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A bottle of Barrell Seagrass 16 Year sitting in front of a Homebar.io light up sign with shelves filled with bottles.

Barrell – Seagrass 16 Year

March 28, 2022 Kevin

The Story Late last year, there was a fair amount of excitement over Barrell Craft Spirits’ release of Seagrass Whiskey. Everyone was pretty well smitten by the wide array of flavors that each sip imparted. This was because of the... View Article

A bottle of TC Whiskey Co.'s Barrel Proof Cherry Limited Release sitting on a table in front of shelves filled with bottles. The Homebar logo is illuminated in the background.

Barrel Proof Cherry – Batch 1 (2021)

March 27, 2022 Kevin

The Story In Michigan’s lower peninsula, there’s a city that’s known for beautiful beaches, wineries and cherries: Traverse City. Well, to be fair, the greater region around Traverse City produces these fine indulgences too, but the main spot is the... View Article

Bottle of I.W. Harper Cabernet Cask Reserve lying on a wood surface.

I.W. Harper – Cabernet Cask Reserve

March 7, 2022 Kevin

The Story When you’ve got one of the most eye-catching decanter bottles in the game, you’re sure to get some attention. I.W. Harper has always been one of those bottles that would stop my visual scan of the liquor store... View Article

Men stand in line at a grocery store's liquor aisle for an allocated whiskey drop.

The Great Unicorn Chase

January 20, 2021 Kevin

If we’re a minute late, we might as well turn around. It’s a briskly cold winter morning. The sun has barely risen as my wife and I, two whiskey enthusiasts, hop into our SUV and make our way down the... View Article

Three bottles and a receipt showing state minimum pricing for the bottles.

A Better Whiskey Club

January 15, 2021 Kevin

Whiskey enthusiasts have a real problem these days. Used to be that you could walk into any ordinary store and find allocated bottles just sitting on the shelf: BTAC, Elmer T. Lee, Pappy – you name it. It’s something that’s... View Article

Whiskey bottles lined up

Whiskey 101: American Whiskeys

October 11, 2020 Kevin

We produce a lot of whiskey in the United States. A lot. According to the stats reporting website Statista, the United States sold just shy of 70 million cases of whiskey in 2019. The year prior, the overall sales for... View Article

Stranahan's Diamond Peak 750ml bottle.

Diamond Peak

August 30, 2020 Kevin

The Story I remember the first time Stranahan’s came up on my radar. It was last year around Christmastime and folks were lining up in wee hours of the morning to get their hands on a bottle of Stranahan’s Snowflake.... View Article