Jack Bettridge
July/August 2012 Issue : Drinks
Coming Through with Rye
A little over a decade ago something was afoot. First a handful of expressive rye whiskeys—like Old Potrero and Sazerac—turned up. Then a new...more
Posted: August 24, 2012 By Jack Bettridge
Jefferson's Releases Limited-Edition, Sea-Aged Bourbon
Think of Kentucky straight Bourbon whiskey and a picture of racehorses grazing on rolling hills might come to mind, but few would conjure an image of...more
Posted: August 17, 2012 By Jack Bettridge
Pairing Cigars with Cask-Strength Whisky
One of the latest trends in whisky has been a proliferation in the market of cask-strength spirits (those whiskies bottled straight out of the wood...more
Posted: August 10, 2012 By Jack Bettridge
Steal this Drink
Here’s one you’ll want to pilfer from your buddy’s liquor cabinet: Larceny, Heaven Hill’s newly released wheated Bourbon with a taste that...more
Posted: August 3, 2012 By Jack Bettridge
Smoking Spots
I’m sitting atop 666 Fifth Avenue, gazing out across glorious Central Park as the sun goes down in the full flush of midsummer and I think, “What...more
Posted: August 1, 2012 By Jack Bettridge
Tito’s Midsummer’s Night Cocktails
Survey the season at midpoint and you see a summer of weather extremes. Between parching drought in the Heartland and vagrant tornadoes in the...more
Posted: July 27, 2012 By Jack Bettridge
An American Honey Cocktail Inspired by Wimbledon
Some invitations you don't turn down—so I didn't. Jimmy Russell, master distiller of Wild Turkey and a Bourbon titan, visited New York from...more
Posted: July 2, 2012 By Jack Bettridge
Smoke and Cocktails
It's no secret: pairing cigars and spirits is my thing. But I don't regard the actual mixing of the two a particularly palatable proposition. That...more
Posted: June 26, 2012 By Jack Bettridge
Appleton Estate Releases 50 Year Old Jamaica Rum - Jamaica Independence Reserve
How do you age a spirit for 50 years? According to Joy Spence, master blender of Appleton Estate, which has just released a commemorative rum with...more
Posted: June 22, 2012 By Jack Bettridge
150 Years of Bacardi
It’s hard to think of a brand that is as synonymous with a spirit as Bacardi. Order a Bacardi and Coke and everyone knows that you mean rum and...more
Posted: June 15, 2012 By Jack Bettridge
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