Review: High Camp Highball Shaker (2025)
High Camp returns with a new version of its cocktail shaker, a sturdy, insulated offering that now holds 1 liter of product instead of the 20 ounces available in the 2022 version of the shaker. The old product no longer seems to be on the market, so if you see “High Camp Cocktail Shaker” today,…
Review: Oro y Fierro Kumquat Liqueurs
San Francisco-based Brucato Spirits is the company behind Oro y Fierro (“gold and iron”) a new line of liqueurs based on — wait for it — kumquats. That’s the gist — made with California-grown fruit — so let’s dive in to this pair of sweet operators. Both are a hearty 80 proof. Oro y Fierro…
Review: Garrison Brothers Laguna Madre Bourbon (Updated 2025)
Garrison Brothers‘ Laguna Madre is considered (by it and by others) to be its most prized whiskey, the mash of 74% corn, 15% wheat, and 11% barley aged for four years in white American oak barrels and then transferred into French Limousin oak casks for another four years of aging in the Texas Hill Country…
Review: 2020 Rodney Strong Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma County
This 2020 vintage cabernet from Drinkhacker standby Rodney Strong is a current release as of early 2026, but despite its advanced age and Reserve status, the wine — crafted from Sonoma County fruit — is available for a mere 60 bucks. There’s no word on varietal additions beyond cab, but it’s aged 24 months in…
Review: Bunnahabhain Feis Ile 2025 Turas Math No. 1 15 Years Old
Bunnahabhain‘s 2025 Feis Ile release was distilled in 2008, and this one-off release is a blend of two types of casks, both made with unpeated barley. The first was matured for its full 15 years in Manzanilla sherry casks, a standby style for the distillery. The second cask type is aged for 10 years in…
Review: Lawson’s Finest Liquids Hop Wired
I’ll be honest: It’s becoming a little difficult to distinguish some of Vermont’s Lawson’s Finest Liquids releases form one another. The operation, which focuses heavily on high abv IPAs, recently dropped Hop Wired, a hazy IPA made with a blend of El Dorado, Simcoe, Citra, and Cascade hops. If those sound familiar, it’s because they’re some…
The Best Elderflower Liqueur – 8 Bottles Tasted, 1 Winner
What is elderflower? Before St. Germain hit the scene in 2007, it wasn’t a flower I gave much thought to, but after that moment in time, the cocktail world changed forever. Elderflower is a product harvested from the elder tree (Sambucus), which is a shrub that grows widely across Europe and the U.S. The white…
Review: ZeroNero [red] Non-Alcoholic Aperitivo
Cocktail & Sons makes some amazing artisanal syrups and mixers, and lately it’s put its first foot into the non-alcoholic spirits space with the launch of ZeroNero [red], a bitter amaro designed for solo sipping or for use in cocktails or with simple mixers like seltzer or soda. Listed botanicals include cloves, cassia bark, star…
