and unsuccessfully tried to get my hands on the 2014 special release all year long), so this was another I was looking forward to. Somewhat disappointingly, Four Roses doesn’t age on-site, so we got to see […]

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Whiskey Trip part 3: Buffalo Trace Distillery

Posted in Bourbon, Rye, Whiskey Club on July 8, 2014 | 5 Comments »

The third stop on the trip was to Buffalo Trace, producer of several of my favorite bourbons. We called in advance and were set up with a pretty great private tour of the inner workings of the distillery. It happened to be a Sunday and no one was actually working, which turned out to be fortunate for us in terms of […]

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Whiskey Trip part 2: Willett Distillery

Posted in Bourbon, Rye, Whiskey Club on June 25, 2014 | 1 Comment »

Next up, and just down the road from Heaven Hill was one I’d been really looking forward to: Willett Distillery. Occupying a strange middle ground between craft microdistillery and large producer, Willett places their emphasis on very specific small-scale methods that can only really be this closely controlled when making a more manageable amount of product. […]

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Whiskey Trip part 1: Heaven Hill Distillery

Posted in Bourbon, Whiskey Club on June 24, 2014 | 1 Comment »

Our first stop was the Heaven Hill Distillery. The largest family-owned, and second-largest holder of barreled bourbon in the world, clocking in at 1.5 Million 53-gallon barrels. According to Heaven Hill, bourbon came about when Elijah Craig had a barn fire that charred the inside of his barrels. After deciding to use the barrels anyway […]

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Whiskey Club Field Trip: Kentucky

Posted in Bourbon, Whiskey Club on June 24, 2014 | Leave a Comment »

A couple of weeks ago, Whiskey Club took a trip to Kentucky with the singular purpose of enjoying some great bourbon and rye. While we achieved that, we also managed to learn a ton of stuff about where my favorite spirit is made. There’s a veritable mountain of history and tradition that differs from distillery to distillery, […]

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Whiskey Society #3: Amrut Fusion and Glenlivet 18

Posted in Scotch, Whiskey Club on February 14, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

Whiskey Society write-ups are guest authored by the host of that month’s meeting. This month we were hosted by Sean Mellody of Mellody Brewing, and his well-behaved dog Barley.  After joining this new group of friends and whiskey drinkers last month, I was excited to host the group at my place in Queen Village. I was […]

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Whiskey Society #2: Hart Brothers & Compass Box

Posted in Scotch, Whiskey Club on January 24, 2013 | 1 Comment »

Note from Jon: as I mentioned in last month’s post, we’re going to have guest posts each month after meetings of the Whiskey Society by the host / person that chose that month’s bottles. This month we were graciously hosted by Sarah and Jordan, and Sarah was kind enough to provide us with a write-up […]

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Whiskey Society of Philadelphia Meeting #1: Pappy Van Winkle 20

Posted in Bourbon, Whiskey Club on December 17, 2012 | 5 Comments »

After a month that seemed to take far too long, Jen and I got together with 8 other like-minded drinkers from Philadelphia for the express purpose of opening and consuming a bottle of whiskey that at least one of us had been meaning to try. Due to some really fortunate timing and a tip from […]

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The Whiskey Society of Philadelphia

Posted in Whiskey Club on November 12, 2012 | 11 Comments »

Last week, after the kind of brainstorming that only happens over drinks with friends, we had an idea for getting to drink more whiskey than a reasonable person could afford. Since there are so many types of great whiskey out there, but it’s impossible to try without dropping a hundred or more on a bottle […]

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