The assignment – pick 10 bourbons that taste well with burgers. The results – my latest for Maxim, which you can read here.
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15 Top-Shelf Bottles For Father’s Day
I’m a dad, and I like good booze. I wrote about 15 bottles of the good stuff that would make good Father’s Day gifts for Maxim.
The 10 Best Rum Brands to Drink Now
This time around I’m covering rum for Esquire, rounding up the ten best brands to drink now.
THE 10 BEST BOTTLED-IN-BOND SPIRITS TO DRINK RIGHT NOW
George Dickel Tennessee Whisky just released a new bottled-in-bond expression. I recently visited the distillery to check it out, and wrote about it, and other BIB spirits to drink, for Maxim.
11 Best Japanese Whisky Bottles to Drink Right Now
Japanese whisky is rare and expensive these days, but it’s still possible to find a few affordable bottles. I wrote about the fleeting and the available for Esquire – read here.
The Best New Cookbooks to Buy This Spring
There are a lot of great new cookbooks coming out this spring, so I tried to sort through some of them for Departures. Read my list here.
5 KILLER COCKTAILS INSPIRED BY HENDRICK’S NEW ‘GIN PALACE’
A few weeks ago I traveled to Scotland to visit the new Hendrick’s Gin Palace in Girvan, where William Grant & Sons makes all of its grain whiskey. Read my story for Maxim here to find out more.
