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One of the latest additions to the Dragon’s Milk bourbon line from New Holland Brewing is Dragon’s Milk Origin, a small batch 5-year straight bourbon whiskey. It joins the year-round bourbon lineup and recently the company sent me a sample to review; here’s a couple of paragraphs from the press … Continue reading
Michigan’s New Holland Brewing doesn’t just brew beer—the company also distills and produces its own line of spirits, including bourbon and whiskey, rum, gin, and more. Its signature spirit line is perhaps its Beer Barrel Bourbons, which play to the company’s strengths: A unique, first-of-its-kind bourbon. Beer Barrel Bourbon is … Continue reading
New Holland Spirits—the distilling branch of New Holland Brewing—announced the latest edition to its year-round Dragon’s Milk bourbon product line with Dragon’s Milk Origin. Unlike the Beer Barrel Bourbons that the company specializes in, Origin is a straight bourbon whiskey that is five year aged (or more). New Holland sent … Continue reading
Big package from New Holland Brewing arrived this week, with samples of two of the brewery’s spring brews (press release about those here) as well as two new flavored bourbons from the company’s Dragon’s Milk brand line. The beers are Tangerine Space Machine Hazy IPA and Full Circle Kolsch-Style Ale. … Continue reading
A new Boilermaker Series review! I received and reviewed Easy Rider last summer, the Kentucky bourbon whiskey from Hood River Distillers, a nice easy bourbon with a bit of boozy heat, and thought that the motorcycle/biker theme of the brand would pair up nicely with Boneyard Beer, in a thematic … Continue reading
I don’t often write whiskey reviews, and interestingly enough, of the two or three actual posts reviewing whiskey (and/or a whiskey-based cocktail), one of them was also from Hood River Distillers. This latest review, on HRD’s Easy Rider Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, came out because the distillery launched a new … Continue reading
Last week, I received a sample kit of Easy Rider Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey from Hood River Distillers. The distillery is promoting the relaunch of the whiskey with a new label design, and the PR kit arrived in a toolbox, containing the bottle, a branded flask, a branded bar towel, … Continue reading
In the world of hard seltzer, the flavor profiles follow a pretty standard course: fruit, sweetness, perhaps some minerality, and (ideally) a crisp finish. They tend to be ephemerally light throughout, which is part of the easy-drinking appeal. There are some which expand upon this with herbs, mint, cucumber, and … Continue reading