Review: Piehole Pecan Pie Canadian Whiskey
Piehole Pecan Pie Canadian Whiskey is one of three pie flavored whiskeys just introduced by Diageo in their Piehole line of flavored whiskeys. Pecans are the only major tree nut that grows naturally in North America. Between 80-95% of all pecans harvested each year are grown in the US. While pecans may be best known as the lead ingredient in Pecan Pie and Butter Pecan Ice cream, they are becoming a popular flavor in several spirits. Besides several pecan flavored whiskeys, there are a couple of pecan flavored vodka’s, and even a pecan rum. Piehole Pecan Pie is made with Canadian whiskey blended with a pecan pie liqueur. Read more 
Review: Piehole Apple Pie Canadian Whiskey
Piehole Apple Pie Canadian whiskey is one of three pie flavored whiskeys, Diageo just introduced under the Piehole label. While this is the first apple pie flavored whiskey, there are several apple flavored whiskeys already available. Jack Daniels, Jim Beam, Crown Royal, and Paddy are some of the heavyweights already in this space. Apple pie is also one of the most popular flavors of moonshine, and Pearl and Oddka both make an apple pie flavored vodka. Even with the marketing might of Diageo this might be a little hard to find initially. Piehole Apple Pie is made with Canadian Whiskey and an apple pie flavored liqueur. Read more
Review: Piehole Cherry Pie Canadian Whiskey
Piehole Cherry Pie Canadian Whiskey is one of three pie flavored liqueur whiskeys, beverage giant Diageo has just released in their new Piehole line of whiskey. The other two are Apple Pie and Pecan Pie. With the tagline, Piehole, best sliced up as a shot, this product takes aim at the shot market currently lead by Fireball Cinnamon Whisky. While they claim Piehole Whiskies were inspired by their grandma’s favorite pie recipes, the women pictured on the bottle labels don’t resemble your typical grandmother. Read more
Review: Jim Beam Red Stag Hardcore Cider
Jim Beam Red Stag Hardcore Cider was introduced October 2013. It is one of three flavors in their Red Stag line of flavored bourbons, and one of six flavored bourbons currently made by Jim Beam in Frankfort Kentucky. It is made with their 4 year old Kentucky Straight Bourbon infused with natural apple cider and other natural flavors and bottled at 80 proof. Read more
Review: Bird Dog Peach Whiskey
Bird Dog Peach Whiskey is one of four flavored whiskeys that in addition to an unflavored whiskey are distilled by Western Spirits under the Bird Dog label. They also recently introduced a Peppermint Moonshine. It is made with corn, malted barley, and rye, and it is aged in oak barrels. Natural peach flavor is infused before bottling in Bowling Green Kentucky at 80 proof. Read more
Review: Crown Royal Maple Finished Whisky
Crown Royal Maple Finished whisky was introduced November 2012. It was their first flavored whisky. They start with Crown Royal Deluxe which was originally created in 1939 to commemorate a grand tour of Canada made by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain. This whisky is a blend of 50 distinct full bodied whiskies matured in white oak barrels. It is then run through maple toasted oak to create their Maple Finish whisky. Read more
Review: Paddy Devils Apple
Paddy Devils Apple was introduced in 2013 along with their Bee Sting flavor. Both flavors are sold exclusively in the US. They create a Spiced Apple and Irish Honey version for the European market. It is created with Original Paddy Irish Whiskey which is made with Barley harvested from the East Cork countryside, water from the river Dungourney, malt, and a special distillers yeast. It is triple distilled in copper pot stills and then filled into oak casks to rest for up to seven years. It is then blended with malt and grain whiskey. Natural apple and cinnamon flavors and sugar are mixed with this three whiskey blend in small batches, before filtering and bottling in Middleton, County Cork Ireland. Because this weighs in at 70 proof, under the 80 proof required for Irish Whiskey, Paddy calls their Devils Apple, a Premium Liqueur. Read more
Review: Fireball Cinnamon Whisky
Fireball Cinnamon Whisky was originally created by Seagram as part of their schnapps line in the mid 1980’s. It was called Dr. McGillicuddy’s Fireball Whisky. The Sazerac Company purchased the brand rights in 1989 and in 2006 they changed the name to Fireballs Cinnamon Whisky. It is made with Canadian whisky and natural cinnamon flavors and it is bottled at 66 proof. It has seen meteoric growth over the past few years and it is now one of the top ten selling spirits in the US. With a cocktail list including names like Angry Balls, Flamin Beaver, F-Bomb and Burning Busch its no secret who their target market is, and that target market has been shooting and mixing Fireballs Cinnamon Whisky about as fast as Sazerac can make it. Read more
Review: Jack Daniels Tennessee Fire
Jack Daniels Tennessee Fire was just launched nationally. After a successful test market in Tennessee, Pennsylvania, and Oregon it will now be available nationwide. It starts with Original Jack Daniels Old No. 7. Old No. 7 is made with a grain mix of 80% yellow corn, 12% barley and 8% rye. It is blended with cave spring water and yeast in a 40,000 gallon copper still where it ferments for up to six days. It then mellows drop by drop through ten feet of hard sugar maple charcoal. This process also filters out impurities and off notes. It then rests in brand new charred oak barrels that are made with hand selected oak by employees of the distillery. After one use these barrels are sold off, usually to distillers of scotch. No artificial color or flavors are added. Jack then naturally infuses a proprietary red cinnamon liqueur before bottling Tennessee Fire at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Crown Royal Regal Apple
Crown Royal Regal Apple Whisky was just introduced. It is the second flavor infused whisky Crown has created. Their Maple flavor was released two years ago and it is the best selling maple flavored whiskey. With new flavored whiskeys coming out quicker than flavored vodka’s, one can only guess what’s next, Crown Cinnamon? Honey? or maybe Cherry? Royal Regal Apple is made with hand selected Crown Royal whiskies and infused with Regal Gala Apples and natural flavors. It is bottled in Canada and placed in a green velvet bag. Gala apples are the second most popular apple sold in the US. It was first breed in New Zealand as a cross between a Golden Delicious and a Kidd’s Orange and Red apple in 1934. Read more