As the doldrums of winter truly set in, you need a cocktail that’ll give you a bit of a jolt — an eye-opener, if you will. The Revolver is just that. The modern classic — it was devised in the early aughts in the San Francisco bar scene — is a mix of bourbon and coffee liqueur. It’s sort of… the Manhattan’s answer to the espresso martini, but a little more down-and-dirty yet somehow also a tad more refined.
The whole vibe of the Revolver is to highlight some good bourbon with a thick layer of caffeine-heavy coffee liqueur that’s all countered by orange. I love the mix but, in the past, I’ve found the final product a little coarse. I like to add some chocolate bitters to the mix to balance out the bitterness of the coffee liqueur and bring more roasted depth to the orange aspects. That’s the recipe I’ll be using below (so this is technically an Uproxx riff on the classic version).
Okay, let’s get right to it and stir up a tasty, eye-opening cocktail to beat those winter blues.
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I’m using Weller Antique 107, which is devised as a great cocktail bourbon (yes, I know it’s allocated and hard to find for MSRP outside of certain markets). The higher proof adds a nice bite to the cocktail with a sense of dried woody chili peppers and deep roasted cacao emerging through the mix. If you don’t have Weller Antique 107 on hand, I’d suggest Wild Turkey Rare Breed or Michter’s Small Batch Bourbon instead. The key is to use a very good quality bourbon.
The rest is all easily findable at any good liquor store.
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What You’ll Need:
Coupe, Nick and Nora, or cocktail glass (pre-chilled)
Mixing glass/jug
Julep cocktail strainer
Barspoon
Jigger
Peeler
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Method:
Prechill the glass in the freezer.
Add the bourbon, coffee liqueur, bitters, and ice to a mixing glass/jug. Stir for about 20 seconds or until the outside of the glass is ice-cold to touch.
Fetch the glass from the freezer and strain the cocktail into it.
Express the oils from the orange peel over the cocktail and rub the peel around the rim of the bowl and stem. Serve.
Bottom Line:
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This widens your eyes from the first sip to the last. The orange and dark chocolate dominate at first but then a deep and dark red chili pepper that’s woody and dry really pops on the palate. There’s a light sense of burnt toffee and a fleeting note of singed cherry bark as well. This is a dark and complex cocktail with a nice kick.
The finish leaves you with that dark chocolate orange feel that’s very wintry next to a sense that you just took a shot of espresso kissed with bourbon.
TikTok has made us do all kinds of weird stuff. From hunting cheaters to getting sh*t faced on port wine to eating questionable pink sauces, but we’ve yet to cover the app doing some genuine, heart-warming good. That all changes today thanks to MMA-fighter turned online food critic Keith Lee, whose most recent TikTok helped to make $30k for a struggling food truck operator in just 24 hours.
Yesterday Keith Lee, aka the best food reviewer on TikTok, posted a new review in his typical dead-pan style about a $450 dollar burger and fries meal he experienced after happening upon a lonely food truck parked on an empty road in Las Vegas that he discovered after a 10-mile bike ride.
The food truck in question, Southern Taste Seafood, is run by a solitary worker named Gary who was happy to oblige Lee’s shellfish allergy, despite being a truck that specializes in shellfish, so long as he returned the next day.
“He told me he’s just trying to survive right now, it’s very slow he’s lucky if he gets five to ten people in,” explained Lee.
When Lee arrived the next day Gary served him up a burger and fries made with fresh oil and clean utensils, as promised. Gary offered up the meal on the house, but Lee donated $450 straight to his cash app instead, an act Gary was sure was a mistake and tried to return several times. All of that would’ve been heartwarming enough, but hold up the story gets better.
Lee gave the fries an 8.9 out of 10 and the burger, which he called “juicy, delicious, cheesy, immaculate” a 9.5 out of 10.
A mere 24 hours after the initial video, Lee returned to Southern Taste Seafood to find Gary, now with the help of his son, setting up shop and sharing a story of how he received 30K in cash-app donations after Lee’s review. Southern Taste Seafood now has a burgeoning social media presence, and Gary is paying off credit card bills and all debts thanks to the donations of Lee’s followers — a huge boost for a local entrepreneur.
It’s pretty much the most heartwarming food story we’re going to get all year. Subscribe to Southern Taste Seafood and visit the now internet-famous food truck if you find yourself in the Vegas area. And if you aren’t following Keith Lee yet, remedy that ASAP, because when his food takes aren’t heartwarming and pure, they’re still hilarious and a lot of fun to watch.
The Miami Heat have struggled to find their footing this season after securing the 1-seed and advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals last year. Currently, they sit in sixth in the Eastern Conference at 25-21. They’re nine games behind the current 1-seed, the Boston Celtics, which defeated Miami in the 2022 postseason.
Miami has forged their hashtag Heat Culture into the league’s sixth-best defense this season, but a myriad of injuries to key players has submarined its offense to 23rd in the league. With Jimmy Butler sidelined for 14 games and Tyler Herro for 12, Miami has funneled its offense through Bam Adebayo to keep things afloat.
If maintaining your efficiency while increasing your production is the mark of an All-Star, then Adebayo should make it to next month’s game for the second time in his career. Adebayo is averaging a career-high 21.5 points per game. His usage percentage of 26.5 percent is, again, a career-best mark, while his 54 percent clip on field goals is just a hair below his career average. The usage has ticked up bit by by for Adebayo in his five seasons with the Heat, and this year, he has the highest mark on the team.
Adebayo is no longer a complementary piece in the offense meant to facilitate dribble handoffs at the elbows or use his gravity as a roller to create open corner 3s. He’s now the engine driving the Heat offense by dominating the middle of the floor with an isolation game that’s both delightful and quirky.
Of the record-breaking 43 players scoring 20 points per game or more this season, I would argue Adebayo paints the most unique shot map of anyone. He’s one of the few volume scorers who doesn’t even look at the three-point line — he’s shot 10 triples this year, about one every five games. Any shot that extends horizontally from the paint is basically hot lava for Adebayo despite having a feathery touch on his jumper. Just look at where he shoots, and how rare it is that he tries to punish teams from outside of the key.
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Per Cleaning the Glass, Adebayo is in the 99th percentile for percentage of shots taken in the short mid-range area; he hasn’t finished lower than the 95th percentile since 2019. With Kyle Lowry on an athletic decline and Butler’s nagging injuries, the Heat offense struggles to generate drives to the paint that are initiated from the perimeter, leading to possessions where they play hot potato around the arc until the shot clock gets low. Miami has subsidized their lack of drive-and-kick juice by generating a high volume of paint touches for Adebayo, who leads the league with 7.8 shots in the paint non-restricted area.
The constant attacks into the paint through catches on the roll, fake dribble handoffs, and isolations by Adebayo put pressure on the defense to collapse towards the rim, which explains why the Heat have attempted the sixth-most corner threes in the league despite lacking a high-level playmaker on the roster.
Adebayo does not need to become a lethal three-point shooter to expand his game. The real evolution will be dominating that area between the free throw line and the top of the key. Let’s call it the Dirk Nowitzki zone — in his prime, Nowitzki dominated the zones in and around the free throw line because that is the hardest place on the floor to send a double team. If Adebayo can force defenses to guard him tight in the Nowitzki zone, it should open up his drives to the rim and make the Heat’s dizzying array of dribble handoffs more potent.
This season, Adebayo is shooting 43 percent on shots between 15-19 feet, which is a significant improvement from the 29 percent he shot last season. Teams are more than happy to allow him to walk into an open 18-footer if it means they avoid an open three on a handoff to, say, Max Strus. As Adebayo improves from this area, that calculus will prove to be more difficult for the defense.
After a 12-15 start, the Heat have gone 13-6 in their last 19 games with the 8th-best net rating during that time. Adebayo has been the driving force behind the run as the Heat get healthier going into the All-Star break. The increased offensive load has not hampered his efficiency or his otherworldly defensive presence — Miami is 10.4 points per possession better when he is on the floor, per Cleaning The Glass. Miami is always on the hunt for a star, and even as Butler and Lowry both get older, the team can take solace in knowing they have one already on the roster.
If you’re a sour cream & onion chips-oriented human then you always have to come prepared. Pack some sort of hand-wiping device (sleeves at minimum) and gum, please. Though not a personal favorite in the flavored potato chip spectrum, I have certainly dabbled in the sour cream realm from time to time. And it strikes me that a particular hankering is required to savor this flavor, which can often wear out its welcome, especially if too strongly seasoned or too oniony, in general.
As a youngin’, the shiny green packaging of Herr’s lunch and family-size offerings burned an indelible mark in my psyche. For me, Herr’s was a case study of what sour cream and onion could be – almost milky in its sourness, the crisp peaks covered with flavor while the valleys offered a nice break from the sometimes-too-much zest of this now-classic, and ubiquitous, flavor pairing.
The sour cream & onion flavor and Herr’s competitors have evolved dramatically over the decades. While there are still local and regional brands like Herr’s, Wise, and Utz now more available nationally, there are also snack conglomerates that have consumed other smaller brands offering similar products, plus a wave of hipster brands that are still independent and doing it by their chip crumb and salt residue stained bootstraps. In many instances in samplings, buttermilk replaces sour cream to create a similar flavor profile, and the seasoning has been slightly tweaked to include other minor nuanced flavors.
In ranking the entries, we went off flavor alone. And boy did we go deep. So please read every word and don’t just scroll to the end — oh wait you’re doing it, you’re scrolling, I can feeeeeeel it….. HERE WE GO!
Honorable Mentions/Latecomers
Jay’s
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So there’s Joe’s, Guy’s, and Jay’s, and they all make sour cream & onion potato chips? Jay’s might as well be Ruffles, Utz, or Wise ridges, they’re essentially the same – pretty narrow ridges, thin crunchy chips, and near-perfect sour cream & onion seasoning, from salty and creamy to tangy and oniony, and potatoe-y – all in one bite. The biggest dig on Jay’s is their chips are not too huge or folded and the oil aspect in the aftertaste can overpower. Overall, still a party pleaser just like the previously mentioned competitors, but not necessarily the best of the pack.
Bottom Line:
It’s unfortunate Jay’s did not make our blind taste test (timing!) to fully compete in the real meat of this dog and pony show. However, Jay’s would have fallen middle-to-low in our rankings due to taste and size quibbles. These chips can still make you a hero at plenty of hangs or parties if chips are on the menu, and you live in the Midwest.
Wachusett
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Wachusett is what Jay’s wants to be – possibly better than all of the traditional ridge options. Wachusett’s version of Sour Cream & Onion is aggressively creamy, possibly the creamiest in the narrow ridge category. The onion is tangy but not overpowering to the sour cream, the chips are modestly salty and accordingly crunchy, some more lengthy than others. Wachusett may make the best traditional ridge Sour Cream & Onion, the only slight being the overly creamy seasoning could border on sweetness on the extra flavor-y / overly seasoned chips in the bag.
Wachusett’s retro packaging is the best in the business, verging on Wes Anderson level whimsy. The bold red all-lowercase letter logo and silver pinstripe recall gas stations, bowling alleys, pizza parlors, and other New England haunts, where certainly these chips were once sold if they’re not still today.
Bottom Line:
Wachusett’s ridge Sour Cream & Onion are a crowd-pleaser that would sit in the upper middle tier of these rankings had they made the submission deadline. Some of the chips can be overly creamy, but in general, their take is one of the best in providing the flavor punch that the sour cream & onion flavor is known for. And the chips aren’t too bad either.
Part 1: The Tasting
Taste 1
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Mm crunchy good sour cream flavor. Not too tangy, the crunch is just right super fresh. Nice fold on some of the chips. Taste more like kettle chips than anything else, but these are good.
Taste 2
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These are littler chips, a little saltier than the first one. Not as strong on the sour cream flavor. Nice and subtle. These might be a tiny little bit too salty but still pretty good. Tangy. Got a good onion flavor. Not as much of a buttermilk or sour cream. A little too salty.
Taste 3
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These are a little bigger and a little sweeter than the last ones, must be the onion. Not getting a lot of sour cream notes but got a good tang. Still. A good golden crispness to the chip. Has a little bit of a kettle flavor to it. These are delicious
Taste 4
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Now these are definitely more of a sour cream flavor. Less of a kettle chip and more of a traditional potato chip. Perfect amount of salt. A light onion flavor, not too heavy.
From my notes: “Yep, these are pretty delicious.”
Taste 5
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These are our first ridges of the day. Super crunchy. The ridge is nice and thin. Good sour cream flavor. I can feel the powder forming in my mouth now. Good tangy onion flavor, not too strong. Good tangy onion aftertaste.
Taste 6
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These chips are giant, they have a bit of a kettle feel to them. Good tanginess, not too salty. I think that sour cream is the tang. The onion flavor is pretty light. These are pretty perfect. Very tasty.
Taste 7
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This is another crunchy kettlely chip. Good fold to it. Good flavor, Not really getting a lot of sour cream. Just a tiny bit. A little oniony. These are light in flavor, not overpowering. Not overly oniony. Just pretty mellow.
Taste 8
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Another kettley chip. Very light in sour cream flavor. Very light flavor in general. Very light chip. I kind of want another one. Can you please pass me one? Thank you. These are almost a little too light in flavor. Not strong, but you do get the sour cream and onion.
Taste 9
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Hard to tell if these are a kettle chip or a regular chip. They have a nice thickness to them, a good umami. Nice n’ crunchy. Not tasting major sour cream or major onion, a little oniony more than sour cream. But they are good just hard to kind of, they’re not overpowering. They’re light as well.
Taste 10
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Another one that’s almost like a kettle chip. Not too sour creamy, not too oniony. Got a bit of a weird oil aftertaste. Other than that, really good. And got a little funky onion after, but that could just be me eating 10 different brands of chips.
Taste 11
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These have a great crunch. In my opinion, a little too oniony. Have a good tang. Traditional potato crunch, definitely not a kettle or a ridge. They’re good, but nothing special.
Taste 12
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Number 12 got a little overbaked, over-fried chip flavor. Actual chips have a good crunch. Getting more of an overbaked potato flavor than sour cream and onion. Not getting a lot of sour cream and onion flavor. They taste pretty plain almost. I don’t know if I’ve had too many chips but not getting sour cream and onion flavor right now.
Taste 13
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Another ridge entry, this one with a very nice sour cream creaminess to it. Onion is present but not overpowering but tasty. The ridge is just how you want it, nice and crunchy. Overall pretty much what you want from a sour cream chip. Tasty.
Taste 14
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These are gigantic ridges and they have a good sour cream flavor. I would say that the onion flavor is a little funky to me, like I’m eating onion grass. There’s something almost buttery to them. The actual chip has a good crunch. I’m not loving the flavor though, it’s overly onion to me.
Taste 15
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15 is a thick ridge. Great crunch to it. Watch out if you have bad teeth. The actual flavor is a little mellow. Not in a bad way. It’s a little more oniony than sour cream. I’m not getting sour cream. But the crunch is really good, great texture.
Taste 16
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Back with another ridge, number 16. Good sour cream, onion flavor is not too heavy. This is one of the best we’ve had so far. Potent in the flavor department.
Taste 17
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This is another kettlely tasting one. This one got a good mix of cream and oniony. Really good crunch, good fold on some of the chips. Good tang. Pretty good.
Taste 18
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More of a traditional but there are some giant ones here. Got good saltiness to it. good lightness. These are really good. Not too oniony, but it’s a little oniony. Not a lot of sour cream flavor but still really good.
Taste 19
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Another ridge also got some tight ridges to it. Lot of good sour cream notes. Really good crunch. Got like a weird oily off-putting taste a tiny bit. Doesn’t compromise the overall flavor but the backend of the aftertaste is a little bit weird. But overall… good chip.
Taste 20
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Got another ridge entry, this one with even tinier ridges. Not getting ton of onion or sour cream flavor. A little light on the onion, very light on the sour cream. Nice chip but not tons of flavor.
Taste 21
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This is another ridge, this one is about the size of a small island. Probably the biggest ridge we’ll have. Saltiness as well as sour cream and onion flavor, not too oniony. Not really much sour cream. It’s got a little of a backend, not burnt potato but a more well-done potato flavor. This is okay, but doesn’t really go that well with the sour cream and onion flavor, in my opinion.
Overall good, but not great.
Taste 22
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More of a traditional thin potato chip. Not super flavorful. Getting a very light flavor of both sour cream and onion, not overpowering. Easy to eat, but not getting tons of flavor.
Taste 23
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Another more traditional chip, no ridges no kettle. Not a lot of flavor. These are alright, not at the top of the pick. Have some decent onion flavor, not much sour cream flavor at all.
Taste 24
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These are some of the bigger traditional chips we’ve had. Again not tasting a ton of flavor, little bit of onion little bit of sour cream. Chip is really nice. These are definitely more on the lighter side of sour cream. They still have the flavor there. This is good, this is really good.
Taste 25
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Last one is more of a kettle variety. Got a good crisp fold to them, nice and crunchy. Good saltiness, a good taste of sour cream. Definitely have an onion flavor. Nothing to really complain about here. Nothing overpowering, not too light. Kind of right in the middle. Right in the middle. Good stuff.
Part 2: The Ranking
25. 365
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There are no new jokes or jabs to be made about 365, as a frequent patron of their brick-and-mortar, it would be hypocritical to hate in general about the brand’s products, though some are better than others. Their sour cream & onion potato chips won’t scare any Frito Lay shareholders into giving up their nest eggs, though they are a worthy replacement when it’s a matter of convenience. The sour cream flavor doesn’t have much tang, but does have the rich, creaminess you expect. The onion flavor and aftertaste is middling, it doesn’t hit too hard or linger too long, and the chip itself is a standard traditional golden, thin chip. Overall, a solid play for 365 — just not flavorful or tangy enough to contend with the real studs (or… spuds).
Packaging is signature boring 365 white with minimal but stylized graphics and real-size potato chip imagery. The back is essentially the same, and there is a “funny” line comparing these chips to a potential wedding gift, which was a bit too cutesy to even register.
Bottom Line:
365 makes solid products, these Sour Cream & Onion chips included. However, the purpose of these rankings is to decipher the best of the best, and 365 falls waaaaaay short in the flavor department.
24. Mikesell — Green Onion
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What does Mikesell? Mikesell’s potato chips since 1910. Another Ohio (this time Dayton) brand, another quality Ohio potato chip. This time, the chips are “Green Onion” flavor, so there is no actual claim to involve the close bedfellow of green onion, our friend and co-star, sour cream. However, there’s still consideration here due to the green onion aspect, and upon sampling, there’s a richness that resembles the same richness that some of the other brands exemplify, without the creamy signature tang of sour cream. Here, the sweet and tang of the green onion are somewhat singular, but because there is garlic powder and sugar involved, the taste isn’t far off from “sour cream & onion”. The chips themselves are distinguishable because some are a bit more well done than others, they’re thin, crisp and nicely salted.
Overall, Mikesell’s a solid green onion chip that will relieve any hankerings for the paired duo, though the sour cream’s rich tang may be sorely missed by purists.
From a packaging standpoint, Mikesell’s a modern retro take on the chip bag, classic font with a stamp style border, abundant pile o’ chips, portrait of the green onion with a basic maroon and yellow background. One iconic badge that is first seen on this bag despite reviewing other Ohio brands, is the historic “Ohio Proud” stamp under the nutrition facts. Every Ohio brand should be proud enough to feature this.
Bottom Line:
Mikesell makes a quality chip and is potentially the first onion-flavored chip in the land, but the lack of sour cream to round out the onion flavor makes them a bit one-note and tough to compare to the rest of the more balanced and dynamic brands.
23. Wegman’s
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Wegman’s sour cream & onion potato chips leave a great first impression. The chips are many sizes but some are unusually long and large, which never dampens the snacking mood. The sour cream taste is at first creamy and the onion taste is a very light tangy green onion note. On the back end, this rounds out and you get the earthiness of the chips and a sweetness in the seasoning, which is a bit off-putting like when you accidentally bite an uncooked corn kernel.
Wegman’s chip packaging has their signature slogan (that has been referenced before, and we can’t give them more free promo roasting it again), a wanting-to-be-gritty font, as well as the popular chip and sour cream portraiture (which has actually been called out as enlarged to show texture).
Bottom Line:
If Wegman’s could get their seasoning R&D in order, they could have a real banger on their hands. Until, then this play is just an okay one; mediocre in the sourcream & onion flavor department but better than average in the chip zone.
22. Utz Ripple
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Another Pennsylvania entry, and the second from the Utz classic line, 3rd from Utz in general (counting Dirty), they’ve certainly weaseled their way via multiple entry points into the sour cream & onion rankings, but their Ripples, or ridged variety ranks lowest for a few reasons. First, despite covering both sour cream and onion flavors, the sour cream is too light to fully register on the palate beyond acknowledgment of the residue on the fingertips and the onion is the green-speckled variety with a nice perky tang and only a minor aftertaste.
Neither of these aspects are bad or great, they’re simply middle of the pack. Same with the ridges; the chips are good, narrowly ridged, crisp, and crunchy, but not overly large, folded, or special in any way. Another decent play from Utz, if you’re not in the mood for their kettle or traditional version of the same flavor.
Bottom Line:
Utz’s most popular seasoned chips come in at least 3 formats, the Ripples being the least alluring. Perhaps it’s the ridges absorbing too much seasoning or Utz under-compensating for the inherent flavor of the ridges, but these seem to have the least sour cream & onion potency of the three Utz options.
21. Ruffles
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A favorite of the populace, some of my loved ones and favorite people included, worship at the altar of Ruffles. This extends to sour cream & onion, which the Frito Lay brand creates in many different iterations, including Lay’s and Sun Chips. Ruffles’ RRRidges set an industry standard for what a ridge can and should be; thin rivulets covered in seasoning, golden fresh crispy crunch in every bite. The only downside here is the strong green onion flavor – the sour cream is a very light tang, but the onion element is a bit reminiscent of the taste of onion grass soaked in butter and stays on the palate enough to begin thinking about mints or toothpaste for a cleanse.
Bottom Line:
If these chips didn’t have a taste that requires a drink, a toothbrush, gum, or another snack afterward, they may be ranked higher. Raw green onion can be an assertive flavor, and here it outweighs the delicious crunch of possibly the best-ridged potato chips and places Ruffles further down in the rankings.
20. Hal’s
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Hal’s sour cream & onion potato chips are like a New Yorker chipified; rich in flavor and high-quality ingredients, but also a bit too aggressively seasoned and salty in some instances. Hal’s are tasty kettle chips, and they have the trademark crunch, and oil-cooked bubbliness of the best kettle chips sampled. Flavor-wise, some chips are seasoned too salty, requiring a beverage accompaniment or interlude from munching to refresh. Some chips had too much sour cream, tasting too creamy and beyond rich in the umami note. The onion seasoning can linger more than desired on the palate, asking for refreshment. Hal’s Sour Cream & Onion potato chips may just be too much to eat alone but could be balanced out by something else flavorful and savory like a soup or sandwich to match their aggression.
Hal’s packaging resembles something made by a New York deli or bagel place, the design is clean and bold, but also incredibly mundane.
Bottom Line:
Hal is a character and he makes pretty good sour cream & onion crackers. Despite the great chips, these were not a favorite in the rankings.
19. Better Made
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Detroit’s own Better Made make a product that is like its namesake, better tasting than a lot of brands out there. Their sour cream and onion have a great taste, a rich earthy potato flavor, a salty light yellow oniony flavor, and an overall rich MSG, soy umami style flavor. Better Made’s crisp thin traditional chips have a great flavor themselves and although these chips are delicious and have great flavor, they lack tang and any sort of sour creaminess.
Better Made’s been making better things since 1930, as their bag says so, and if you don’t believe it there is a dutch milkmaid looking young woman giving the choice hand sign to back it all up, no paperwork.
Bottom Line:
Though these chips would go great without a lot of things and are by no means to be ignored, Better Made’s version of sour cream and onion potato chips are not in the top of the Midwest’s stiff potato chip competition.
18. Wise
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Wise has been in the game since any Millenial growing up in the Philly area can remember, another PA entry here and a solid ridge entry. Wise is typically known more for their basic and plain snacks than flavored, but the fact that they only make a ridge version of Sour Cream & Onion shows Wise’s commitment to their particular take on the Sour Cream & Onion chip, and they don’t fall short here. The sour cream flavor is tangy and rich, the onion flavor is light but there. The narrow little ridges make the chips super crunchy and the overall taste super savory.
The only knock here being that the strong seasoning borders on slightly too much at times, especially with MSG in play.
Wise’s bright metallic green packaging includes a billboard-size font announcing that these are true “Ridgies.”
Bottom Line:
If “Living Life Wisely” involves eating a few handfuls of their sour cream & onion chips during an afternoon post-lunch snack pick-me-up, then wise am I. Wise’s entry here is not tops in the rankings but good enough to pick up on your local chip aisle.
18. Joe’s
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Not sure which came first from Joe’s, but my first encounter with Joe’s brand, a Dirty Jerz brand, was with their Iced Tea line, not potato chips. To sell both at a similar high-quality level is somewhat impressive considering the investment in space, equipment, and janitorial supplies to manufacture both products in potentially the same or separate facilities. Sounds like a logistical nightmare but Joe’s doesn’t care, their “Sour Cream & Toasted Onion” is on par with some of the best on the market. The toasted onion has a taste akin to an onion bagel, which is a more natural onion flavor, though not necessarily more pleasing to the tastebuds. The sour cream element is light and slight, but the overall taste does ring sour cream & onion, though in a subtle sense. The chip themselves have a solid kettle crunch, and the thick chips are not oily at all.
Joe’s Retro packaging is consistent with its retro chips claim. They use a green bag for sour cream, which is decorated with a Green “OFF ROAD” truck in the middle, suggesting potential rugged means to tote your bag of chips around in.
Bottom Line:
Joe’s potato chips are just as good if not better than their tea (which is typically overly sweet, and more Southern style than for anyone who grew up drinking unsweetened tea at home), and their entry into this rankings is solid, even with the toasted onion aftertaste.
16. North Fork
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North Fork is a high-quality high brow potato chip. Kettle style with an almost sweet sour vinegary aftertaste that lacks the traditional creamy element of the sour cream & onion flavor. North Fork’s rendition is also a tad too salty, though the actual potato chip is of high-quality deliciousness and crispness — some even have a bit of a wave to them and browned edges: divine. There is also minimal onion flavor, making this more of an “oniony” than onion-forward and gum/toothbrushing-required-afterward version. So despite all of the flaws, North Fork still makes a delicious version of the classic, just missing some of those classic elements enough to tumble and crumble down the ranks.
Martin Sidor’s Long Island-based chip company does not come with hair gel/wax or a factory car with ground effects but still is a bit basic in its design, using retro-looking graphics and text alone to sell their kettle-cooked sour cream chips with a vintage Restoration Hardware looking ceiling fan graphic.
Bottom Line:
North Fork’s sour cream and onion is like Long Island, high in quality, a pain to find, in some ways right on target, in some ways misses the mark, but definitely is trying to do something and succeeding on some levels.
15. Great Value
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The desire to hate on Walmart’s sour cream and onion chips and Walmart in general is a cross that’s at times quite weighty. Ideological differences aside, these chips are way better than they should be. There is a real tang and creamy note from the buttermilk element in the sour cream, the green onion speckles and seasoning are piquant but not bad breath-inducing. The chips are large and golden crunchy with some a bit brown on the edges and many folded. Generally, Great Value’s sour crem and onion potato chips are great for any cookout, campout or smokeout, all of which you could probably accomplish while still inside a Walmart.
The packaging on Great Value, like the name, is about as generic as you can get in good ole Merica. Picture of chips, check. Dish of sour cream next to animated green onion, check. Logo that a 5-year-old could create in any design application, check.
Bottom Line:
Walmart is a great place for many things and a terrible place for others. Their in-line brand Great Value turns out a very solid chip, in the traditional style of thin chip. Despite this revelation and the satisfaction of the chips of what a basic sour cream & onion chip should be, there is really nothing special about these chips.
14. Boulder Canyon
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Boulder Canyon makes a great ridge entry with their “Canyon Cut Sour Cream & Chive” potato chips. Though originally from the hippie, college kids and board sports enclave known as Boulder, Colorado, the company has relocated to sunny lizard-laden Arizona (or maybe is just using a distributor based there) and created some super thick and crunchy chips, many in the folded like a taquito category, with great flavor, as well. The sour cream is tangy and the chive is light and tangy too. The sea salt adds a richness and a bit bolder flavor than other brands, but the sunflower/safflower oil blend used to make the chips has a bit of a disagreeable aftertaste that knocks these chips down a few notches in the ranks.
Boulder Canyon’s packaging is pretty fun, showcasing their Canyon Cut chips cast against the Boulder Mountain range with little animated evergreens appointing them, is delightful snackscape imagery.
Bottom Line:
Boulder Canyon’s entry into the Sour Cream & Onion lineup is admirable in most key elements, however the aftertaste falling a bit short due to oil selection is a factor that cannot be overlooked in such a tight competition.
13. Cape Cod
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Cape Cod is an OG in the space, the first kettle chip in chronological memory encountered, the first chip brand that had some darker chips, and a lot more crinkly chips than some other brands. Cape Cod was premium before there was really a premium lane in chips. Cape Cod’s sour cream and onion hits on the all the notes you want in a sour cream & onion chip, there’s just not a ton of flavor there. There is a very light onion taste and almost no onion aftertaste (hurray, you don’t need a Mento).
The sour cream is almost parmesan-cheesy in taste, definitely creamy but no real tang – it almost has more of a dill pickle-y chip vinegary aftertaste than what you typically expect from the sour cream & onion flavor. On the flip side, the potato chips are the classic Cape Cod chip.
Cape Cod’s recognizable packaging has the traditional lighthouse logo branding with bright green color coding for this variety, as well as artsy graphics of the green onion-speckled chips.
Bottom Line:
Cape Cod has never taken a full L and sour cream & onion won’t be their downfall, but these great crunchy little kettle chips lack the punch of flavor or oniony tang that you get traditionally from the pairing. That’s not to say this isn’t a great chip or a great pickup, they’re still really good, just not flavorful enough in a traditional sense to rank higher here.
12. Dirty
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Though Dirty chips have been sampled umpteen times before this article, it only dawned during this drafting that Dirty is Utz’s kettle chip line. No wonder this is one of the best sour cream kettle chips out — some of these chips are so crunchy and large, you have to turn up the volume or you’ll drown out whatever you’re watching or listening to while you munch down.
The sour cream on these is light and slightly sweet, the onion is not super aggressive but definitely lingers on the back end.
Dirty’s packaging is identically classy and simple for every flavor, just different colors accent each layout and they all mention the benefits of the chips being “partially peeled” and “thick cut kettle style” — which give the chips a large part of their delicious appeal.
Bottom Line:
Dirty have one of the best kettle chips in our rankings with little oil flavor. They’re perfect kettle chips with present, but not aggressive, sour cream and onion seasoning.
11. Herr’s Kettle
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Herr’s Kettle chips appear to be a lighter, milder option to their standard fare. The chips are slightly thicker than most of their offerings, and they’re more buttery, but less aggressively flavored in general. Their sour cream element is a smidge lighter and less tangy, the onion is not as full-flavored and they’re definitely not as salty for the most part. Unlike the standard sour cream chip, there is no ridge, so you don’t find the same flavor burst pockets and there is more of a robust cooked potato flavor, which kettle chips traditionally contain. Overall, these may be easier to eat than the original Herr’s Sour Cream & Onion, but they’re also less crave-able and classic.
The hallmark of the Herr’s kettle bag is the subtle landscape of a farm captured on the top ¼ of the bag. It is a bucolic wonderland described by many an American literary classic.
Bottom Line:
Herr’s kettle chip line is a solid alternative to their more delicious and flavorful regular product, the chips are thicker, more earthy, tasty, and fresh – just missing the knock-your-tastebuds out umami and tang of the ridges.
10. Route 11
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Route 11 chips are an NYC and sandwich shop staple, pretty sure they’re in Potbelly’s as well as bodegas, mom & pop markets, along with high-end grocers and provisions stores, all over our fair land. It’s no mistake. Their chips are really good, sometimes browned, sometimes different sizes and/or folded, kettle-style and great with, or on, any sandwich. Not oily at all. Their sour cream & onion falters in similar respect to Cape Cod, but here there is a bit more true sweet and slightly tangy sour cream flavor, as well as aftertaste (that also has a strong potato earthiness).
They’re still a great chip, just not as strongly seasoned as some of the others.
Route 11’s signature packaging is Sour Cream & Onionified for this flavor, which means green and yellow accents and scribbly lines, potentially from an EKG machine readout.
Bottom Line:
Route 11’s entry is really good within the kettle category and beyond – a delicious chip with some onion and sour notes, but not truly flavored or seasoned with enough of either flavor to overpower the true umami of the potatoes themselves. Route 11 is still a premium product worthy of munching down at any time as needed and tasty chip, but in a contest so closely contended and lacking some of the traditional punch of a sour cream & onion chip, Route 11 falls slightly lower in the rankings.
9. Utz
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Utz chip is a thicker shade of Lay’s, but very similar in terms of fresh crisp thin chipness. Utz, a Pennsylvania pillar in the snack game, presents a totally tasty sour cream potato chip product. The sour cream is slightly tangy with the light onion seasoning hitting strong on the finish. The thin chips mixed with the mellow flavoring make a deadly sour cream combo, making high volume intake a potential.
The presentation is vintage Utz; little girl with rosy cheeks logo, a fresh photo of the goods, a small dish of sour cream with chopped green onions on top and let’s not forget Utz has been serving up snacks for over 100 years (101 to be exact).
Bottom Line:
Sour Cream & Onion is Utz most popular flavored chip for a reason, they deliver strongly on every facet you want in this classic flavor.
8. Deep River
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Deep River may carry the strange title of thickest and crunchiest ridge chip (they call them krinkle cut, which spell check does not like), as well as possibly the lightest seasoned chip in this entire Sour Cream & Onion potato chip list. Oddly, this works. Shoddy orthodontia beware, the girth of these ridge kettle chips could dislodge a filling on any given bite. Personally, there is nothing better, and the almost non-existent sour cream flavor and very light onion flavor, passively ask for non-stop munching. The Deep River chips also often curl and overlap, and stick together, creating extra layers of crunch, but still the sour cream & onion seasoning never overwhelms.
Despite these achievements, it’s hard to rank Deep River too high because they’re so sneaky in the flavor department (i.e. subtle) even if they may be the best-ridged potato chips on the shelves and end caps.
Deep River’s packaging is blue, for unknown reasons perhaps as they say “because we give a chip,” which is a cute way of not putting a cuss word on a snack bag and is apparently because the bag has a charity component.
Bottom Line:
Deep River’s deep ridges make a deep run in the sour cream & onion potato chips rankings because they’re deeply crunchy and crave-able. They don’t make the top because they skate by on taste and texture. The actual seasoning is more passive than aggressive, which actually favors those who don’t love the flavor.
7. Ballreich
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Ballreich’s Marcelled Potato Chips are yet another Ohio brand’s delicious take on the sour cream & onion chip. Large, ridged, and full of flavor, Ballreich hits a flavor trifecta with their salty, sour creamy and onion-speckled potato chips. Each note is distinct and rich — the word umami cannot be avoided in describing Ballreich’s flavor. Their large, thicker ridged chips are full of crunch. With Ballreich’s, the mystique of Ohio’s potato chip and snack legacy continues to build layers like a Gobstopper.
Ballreich’s basic old-school design gets the job done with minimal fanfare. You won’t get an explanation of what “marcelled” means, but you will get multiple shoutouts to Tiffin, Ohio, and a “locally owned for 100 years” stamp, both pretty cool tidbits of info.
Bottom Line:
Ballreich’s Sour Cream & Onion hits the crave in a major way with punchy flavor and thick crunchy “marcelled” chips to awaken the senses and give a pop of umami.
6. Guy’s
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Guy’s have been around since 1938, so please forgive the tardiness on the first sampling of this “legendary” potato chip brand. Guy’s are another Midwest chip, this time from the heartland of Kansas City (still eagerly anticipating a BBQ coma-inducing first trip). Guy’s are a thin crisp chip similar to Lay’s, but with some way bigger than any Lay’s and a bit thicker and flakier as well.
Basically, they’re really good.
The flavor is a punch; a nice dusting of oniony powder on the chips segues into a creamy finish. The only knock on these chips is that the flavor may be too assertive for those with only a passing interest in sour cream & onion.
Guy’s packaging is a yellow ray of sunshine that permeates the entire green bag design. The back tells the story of Guy Caldwell, quite the enterprising ray of sunshine himself, who sold potato chips and nuts all over Kansas City, all from a jerry-rigged cooker.
Bottom Line:
Guy’s hustle has led to a Midwest snack empire surely envied and copied by many, as well as a sour cream & onion potato chip that could compete with any for a spot on your snack table.
5. Kettle
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Though around since the 1980s, it seems like Kettle has really exploded in the past decade – making their way into airport kiosks, kid’s lunches, convenience stores, sandwich stores, and pretty much every market’s “Natural Foods” chip section. Bodegas and gas stations have Kettle chips in 2022. The Salem OR-based chip brand makes about 40 different flavors, and typically almost everything they do is quality at the minimum and deliciously crave-worthy at the maximum.
Their sour cream & onion is no different, their chips are huge, thick, and rarely too oily. A lot of their chips curl into cocoon form, which is the best kind of crunchy. Flavorwise, theirs is a mellow Sour Cream and a pungent but also fairly mellow green onion, melding into a pleasing chip that is easy to consume subconsciously during any other primary activity that has at least one hand free for mindless snacking.
Kettle’s bag is standard Kettle, two-tone green color with the non-GMO and gluten-free bag badges on front. The back reiterates the badges, along with everything being natural.
Bottom Line:
Kettle is a trusted high-end potato chip brand for 40 years now, their sour cream & onion variety is an example of what any chip should strive for — a lot of flavor balanced flavor on a fresh, crisp, and crunchy chip.
4. Lay’s
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The reason Lay’s is Lay’s is because of the quality of their basic product. A Lay’s chip is nothing to scoff at and their sour cream & onion is no different. Hate or love the Frito Lay snack empire (they’re responsible for Cheetos and Doritos, what’s to hate?), but the Lay’s line is one of their flagships and the sour cream & onion is right near the top. It’s no surprise, many articles with limited source information and few annotations credit Lay’s with introducing the flavor to the American market.
Boasting a somewhat muted creaminess and salty but fairly light onion flavor, Lay’s traditional chip with its crunchy thin textbook potato chip texture, satisfies any sour cream & onion cravings. Surprisingly, there are no artificial flavors in play with these Lay’s, which makes them even more guilt-free. Being a GMO king is no longer a humble flex these days, so thanks to Lay’s for supporting lifestyle changes.
Lay’s packaging hasn’t changed in the last decade or more — it’s green, there are chips on the bag, a suggestive ramekin of sour cream to dip your sour cream chips in, and a beautiful bulb of onion.
Bottom Line:
Hardly the new kid on the block, possibly the originators of sour cream & onion seasoning on chips, Lay’s is still a power player in the potato chip universe.
3. Hen of the Woods
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Ohio may be the home to the most potato chip brands in the United States and Hen of the Woods may be the newest and possibly the best from the Buckeye state. Seasoned with slightly serious-about-your-food pantry ingredients like thyme, sage, bay leaves, and marjoram and made with large kettle chips, the Hen of Woods 3 chefs from Cincinnati created a crave-able product with high-end quality. Though more peppery and spiced than most sour cream and onion chips, the spice gives the chips a toastiness that doesn’t overpower the chive and buttermilk-forward chips – culminating in a unique and well-balanced flavor.
The chips themselves are thick and very flakey, as well more sizeable than most. Although these are not traditional sour cream and onion chips, the flavor profile is close enough and they’re good enough to be high in the rankings.
The packaging is memorable with its large animated hen with the ice grill (you don’t scare us chicken), shiny green circular metallic patterns and bold font.
Bottom Line:
Though questions remain as to why a potato chip brand is called “Hen of the Woods,” the quality and taste of the product belie any questioning of brand names or origins. Just keep eating them until you should probably stop.
2. Herr’s Ridges
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The green metallic Herr’s Sour Cream & Onion bag always stood out as a kid, back in times when there weren’t 20+ flavors of Herr’s potato chips. You could buy Herr’s almost anywhere around, the aforementioned Rich’s Deli, any hoagie shop, pizza slice slinger, or convenience store. But Herr’s didn’t even make regular Sour Cream & Onion chips, only the ridges (called ripples for good measure) – clearly, there was a reason. Herr’s iteration came to be the standard of what a sour cream & onion chip should be and in 2022 that hasn’t changed. The ridges crest and descend like the frozen ripples in a motorized infinite pond, the sour cream dust is sweet, tangy, and creamy, while the onion aftertaste is strong enough to have a presence but subsides just as quickly as to not impede the next chip.
And the chips! Some of them are gigantic, some are curled and some are shards of delight but all are fresh, super crunchy, and actually have an earthy potato taste to them that is welcoming. Lastly, there is MSG and artificial flavoring, but these are one of the few chips where those elements are not taste-detractors.
Herr’s has changed their packaging over the years, reducing the simplicity of the old days to a more modern design bearing bold font, the signature red Herr’s logo, a portrait of the chips, and the onions and dip they get their flavor from.
Bottom Line:
Herr’s is, has been and keeps doing it right. Their riff on this style is a gold standard for any chip brand looking to make a mark with this classic flavor. Don’t sleep if you’re late.
1. Keogh’s
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Keogh’s makes a craveable product that can be polished off in a single sitting. Naturally, an Irish brand of potato chips is superior to almost anything on the market when it comes to sour cream & onion. A master class in what potato chips and sour cream & onion can be, Keogh’s chip is crunchy and crumbly, studded with proper salt, a light but piquant onion note (with little green speckles), and a creamy finish.
Keogh’s chip has a light flakiness to it that is more kettle than traditional, but unlike most kettle chips, Keogh’s is still very thin. The chips range in size from little to giant, all equally tasty.
Keogh’s packaging notes the chips are “small batch,” “grown and cooked on our family farm,” and contains “real shamrock”– all of which seem believable by the quality and taste of the product – pretty sure shamrock is the Irish equivalent of MSG.
Bottom Line:
Keogh’s may make one of the best potato chips in a bag anywhere, no surprise that their sour cream & onion option is tops.
Considering the fact that Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher have been together for over a decade, it’s easy to forget that their characters in That ’70s Show didn’t actually end up together. It’s also easy to forget that because the last season was more or less a fever dream that didn’t have Eric in it anyway, so who knows if it really counts?
But the duo and their on-screen counterparts Jackie and Kelso dated on and off for most of the original sitcom’s eight-season run, and thanks to the fact that they are always doing weird stuff together, it’s normal to assume that it’s just always been this way, both in real life and on the screen. But That ’90s Show gives us a little bit of insight into what really went down with Jackie and Kelso’s relationship, and how they ended up together in the future.
When That ’70s Show ended, Jackie was dating Fez in one of those “jump the shark” sitcom moments. As Fez explains in the new spinoff, the two broke up after Fez realized that Jackie still had feelings for Kelso when he found out they were having secret phone conversations. Things turned out okay for Fez, who owns a hair salon in the reboot and dates the Forman’s neighbor.
As for Jackie and Kelso, they went on to have a son, Jay, who is Leia’s main love interest in the new Netflix series. But Kunis doesn’t think that would have really happened if she had her way. She previously said that she thought Jackie and Fez would have stayed together. “You know what, I called B.S. I think that I ended up with Wilmer’s character,” she told Access Hollywood last year. That clearly didn’t happen, but there’s always a potential second season to change that!
Japanese Breakfast’s plate is full, pun intended. From her scheduled festival appearances to the indie rocker starring in the revival of The Piano Recital alongside Kevin Morby at Carnegie Hall next month, Michelle Zauner is spread thin. At the same time, Zauner remains hard at work finalizing the script for her debut memoir, Crying In H Mart‘s film adaptation.
However, that’s not going to stop her from giving fans of the best-selling memoir a proper book tour of the piece. In 2021, Zauner held limited in-person pop-ups for the book, opting for a full virtual book tour instead. Now, the author has grown more comfortable with face-to-face interactions and will be embarking on a multi-book tour to commemorate its paperback release this spring.
Zauner took to Twitter to share the news, writing, “Crying in H Mart is finally out in paperback on March 28th, and I’ll be heading out on my first book tour to celebrate! Very excited to roll up to your city for the first time with a tote bag and a book instead of a giant trailer of gear. ”
Crying in H mart is finally out in paperback on March 28th and I’ll be heading out on my first book tour to celebrate! Very excited to roll up to your city for the first time with a tote bag and a book instead of a giant trailer of gear. https://t.co/rIXmvs0uflpic.twitter.com/7fHLKBEjwK
The tour will kick off in Brooklyn, New York, the day before the paperback’s release, however, fans will have advance access to it during the event. The remainder of the tour features a mix of independent bookstores and local public libraries.
Continue below for the full tour schedule.
03/27/2023 — Brooklyn, NY @ Greenlight Bookstore
03/30/2023 — Seattle, WA @ Seattle Arts & Lectures
03/31/2023 — Portland, OR @ Powell’s Books
04/01/2023 — Oakland, CA @ Bay Area Book Festival
04/02/2023 — Los Angeles, CA @ NeueHouse Hollywood
04/04/2023 — Chicago, IL @ Exile in Bookville
04/05/2023 — Ann Arbor, MI @ Literati Bookstore
04/06/2023 — Iowa City, IA @ Mission Creek Festival
04/07/2023 — Madison, WI @ Wisconsin Book Festival
04/12/2023 — Brookline, MA @ Brookline Booksmith
04/15/2023 — Montclair, NJ @ Montclair Public Library
04/17/2022 — Carrboro, NC @ Flyleaf Books
04/18/2023 — Charleston, SC @ Charleston Wine & Food Festival
To grab tickets to any of the events listed above, click here.
While paying a little (or a lot) more than MSRP for a great bourbon isn’t a bad thing, there are bottles of expensive bourbon out there that you really shouldn’t pay a premium for. (Sorry to the brand managers reading this and cringing in apprehension right now.) The fact is that there’s a whole world of hype and desire that both drives up prices and creates a market around rare and seemingly rare bourbon whiskeys — leading to prices that might not fit.
One side of the coin is super rare bourbons that come with a huge MSRP (manufacturer’s suggested retail price). These bottles generally merit a high price from the jump because of the rarity of the whiskey in the bottle.
The other side of the coin is the bottles that have a low MSRP but due to hype and/or the quality of the juice in the bottle, the price is greatly inflated.
I’m going to be focusing on the latter today and naming 20 bottles of bourbon that you really shouldn’t be paying that much more than MSRP for. There are two facets to this. One aspect is that paying over MSRP is unnecessary in a lot — but not all — cases if you’re simply patient and do some groundwork to find your desired bourbon bottles when they drop. Another aspect is that some of these bottles are priced low for a reason but are only available in tiny corners of the country. It’s only demand and hype that inflate prices on these bottles. Sometimes, they simply don’t deserve it.
Those bottles are ranked at the bottom of this list. And I’ve noted which ones fall into this category.
To be clear, a large portion of the bottles on this list are worth buying — they’re tasty and I enjoy them! But either you can get nearly the same thing in a different form (brand, expression, etc.) or, again, you should wait and do the work to find them at MSRP, because they are out there. Fear not newbies, I’ll note which is which.
Okay, let’s dive in and rank some bourbons that you *don’t* need to pay above retail for.
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This is Heaven Hill’s signature bourbon mash bill with a touch of rye: 78% corn, 12% malted barley, and 10% rye. That mash is the same for their much-beloved Elijah Craig and Henry McKenna labels. This juice is aged for four years before it’s proofed all the way down to 40 proof with soft limestone water.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: This is very run-of-the-mill bourbon with clear notes of caramel, vanilla, and oak on the nose with a hint of citrus.
Palate: That citrus starts to feel like orange candy wrappers and maybe a touch of Hawaiian Punch sweetness/fruitiness.
Finish: The caramel and oak slightly pop back in on the super short finish.
Why Not? What Else?
This is an $8 bottle of whiskey that only gets distribution in a couple of regions. However, since Evan Williams has become the ultimate “good” cheap bourbon, any label from the brand has a little heat, especially if you can’t get it nationwide.
Full disclosure, this bottle is barely worth it for $10. I have it around for tastings with the bottom shelf stuff but never touch it otherwise. This is a pass as a cheap bottle of booze. Paying anything over $10 is a hard “no.”
Barton 1792 Distillery — part of the Sazerac group of distilleries — is renowned for white labeling, contract distilling, and putting out both amazing and amazingly cheap bourbons. This expression is the bottom rung in bottle form. Barton doesn’t disclose the mash bill but it is aged at least four years. Beyond that, it’s cut down to 80-proof with plenty of Kentucky limestone water and bottled in plastic.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Water and plastic are what you get on the nose and on the palate. While the plastic fades away, the wateriness imparts flavors of muted vanilla, banana chip, and maybe a hint of caramel soda.
Palate: The palate is largely the same with a sense of watered-down apple juice, a hint more of that vanilla, some alcohol burn (almost inexplicably), and a touch of chocolate-covered cherries dipped in water.
Finish: None really.
Why Not? What Else?
This is another one of those cheap bottles that’s hard to get outside of places like Kentucky. In Kentucky, it’s the bottom of the bottom shelf and costs about $8 a bottle. It’s barely worth that — please, please don’t pay more.
This is Heaven Hill’s entry point bourbon The whiskey is matured (for up to four years) in Heaven Hill’s massive warehouses and blended to be quaffable at a very affordable price and accessible proof.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: There’s a bit of old vanilla husks that are more woody than sweet on the light nose.
Palate: A sense of apple peels, stems, and seeds arrive with a very light spice.
Finish: That lightness is very approachable (after the last sip) while leading towards a note of … banana, I think.
Why Not? What Else?
This actually isn’t that bad. It’s simple and tastes cheap but it does feel like a real bourbon. If you’re mixing highballs, this works perfectly fine.
If you’re driving through Kentucky, pick up a handle (1.75-liter bottle for $20). If not, skip paying more and just buy a Jim Beam White Label or Evan Williams Black Label.
The whiskey in this bottle is from the famed Buffalo Trace Mash no. 1. This is a standard straight bourbon. Once the barrels are vatted, the whiskey is proofed all the way down to 80 proof for bottling.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Faint lemon candies and honey lead to an old vanilla wafer and wet cornmeal on the nose but not much else.
Palate: The taste is “classic” bourbon with very watery hints of leather, spice, and cornmeal next to vanilla extract, caramel, and old buttered popcorn.
Finish: The end is very faint and almost vodka-like with a tapwater vibe.
Why Not? What Else?
This is cheap bourbon that’s from a huge name in the industry. So of course people are going to be seeking it out. But this is a $10 of whiskey that tastes like it costs $10 (it’s fine for highballs). Paying any more than that is foolish.
This is one of Willet’s small-batch bourbons, though this is part of their named line. That means its flavor profile is more nuanced and leans towards the bigger Willett bottles that come next in the line. The actual whiskey in the batch is said to be eight to 10 years old and sourced from around Bardstown.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: This bursts with citrus on the nose with a rush of lemon oils tied to a vanilla cake that gives off a shortbread vibe with toasted sugars, plenty of butter, and spicy wood.
Palate: The palate layers in worn leather and more distinct winter spices (nutmeg, clove, allspice, cinnamon) that lead towards whispers of dried florals, black pepper, and vanilla-laced toffee pudding.
Finish: The finish doesn’t overstay its welcome but leaves you with more of that sweet and butter toffee and a dry apple tobacco note.
Why Not? What Else?
This got a lot of heat, thanks to Willett blowing up in the investing and whiskey nerd circles. The dumb bottle design aside (try pouring out this thing, I dare you), the whiskey is only fine. I’d argue it’s barely $59 fine (the MSRP of this one).
Paying any more than that is completely unnecessary.
This is a modern classic and helped relaunch the “barrel finished” movement in the U.S. The whiskey is made from sourced bourbon from undisclosed distilleries around Kentucky along with Angel Envy’s own-make coming out of Louisville. The whiskey is aged for around six years before it’s reloaded into Ruby Port casks (French oak). No more than 12 barrels are then small batched, proofed with local water, and bottled.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Blackberry jam mixes with salted butter, raw biscuit dough, and a hint of vanilla on the nose with a hint of winter spices and dried fruit.
Palate: The palate has a sweet leathery vibe next to dried fruits, more of that winter spice, and a thin hint of black pepper.
Finish: The finish thins out toward vanilla and peppery spice as the berry jam melds with the leather on the end.
Why Not? What Else?
Angel’s Envy benefitted greatly from the current wave of the bourbon resurgence. The Louisville distiller/bottler has been sourcing decent whiskey and has a rabid following. That does inflate prices — and that’s fine for their spectacular Cask Strength and Single Barrel expressions.
Standard Angel’s Envy, though? Nah, don’t pay more than $35/$40 for that. In fact, I’d say skip it (unless you need a decent cocktail bourbon) and just go to their higher-end releases.
Buffalo Trace doesn’t publish any of their mash bills. Educated guesses put the wheat percentage of these mash bills at around 16 to 18%, which is pretty average. The age of the barrels on this blend is also unknown as well. Overall, we know this is a classic wheated bourbon, and … that’s about it.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: There’s a tannic sense of old oak next to sweet cherries, vanilla cookies, and that Buffalo Trace leathery vibe with a hint of spiced tobacco lurking underneath.
Palate: The palate has a creamy texture kind of like malted vanilla ice cream over a hot apple pie cut with brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, and walnuts next to Frosted Raisin Bran with a hint of candied cherry root beer.
Finish: The end takes that sweet cherry and apple and layers it into a light tobacco leaf with a mild sense of old musty barrel warehouses.
Why Not? What Else?
This is a $25 bottle of whiskey and it tastes like it. That said, it tastes really good for that price point. But, cards on the table, we’re talking about a mixing whiskey plain and simple.
I pay $30 for my bottles and pick them up from either local liquor stores when they come in or from the Buffalo Trace gift shop when I’m in that neck of the woods. Paying any more than $30 is out of the question.
13. Old Bardstown Estate 101 Bottled Kentucky Straight Bourbon
This is a “small batch” Willett bourbon. It’s from barrels that are a minimum of four years old (some say as old as ten). Beyond that, not much else is released about the whiskey.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The whiskey opens with a note of wintry plum pudding next to an oatmeal cookie, a hint of worn leather, and dried mint leaves.
Palate: The palate luxuriates in vanilla-laced pancakes dripping with real maple syrup, a touch of orange zest, and a little more of that leather next to a mild spicy tobacco leaf.
Finish: That tobacco leaf attaches to a woodiness that’s almost wet like cordwood as the vanilla smoothes out the finish and leaves you with a smooth menthol tobacco vibe.
Why Not? What Else?
This is fine for what it is, a $35 bottle of bourbon. It’s pretty tasty all things considered. But the combination of “Willett” and not widely available jacks up the price in some markets. I’d argue to just wait until you’re going to Willett on vacation to get some in Kentucky from any ol’ liquor store for $35.
This is the whiskey that heralded a new era of bourbon in 1999. Famed Master Distiller Elmer T. Lee came out of retirement to create this bourbon to celebrate the renaming of the George T. Stagg distillery to Buffalo Trace when Sazerac bought the joint. The rest, as they say, is history — especially since this has become a touchstone bourbon for the brand.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Classic notes of vanilla come through next to a dark syrup sweetness, a flourish of fresh mint, and a raw leather that veers towards raw steak.
Palate: The palate cuts through the sweeter notes with plenty of spices — like clove and star anise — next to a hint of tart berries underneath it all.
Finish: The end is long, velvety, and really delivers on the vanilla and spice.
Why Not? What Else?
This is a great mixing bourbon for solid cocktails that should cost $25. Paying double that is unnecessary in that you can just buy two bottles of the same bottle if you’re in the right market. For instance, get two when you visit Buffalo Trace Distillery.
Elijah Craig Barrel Proof is hewn from Heaven Hill’s classic bourbon mash bill of 78% corn, 12% malted barley, and 10% rye. That hot juice is loaded into charred American oak barrels and left to rest for 12 long years before batching and bottling as-is.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: This has a classic nose that leans towards toasted chocolate beans, dried chili pepper flakes (and maybe even some fresh green chili), burnt vanilla pods, singed cherry bark, and old leather dipped in caramel.
Palate: Bold! The palate opens with a sense of sweet stick toffee pudding (dates, cinnamon, nutmeg, salted caramel sauce) before hitting a high note on the ABVs with a spicy heat that’s immediately countered by a rich cherry syrup and caramel sauce.
Finish: Another wave of heat arrives late and ushers in a light sense of old oak staves and cinnamon bark with a mild sense of apple tobacco and maybe some cedar kindling with a fleeting sense of leather and cherry stems.
Why Not? What Else?
This is a bit of an in-between bottle on this list. This is released three times a year and the profile can vary wildly. You might pay a high price and be stuck with a flavor profile that you just don’t like. Too bad for you.
My advice is to buy this at MSRP when it comes out. That’s only $69. A fair price for standard but very good barrel-proof bourbon from Heaven Hill. At least in that scenario, if the profile isn’t spot on for you, it’s not the end of the world.
This sourced whiskey comes from Kentucky. The juice is a blend of 70% corn, 21% rye, and 9% malted barley whiskey that’s aged for up to four years before proofing and bottling.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: This smells like “bourbon” on the nose with hints of caramel, vanilla, oak, and a dollop of maple syrup.
Palate: The palate has a thick winter spice vibe with dusty cinnamon and nutmeg-heavy eggnog with a creamy edge next to vanilla tobacco with a whisper of cedar humidor.
Finish: That spice really amps up toward the finish with a Red Hot tobacco chew and dry wicker finish.
Why Not? What Else?
This is a good whiskey that’s won some awards and honestly tastes pretty good. It’s a sourced Kentucky whiskey bottled in Memphis, Tennessee which is fine. But paying more than $45 for this (its MSRP) seems unnecessary.
Elmer T. Lee is another hugely popular release that’s very limited (and sought after). The mash bill has a higher rye content and the barrels are kept in a special location. It’s said that the barrels for Elmer T. Lee are stored where the master distiller himself used to store the barrels he kept for his own stash.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose on this is like a decadent breakfast of pancakes smothered in cinnamon butter, dripping with the best maple syrup, and topped with a hand-made scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Palate: The palate holds onto the vanilla and spice but settles into more of a floral honeyed sweetness with touches of cedar, old library book leather, and a hint of tobacco buzz.
Finish: The end lingers for a while and leaves you with a dry pear tobacco warmth next to a cinnamon heat and maple bar sweetness.
Why Not? What Else?
This is worth searching out. It’s a damn fine single-barrel product from Buffalo Trace. It’s also only $40 at MSRP. I could see paying $100 for this, it’s truly good. But anything more than that is too much.
The best-case scenario is finding this in Kentucky (or Ohio even) when it’s released for $50/$60 a bottle.
This year’s LE Small Batch is made from a blend of 20-year-old Bourbon from the OBSV recipe (high rye, delicate fruit yeast), a 15-year-old OESK (lower rye, slight spice yeast), a 14-year-old OESF (lower rye, herbal notes years), and a 14-year-old OESV (lower rye, delicate fruit yeast). The blend is non-chill filtered and bottled at 109 proof. There are only 14,100 bottles this year.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose is soft and feels aged yet fresh with mild notes of old cellar beams that lead to a sour cherry next to sourdough pancakes smothered in butter and maple syrup with a thin line of spiced cherry jam next to a bit of crumpled-up old leather gloves.
Palate: The palate opens creamy with a vanilla underbelly that’s countered by a whisper of barnyard funk and old barn floorboards before a chewy spiced cherry tobacco leaf kicks in with layers of nutmeg, clove, and allspice with a creamy eggnog vibe and a hint of Kentucky hug warmth.
Finish: The mid-palate gets a little warmed before diving back toward the spicy cherry tobacco and a finish that’s full of creamy brown sugar butter and hazelnut shells.
Why Not? What Else?
This is available once a year via lottery for $179. That’s when you should buy it. If you lose, wait until next year. If you can’t wait, get a Four Roses Small Batch Select. It’s delicious, widely available, and around $50.
7. Colonel E.H. Taylor, Jr. Small Batch Bottled In Bond
Buffalo Trace’s Colonel E.H. Taylor, Jr. Small Batch is an entry point to the other 12 expressions released under the E.H. Taylor, Jr. label. The whiskey is a blend of barrels that meet the exact right flavor profiles Buffalo Trace’s blenders are looking for in a classic bottled-in-bond bourbon for Taylor.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose opens with a sense of soft corn mush with maple syrup, Saigon cinnamon (a little sweet), orchard tree bark, and the black mildew that grows on all the whiskey warehouses in Kentucky.
Palate: The palate leans into buttery toffee with a twinge of black licorice next to cinnamon-spiced dark chocolate tobacco and a hint of huckleberry pie with vanilla ice cream.
Finish: The end has a salted caramel sweetness that leads back to a hint of sweet cinnamon and dark tobacco with a light sense of the fermentation room with a hint of sweet gruel.
Why Not? What Else?
This is a really good whiskey … for $40. There are other E.H. Taylor’s (the Single Barrel and Barrel Proof for instance) that merit special pricing and hunting down. This is entry-level and should be treated as such. It’s delicious, don’t get me wrong. But it makes a better Manhattan than a refined sipper.
6. Henry McKenna Single Barrel Bottled In Bond Aged 10 Years
This very affordable offering from Heaven Hill is hard to beat at its price. The juice utilizes a touch of rye in the mash bill and is then aged for ten long years in a bonded rickhouse. The best barrels are chosen by hand and the whiskey is bottled with just a touch of water to bring it down to bottled-in-bond proof.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose opens slightly tannic with rich orange zest and vanilla cream next to woody winter spice, fresh mint, and wet cedar with a hint of gingerbread and burnt cherry.
Palate: The palate hits on soft vanilla white cake with a salted caramel drizzle and burnt orange zest vibe next to apple/pear tobacco leaves dipped in toffee and almond.
Finish: The end has a sour cherry sensation that leads to wintery woody spices, cedar bark, and old cellar beams with a lush vanilla pod and cherry stem finish.
Why Not? What Else?
This whiskey gets a lot of hype. It’s perfectly good bourbon. It makes great cocktails. It works as an easy on the rocks sipper too. But it’s not magic. It’s just a really good $60 bourbon.
This is a non-age-statement bourbon that’s called “Old Weller Antique” (OWA) by those who love the old-school vibes of the expression’s previous iteration. The ripple with this expression is the higher proof. The barrels are vatted and barely proofed down to 107 proof before bottling (the entry proof is 114).
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose opens with a lovely sense of vanilla pods and orange blossom with a hint of old saddle leather and cedar bark next to wild sage, cinnamon and caramel apple fritters, and salted black licorice with a bundle of holiday spices and barks tied up with burnt orange and pine.
Palate: The palate is lush with a cream soda float with malted vanilla ice cream cut with cherries, dark chocolate chips, and espresso flakes next to cinnamon cherry bark tobacco on the mid-palate.
Finish: The end dives toward a thick braid of cedar bark, sage, and blackberry tobacco with a thin line of sweetgrass and vanilla pods woven in there.
Why Not? What Else?
I love mixing cocktails with this whiskey. And that’s what it’s made for really. This is a $50 bottle of really good bourbon that got caught up on the Weller/Pappy/Buffalo Trace hype machine.
All of that aside, you can also still find this on shelves on the right day for its MSRP. That extra means that you shouldn’t be paying a premium for it. Patience pays off with this one.
This is classic Old Forester from a single barrel that’s not cut with any water. When you find these, they’ll generally be a pick from a retailer or bar program. That means they’ll vary slightly, depending on what the person picking the barrel was looking for. Still, there’s a consistency of “Old Forester” running through them all. In this case, this was a barrel pick for Kroger.
Tasting Note:
Nose: There’s a clear sense of dark fruit, especially cherry, that becomes stewed with dark winter spices on the nose with a good dose of dry tobacco in an old cedar box that’s wrapped up in old leather.
Palate: A hint of old dry roses sneaks in on the palate as those spices and syrupy cherry and berries intensify and attach to the chewy tobacco.
Finish: The mid-palate sweetens with an almost rose-water marzipan vibe as the cherry tobacco dried out pretty significantly, leaving you with a sense of pitchy pine sap and your grandparent’s old tobacco pipe that’s still hot to touch.
Why Not? What Else?
These are always really, really good. Brown-Forman rarely misses. But, these are generally available on the shelf for $79 to $129 in the stores they go to (Kroger’s, Total Wine, Liquor Barn, Binny’s, Spec’s, etc.).
If you see a single barrel pick for Old Forester on your local liquor store or grocery store shelf for under $100, buy two — if they’ll let you. They’re the perfect in-store barrel pick bottle for around $100, nothing more.
Buffalo Trace’s Blanton Single Barrel is made up of hand-selected single barrels that meet the sky-high standards of former Master Distiller Elmer T. Lee, who created the expression back in 1984.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: There’s a clear sense of Christmas spices right away, leaning towards honey spiked with vanilla and an old cedar cigar humidor.
Palate: The taste holds onto the spice, especially nutmeg, as caramel kettle corn, more fresh honey, fresh red berries, and vanilla husks dominate the palate.
Finish: The end doesn’t overstay its welcome as hints of eggnog spice, dry vanilla, and popped corn surface on the fade.
Why Not? What Else?
Okay, now we’re getting into the big ones. Don’t pay more than $69-$79 for a bottle of Blanton’s. Sign up for newsletters, join liquor store membership programs, and take the time to learn release dates. This is a great bourbon for 70-odd bucks. Beyond that, it’s just hype.
Back in the spring of 2005, a humble bourbon was made with Kentucky distiller’s corn, Minnesota rye, and North Dakota barley. That hot juice was then filled into new white oak from Independent Stave from Missouri with a #4 char level (55 seconds) and stacked in Buffalo Trace’s warehouses H, K, and L on floors one and four. It was left alone for 17 years, which allowed 70% of the whiskey to be lost to the angels. In 2022, the barrels were batched and the bourbon was proofed down to 101 proof and was bottled as-is.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose subtly draws you in with soft pipe tobacco that feels fresh and vibrant next to dried sour cherries dipped in salted dark chocolate and rolled in vanilla seeds and vanilla-laced streusel with a good dose of woody maple syrup with this fleeting hint of red brick, moldy cellar beams, and soft and sandy cellar dirt floor.
Palate: Old maple trees dripping with sap lead to a rich salted caramel candy vibe next to rich vanilla pound cake topped with a creamy dark chocolate frosting and bespeckled with orange zest, dried cranberries bits, and crushed espresso beans.
Finish: The mid-palate takes on a woody spiciness with a whisper of apple bark that informs a spiced Christmas cake full of soft cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, mace, and maybe some anise and dried dark fruits with creamy eggnog baseline next to old Whether’s Originals wrapped up in dry tobacco leaves and stacked in a musty pine box for safekeeping.
Why Not? What Else?
This is a $99 bottle of whiskey. The hype around this is so massive that you’ll be lucky to find it for $2,000. That’s a shame because it’s delicious.
But do you know what else is delicious? Eagle Rare 10. It also only costs $50. Just get an Eagle 10. Hell, buy a case of 12 for $600. That’s one a month for the next year and you’ll still have about $1,400 leftover, in the best-case scenario.
This ultra-rare Willet release is from their old Bardstown distillery-sourced stocks. It’s bottled completely as-is from a single barrel.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Dark and almost smoky notes of singed vanilla pods and espresso beans lead to dark cherry bark and cinnamon sticks soaked in mulled wine with a dash of worn boot leather and dusty cellar oak.
Palate: There’s a cherries sweetness on the front of the palate with an old angel food cake vibe next to walnut shells and waxy cacao nibs.
Finish: The mid-palate explodes with ABV heat and a sharp and spicy tobacco buzz next to cherry bark and applewood was thrown into an old smoker and hit with rum raisin, burnt toffee, and campfire-burnt oranges dipped in dark chocolate all leading back to that heavy ABV heat.
Why Not? What Else?
This is obviously a huge collectible bourbon at this price. And as an investment, it makes sense how it’s priced.
But if you go to Heaven Hill on the right day, you can get an Elijah Craig 23-Year-Old Single Barrel bottle for $400. Hint, hint.
If it seems that everyone is being diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), there may be a reason and it’s likely not the reason people think. Diagnostic criteria were initially based off of how ADHD presented in white children who were mostly male, so if you fell outside of that box your diagnosis was often overlooked. This is especially true in girls who then turned into undiagnosed or misdiagnosed women.
But it’s not just women who were undiagnosed since the criteria mostly included ways in which hyperactivity showed up—you know, the “H” in ADHD. But not everyone with ADHD presents with the stereotypical hyperactivity bit. Dr. Heather Brannon breaks down ways in which ADHD is missed and how to identify it in adults.
In the first few minutes of the video, Brannon drops a statistic that feels mind-boggling: “75% of adults with anxiety actually have ADHD as the cause of their anxiety.” Even though I fit into that category, consider my mind completely boggled because I thought I was a rarity and my psychiatrist was a magician. Turns out, he was probably just up to date on his continuing education credits.
Brannon talks about how people who may express feelings of overwhelm, anxiousness, and tiredness and who are easily frustrated may actually have undiagnosed ADHD. Turns out, it’s pretty easy to overlook ADHD that presents with more of the attention deficit part of the diagnosis than the hyperactivity part. When someone is having difficulty sitting still, talking so fast that you can barely keep up and is constantly on the go, it’s pretty easy to pinpoint there may be an issue.
But when the person is quiet, sits still but misses large chunks of conversations or is chronically forgetful and sleepy, it’s much easier to miss the signs, according to Brannon.
Brannon says many people feel bad about themselves without knowing why, so having an answer for why you’re feeling this way can be helpful. The video is really fascinating and may help others recognize signs within themselves or with loved ones.
When a newborn comes in, parents have to make adaptations to their lives. And to be certain, it’s a whole lot more than just baby-proofing the house. Even once beloved hobbies might have to evolve. But where there’s creativity, there’s a way.
Case and point—this brilliant dad hack for watching sports during naptime.
Makenzie Waters, aka @makwaters on TikTok, shared an adorable video of her husband—clearly, a Cowboys fan, as indicated by his shorts—avidly watching a football game while Coop, their little one, stayed fast asleep.
How was he able to pull it off? With oven mitts, of course.
As the game plays at a low volume, the clever dad can be seen cheering silently. The oven mitts come into play when he gingerly picks up his beer to take a covert swig, or when he simply must clap emphatically for his team—which is often.
“He learned his lesson,” Waters wrote in the video’s caption, indicating that maybe her husband picked up this hack the hard way.
The hilarious video quickly went viral, and ignited a variety of comments online. Many were applauding the unconventional parenting strategy.
“Respect for that. Find a way to do it,” a commenter wrote.
“This is so much better than the videos of the dad just doing it and getting irritated when baby cries. He’s adapting!” another added.
Others felt like the opposite approach might have been better. One person wrote, “This is why you train your baby to be around lots of noise and different sounds especially when asleep!”
While this might be true to some degree, experts do say that exposure to loud noise (above 80 decibels) can be potentially harmful. And in this case—given that even the mildest sports viewing can get quite loud—the oven mitt method might have been the safest.
Perhaps the best takeaway from this is that parenting doesn’t always have to mean total sacrifice of the other things that bring you joy. All in all, this seems like a win-win. Or a win-win-win, if you count the Cowboys’ victory.
With the Dallas Cowboys successfully making it to another round of the playoffs, it seems this dad will have a few more silent games to enjoy. And hopefully, those will also be filmed, giving us even more wholesome TikTok content to enjoy.
After a three year absence, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is making a surprise return to China. In February, both Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will premiere in the country, making them the first since 2019’s Spider-Man: Far From Home. As for why the franchise has been banned from Chinese theaters all these years, the Chinese Film Association has never officially said. However, it’s not hard to figure out why, and it’s uh, not great.
Film industry analysts have raised several potential reasons over the years, including the presence of LGBTQ+ characters and symbols of US patriotism, like the Statue of Liberty; the hiring of the Eternals director Chloé Zhao, who was criticised for statements she made about her home country in interviews; and growing political tension between the US and China.
The Guardian cites reports that Spider-Man: No Way Home was allegedly banned because of its prominent use of the Statue of Liberty in the film’s climax, and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness was not approved because it featured both a lesbian couple and a newspaper that is critical of the Chinese Communist party.
As for whether the Marvel films set for release in February have been edited to ensure a Chinese release… we don’t know yet. It is a lucrative market for theatrical releases during a time when even studios like Disney are looking for revenue increases following the pandemic. However, China is also looking to boost its own economy and seems to be more receptive to Hollywood of late. Avatar: The Way of Water was allowed to be released during the Lunar new year holiday, which is typically reserved for domestic releases, so maybe everyone is chilling out across the board.
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