Letitia Wright‘s entire presence was a tribute to the late Chadwick Boseman at the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Hollywood premiere. The actress, who is heavily rumored to be the new Black Panther in the film (especially after the latest trailer), showed up wearing an outfit that was a touching homage to Boseman’s look at the 2018 Oscars.
You can see Wright’s ensemble below, complete with the Wakanda salute:
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And here’s Boseman at the 2018 Oscars:
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The looks are practically identical, and it’s both an excellent tribute and a neat little callback to Wright’s onscreen brother. As for the daunting task of making Wakanda Forever without Boseman, Wright still isn’t prepared for the emotional weight of the film finally being seen by the world.
“I’m bracing,” Wright told Variety on the red carpet. “I’ve seen some member’s of Chad’s team. When we lock eyes, we know how this feels. We have to take a step away. I see my aunt locking my eyes with me, she’s very proud. I have to take a step away… It’s emotional. We’re trying to hold it together.”
Fortunately, early reactions to Wakanda Forever have been overwhelmingly positive. Critics are blown away by the way the sequel delicately weaves paying tribute to Boseman and moving the world of Wakanda into a new era as it faces its greatest adversary yet: Tenoch Huerta’s Namor.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever hits theaters on November 11.
It’s impossible to pick the best performance on House of the Dragon. Heck, it’s hard even deciding who’s the “better” Alicent: Emily Carey or Olivia Cooke. But Emma D’Arcy, who plays Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen, belongs in the top-five. At least. An Emmy nomination should be inevitable, and if/when that happens, D’Arcy would be recognized with the gender-neutral title of “Performer” on their nomination certificate and trophy.
D’Arcy, who uses they/them pronouns, told Entertainment Weekly that they have a “complicated relationship” with “having a public profile,” following the world-conquering success of House of the Dragon. But “I suppose being able to help the broad spectrum of gender identities sounds like a good reason to have one.” They added, “So I feel very lucky to just continue what for me is a very exciting plane of discussion — and nice to be able to do that both to an extent onscreen and separately offscreen.”
“I find that a perfect cocktail of surprising, bemusing, and intensely flattering. All of my body wants to give a flippant answer in terms of a great drink finally getting the recognition that it deserves. Very surreal and very lovely… I don’t have anything illuminating to say on it because it’s very hard to know how to react when you become a meme. Someone should write an essay on that, actually. I would definitely read it.”
House of the Dragon season two is expected to start filming in the first half of 2023. Hopefully they wrap in time for D’Arcy to celebrate National Prosecco Day (August 13) without having to act while hungover.
Each new month brings with it new weather, holidays, and various things to look forward to, and October is no different. Sure, the weather is growing grayer and the days are getting shorter, but it’s also a great month to carve pumpkins, throw on a warm sweater, and drink beer. Even better, because it’s a transitional season the beer choices are practically unlimited.
Is it surprisingly warm and sunny one day? Grab a fresh hop IPA to enjoy a few more hoppy, fresh sips before the warm weather is gone until spring. Feel an unseasonably cold chill in the air? Why not crack open a toasty, roasty, warming smoked porter? Is the day a bit gray and rainy, but reasonably warm? How about a yeasty, funky farmhouse ale or Saison? You see where I’m going here.
There are so many options taht we decided the best way to figure out what to drink this month was to go to the professionals for help. We asked 10 well-known craft beer experts and brewers to tell us the one beer they crave in October.
With their close proximity to the promised land of U.S.-grown hops, Fremont Brewing in Seattle works with hop farmers in the Yakima valley with generations of knowledge to further progress the field by sustainably growing organic hops on a small 2-acre plot of land then brewing a limited quantity of a wet-hopped beer each year with those hops. Citrus pith, pine needle, and a bright verdant profile shine through in this unique beer only found for a short time in October. Cheers to organic farming!
When it comes to beers well-suited for October weather, my favorite beer of all time is Alaskan Smoked Porter, a delicious beer with malts that are smoked the same way salmon is smoked in Alaska. The smokier the better, I say.
The beers from Wallonia have inspired many great breweries in America and Oxbow is one of my favorites. They are well known and respected for making farmhouse ales and lagers at their picturesque brewery in Maine. I love a smokey beer in the months leading up to winter and Life On Biére De Mars combines my love of a funky farmhouse ale with a more than nuanced smoke character that pairs well with the falling leaves.
I always look forward to Grain Belt from August Schell. I have friends that go up to the Great Lakes every fall and bring me a couple of cases. It’s just a nice, easy-drinking light lager that is balanced perfectly between malt and hops. What more could you want in an October beer?
While I’m not usually a huge fan of pumpkin beers, which have always seemed gimmicky to me, I have to say that Elysian’s Pumpkin Ale does a pretty amazing balancing act. This beer pours a golden copper with all the signature autumn aromas you’d expect: cinnamon, clove, vanilla, and pumpkin, all wrapped up nicely with light malty notes. This beer was smooth and rich with notes of molasses and gingerbread — like the holidays in a glass. This one might just have changed my mind about the pumpkin thing.
Unibroue La Fin Du Monde
Unibroue
Parker Penley, lead innovation brewer at Widmer Brothers in Portland, Oregon
Unibroue La Fin Du Monde is a great beer for October. It has enough body flavor for the season change but is not as heavy as the imperial stouts and winter warmers people tend to move toward during the coldest months. It is a lovely beer to sit with in Autumn evenings watching the brightly colored leaves blowing around on the ground. Enjoy this well-crafted and delicious Belgian Tripel in a tulip glass and bask in the glory of the harvest season.
Monkless Meet Your Maker
Monkless
Garth E. Beyer, certified Cicerone® and owner and founder of Garth’s Brew Bar in Madison, Wisconsin
ABV: 9%
Average Price: Limited Availability
Why This Beer?
Being in Wisconsin, the weather has no mercy on us in October. The fierceness of the seasonal transition has me reaching for Meet Your Maker, every year. It’s a Belgian strong dark ale by Monkless Belgian Ales. It has rich but wispy flavors of dark fruit, caramel, raisin, and a touch of toffee to it. This is a beer that I’d say has some serious soul to it and really forces you to slow down and smell the roses dates.
Firestone Walker Oaktoberfest
Firestone Walker
Max Shafer, brewmaster at Roadhouse Brewing in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
If there is one seasonal trend in beer I will always get on board with, it is Oktoberfest-style lagers. Every October I look forward to finding Oaktoberfest from Firestone Walker. I love this take on a hyper-traditional style of beer. The oak comes through and rounds out the flavor making it the perfect beer to sip as the days grow shorter and the temperatures fall.
I don’t know that it’s necessarily considered a Fall beer, but in Texas where the line blurs between summer heat and cooler fall temperatures, I always enjoy Saison Dupont. It’s effervescent and light-bodied enough for the warmer days, but the amazingly spicy aroma is perfect when we get a bit of cooler air.
TRVE Brewing October Rust
TRVE Brewing
Nico Cervantes, brewer at Resolute Brewing in Centennial, Colorado
ABV: 6%
Average Price: Limited Availability
Why This Beer?
October Rust from TRVE Brewing. The malt flavors and crispy body of TRVE’s seasonal Märzen-style lager are perfect for some of the last remaining warm days and the first initial chilly evenings of fall. It’s a beer I always look forward to drinking each and every year. Plus, it’s named after one of the greatest albums of all time, so what’s not to like?
This morning, an email that was sent from Kanye West‘s Donda Academy school to its students was leaked. “First, we would like to express our gratitude for the community of families and scholars that Donda Academy brought together,” it read. “However, at the discretion of our Founder, Donda Academy will close for the remainder of the 2022-2023 school year effective immediately, Thursday, October 27. THERE IS NO SCHOOL TOMORROW.”
Considering the event of West being dropped by a plethora of companies due to recent antisemitic comments on Twitter, this made sense. However, a newer email, sent about four hours after the first, has been obtained and shared by TMZ. It reads: “Join us tomorrow morning in worship for the return of Donda Academy. With the help of our parents and community, we are back and returning with a vengeance! The children of Donda are going to change the world. Apologies for the late email! See you bright and early!”
Along with this, it was recently reported by Forbes that he is estimated to no longer be a billionaire. West already shared his thoughts on that this morning, posting: “ARI EMMANUEL, I LOST 2 BILLION DOLLARS IN ONE DAY AND I’M STILL ALIVE. THIS IS LOVE SPEECH. I STILL LOVE YOU. GOD STILL LOVES YOU. THE MONEY IS NOT WHO I AM, THE PEOPLE IS WHO I AM.”
For a while there, I completely forgot about the existence of actor and director John Krasinski. But he’s back in my brain this week thanks to a disturbing puppet and the new trailer for season three of his Amazon Prime series, Tom Clancy’sJack Ryan, in which he plays, you guessed it, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan. The series, based on Clancy’s political thriller novels, premiered its first season in 2018 and its second season in 2019.
Here’s the series synopsis, from Prime:
When CIA analyst Jack Ryan stumbles upon a suspicious series of bank transfers his search for answers pulls him from the safety of his desk job and catapults him into a deadly game of cat and mouse throughout Europe and the Middle East, with a rising terrorist figurehead preparing for a massive attack against the US and her allies.
The second season took Jack to Venezuela, where he discovered an elaborate conspiracy. In the third season, he’ll be in Rome, working as a CIA case officer. There, he discovers a plan to restore the Soviet Empire. Juicy!
Jack Ryan stars, of course, Krasinski as Jack Ryan along with Wendell Pierce and Michael Kelly. Joining the cast in season three include Betty Gabriel and theMichael Peña, who will also appear as Ding Chavez in the fourth and final season. A spin-off starring Peña is currently in the development phase.
The third season of Jack Ryan arrives on Amazon on December 21, which either means you’ll have something to talk about over the holidays, or you will be prepared for what your Tom Clancy-obsessed uncle will be talking about over the holidays. If you are the Tom Clancy-obsessed uncle who has been waiting three years for this, congratulations and happy holidays!
The Perfect Manhattan is one of those drinks that (good) bartenders know about and like to tinker with but hasn’t quite hit the mainstream yet (or again, really). Like a lot of classic cocktails, this one has been around for centuries. The mix is a tad lighter than the heavy winter vibes of a classic Manhattan thanks to the “perfect” balance of both dry and sweet vermouth.
That addition of dry vermouth really helps this cocktail pop while still holding onto the deeper and darker flavors from the rye whiskey and botanical/floral sweet vermouth. The addition of a little orange oil and dark cherry bring that extra layer of late-fall feels. All together, you’ll have a great, deep but light, and fresh cocktail in your hand for easy sipping.
This is also a very easily batch-able cocktail (like all Manhattan variations). Simply change the ounces to cups and times the dashes of bitter by four. That’ll give you a four-pour batch of Perfect Manhattans for your next party. You can calculate up from there so let’s get stirring!
Also Read: The Top Five Cocktail Recipes of the Last Six Months
Always use quality ingredients to make quality cocktails at home. I’m using Michter’s US *1 Barrel Strength Rye, which is admittedly expensive. But goddamn does this whiskey make a killer Manhattan.
I also like to pair the vermouths within a single brand just to add a layer of continuity. It’s not that you can’t use Italian sweet vermouth and Spanish dry vermouth but they never quite cohere as well in my professional opinion. In this case, I’m going with Noilly Prat for both.
Zach Johnston
What You’ll Need:
Cocktail glass, Nick and Nora, coupe, or lowball
Cocktail jar/mixing jug
Cocktail strainer
Barspoon
Spear
Jigger
Zach Johnston
Method:
Prechill the glass in the freezer.
Add the rye, vermouths, and bitters to a mixing glass. Add a large handful of ice and use the barspoon to stir the cocktail until the glass is ice-cold to touch (about 20 to 30 seconds).
Retrieve the glass from the freezer and strain the cocktail into the glass. Express the oils from the orange peel over the cocktail and rub the peel around the rim and bowl of the glass, discard.
Spear a cherry and drop it into the glass. Serve.
Bottom Line:
Zach Johnston
Yup, it’s refreshing, deeply flavored, and light enough to beg for just one more. The rye truly shines through with a hint of dark rye bread crust with a hint of fennel and spearmint next to woody spices, fresh citrus notes, and a hint of toffee sweetness. The vermouth adds a teeter-totter between dry-and-light and deep-and-florally sweet.
Overall, this is a great cocktail to have in your arsenal as Halloween parties start popping off this weekend. It’s devilishly easy to make, has a nice nuance to an already-know classic, and it tastes really f*cking good.
On this weekend’s Saturday Night Live, Jack Harlow is the guest of honor, serving as both host and musical guest. Now, we know how next weekend’s episode (on November 5) is going to look: SNL announced today that Amy Schumer will host while Steve Lacy will be the musical guest.
It remains to be seen just how Lacy will fit the show into his busy schedule, as he’s in the middle of his Give You The World tour right now. Lacy’s website currently indicates that during the week leading up to the show, he’ll be in Tucson on October 30, Las Vegas on the 31st, San Diego on November 2, Oakland on November 4, and Vancouver on November 6. So, either Lacy plans to give himself little time to actually prepare in-person in New York for the performance, or some of those tour dates could be canceled or postponed.
When it comes time for the show, perhaps Lacy will follow in Phoebe Bridgers’ footsteps but smash a camera instead of a guitar.
Jack Harlow is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
When Matthew Perry sat down to write a pretty heavy memoir about addiction and recovery, he might not have thought that everyone would be shocked by the various celebrity tidbits he had sprinkled in there. But that’s what people are interested in, so that’s what stuck!
First, news broke that Perry wished that Keanu Reeves was dead in an excerpt from his memoir. This was maybe blown out of proportion, but that happens when you come for America’s Sweetheart Keanu Reeves. He later clarified his comments, but it still stung!
Then, in another excerpt, Perry claimed that he had once made out with then-costar Valerie Bertinelli… while her husband Eddie Van Halen was “passed out 10 feet away.” Page Six reported that Perry and Bertinelli had “a long, elaborate make-out session,” while they were working on their short-lived 1990 sitcom Sydney. Perry claimed that their marriage was “troubled” and that he dreamed “elaborate fantasies about [Valerie] leaving Eddie Van Halen and living out the rest of her days” with him. That clearly didn’t happen, but Van Halen and Bertinelli divorced in 2001.
Now, Bertinelli seems to have responded to the ordeal in a TikTok. The actress uploaded a clip featuring Taylor Swift’s “Anti-Hero” to express how she really feels. “Anyone else misbehave in their 20’s and early 30’s?” she captioned the TikTok, which features her looking embarrassed. “Are you mortified?” The audio features the lyrics “It’s me, Hi/ I’m the problem it’s me.” While she doesn’t explicitly mention Perry, her reaction is enough.
Perry has not reacted to the slight dig (probably because TikTok is more popular for those under 30) but he might regret putting out all of his secrets in one memoir. Yes, it’s all in the past and was over 30 years ago, but using “Bad Blood” by Taylor Swift for her next TikTok would be a great power move!
Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing hits bookshelves on November 1.
Finding the best value bourbon is getting harder and harder. There are more bottles on the shelf these days in the $40-$75 price range that are more about marketing than anything else than ever before. There are still great bottles of bourbon in the $15 to $30 range, they’re just being pushed more and more to the fringes as the bourbon boom carries on unabated. One thing that’s truer than it’s ever been is that it pays to be a knowledgeable consumer, which is why I’m going to help find you some great value bourbons with a blind taste test.
Below, I’ll be tasting eight bottles of bourbon whiskey that all punch far above their price points (the average price of all of these bottles is just $22.62). One of the secrets of bourbon is that a whole hell of a lot of it is between four and six years old when it’s batched and bottled. At that age, it can only get so good, no matter what a marketing team tells you. So the question becomes, why pay $50, $60, or $75 for a four to six-year-old sourced bourbon with a fancy label when you can pay $20 for what’s essentially the same juice? Consumers often pay twice as much for the same thing in a different bottle.
Yes, different brands create unique flavor profiles that make them stand out from each other, no one is arguing that’s not true. But the quality of that brown juice is only going to be microscopically better or worse — that’s where true value resides. So maybe read through the below blind tasting and ranking, and then when you’re at the liquor store and you see that fancily labeled bottle of regular old bourbon for $60, buy two or three of the bottles below instead. Just a suggestion.
Our lineup today is:
Evan Williams Bottled-in-Bond
Kirkland Signature Single Barrel by Barton 1792 Master Distillers
J.T.S. Brown Bottled In Bond
Jim Beam Single Barrel
Benchmark Small Batch
Wild Turkey 101
Elijah Craig Small Batch
Woodford Reserve
Let’s dive in.
Also Read: The Top 5 UPROXX Bourbon Posts Of The Last Six Months
There’s a lovely nose at play with soft taco mix spice next to creamy vanilla, caramel-dipped cherries, a hint of pear skins, and plenty of nutmeg. The palate has a minor not of cornbread muffins next to cherry-vanilla tobacco with a dash of leather and toffee. The end leans into some fresh gingerbread with a vanilla frosting next to hints of pear candy cut with cinnamon and nutmeg.
This is a damn good place to start. This is well-rounded, deep, and not overly sweet while maintaining a nice and varied fruitiness.
Taste 2
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
This is a classic nose full of salted caramel next to dried red chili, Mounds bars, mulled wine spices, and creamy vanilla malt milkshakes with a cherry on top. The palate really leans into the sour mulled wine focusing on star anise, cardamom, allspice, cinnamon, and maybe even some cumin next o brown sugar clumps, creamy eggnog, and a cherry-dark chocolate tobacco vibe with a slightly woody edge. The end into the spiciness and wood with a hint of black potting soil, firewood bark, and warm cinnamon in a cherry-apple hot buttered rum cider.
Goddamn, this is delicious. It’s lush and bold at the same time. It’s higher in ABV but never overpowers or burns your palate. It’s also a classic bourbon that runs deep into the woods and dirt in a way that makes sense on that finish.
Taste 3
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
There’s a clear sense of cream soda cut with cherry syrup next to Hot Tamales cinnamon spiciness, dry leather gloves, caramel chews, and a hint of a Graham Cracker crust for a pie. The palate opens with a rush of classic cherry-vanilla creaminess next to plenty of nutmeg and cinnamon toast with a hint of woody pipe tobacco. The end has a note of creamy eggnog with a woody cinnamon stick dipped into cherry syrup and rolled up in an old tobacco leaf.
This was very standard but very good for being standard. It wasn’t bold or life-changing but it was kind of everything you need from a pour of bourbon whiskey.
Taste 4
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
Vanilla pound cake and salted caramel are countered by spicy cherry tobacco, mulled wine vibes, and dark chocolate cut with orange zest and a hint of corn husk. The palate brings in some floral honey sweetness and more orange oils with a sticky toffee pudding feel next to more spicy cherry tobacco and a hint of coconut cream pie. The end amps up the cherry with a little more sweetness than spice before salted dark chocolate tobacco folds into dry sweetgrass and cedar bark before a hint of fountain Cherry Coke pops on the very back end with a sense of sitting in an old wicker rocking chair.
This is just f*cking delicious. It’s straightforward but then goes that little bit deeper (orange, coconut, sweetgrass, old wicker), which helps this really stand out.
Taste 5
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
This opens with a clear sense of old boot leather, wet wicker with a hint of mold, floral honey, and dried chili-infused cherry crumble with a scoop of malted vanilla ice cream with just a speck of dark chocolate and salt. The palate is classic bourbon with sweet cinnamon, dark cherry, eggnog creaminess, and a hint of toffee mocha lattes. The end has a hint of butter cornbread next to rum-raisin, vanilla white cake, and cherry-bark tobacco stems in an old cedar box.
I don’t know how else to say it, this is really nice too. It was deep and interesting.
Taste 6
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
This is a cherry bomb on the nose with deep notes of burnt orange, buttery toffee, old oak staves, and cumin-heavy taco seasoning with a hint of old leather gloves. The palate has a vanilla pudding cup vibe next to butterscotch candies, nougat, and a twinge of menthol tobacco on the mid-palate. The end of this is a classic cascade of bourbon notes: caramel, vanilla, cherry, winter spice, and light woodiness.
This was another classic but was a little light on the finish. It wasn’t low-ABV but it kind of just ended.
Taste 7
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
There’s a light sense of rickhouse wood beams next to that mild taco seasoning on the nose with caramel apples, vanilla ice cream scoops, and a hint of fresh mint with a sweet/spicy edge. The palate opens with a seriously smooth vanilla base with some winter spice (especially cinnamon and allspice) next to a hint of grain and apple pie filling. The end leans towards the woodiness with a hint of broom bristle and minty tobacco lead undercut by that smooth vanilla.
This was very smooth but also a little light. It landed really well but also kind of just ended without a lasting finish.
Taste 8
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
This opens with a rush of Martinelli’s Sparkling Apple Cider, pear candy, and vanilla cake with a hint of dark chocolate, orange zest, salted caramel, and some sour red berries tossed with fresh tobacco and mint. The palate opens with some dried apple skins next to cinnamon sticks floating in hot and spicy apple cider, a hint of mint tobacco, and salted orange dark chocolate bars. The end has a nougat wafer vibe next to caramel and vanilla cookies with a hint of old porch wicker and boot leather.
This was also light but way deeper than the last two. This is a fun pour with a nice balance that’s just inviting.
This is Elijah Craig’s entry-point bottle. The mash is corn-focused, with more malted barley than rye. The whiskey is then rendered from “small batches” of barrels to create this proofed-down version of the iconic brand.
Bottom Line:
I was surprised to see this last but here we are. Overall, this was a fine pour but that light finish informed this more as a cocktail base than anything else. This is something that you build with.
This is a quality whiskey from Heaven Hill’s expansive bourbon mash bill (78% corn, 12% malted barley, and 10% rye). That means this is the same base juice as Elijah Craig, Evan Williams, several Parker’s Heritages, and Henry McKenna. It’s a bottled-in-bond, meaning it’s from similar stock to their iconic Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond, amongst others on this very list.
Bottom Line:
This was also a decent pour of whiskey. I feel like you could get away with this on the rocks but you really want to be mixing with this one. It’s a great base for cocktails (and holy shit, this is cheap).
Classic Wild Turkey 101 starts with their classic 75/13/12 mash bill that inches the malted barley just above the rye in the mix. That whiskey then spends at least six years in the cask before it’s batched and just kissed with Kentucky limestone water before bottling.
Bottom Line:
Another classic pour but, again, this felt like a cocktail base more than a sipper.
This is a one-step-up “small batch” from Buffalo Trace’s budget brand, Benchmark. There’s not a whole lot of information on what this is exactly when it comes to the mash bill or aging. The “batch” could be 20 barrels or 200. We do know that the bourbon is cut down to 90-proof before bottling.
Bottom Line:
I liked this a lot. It was well-rounded but felt more like something I’d passively drink on a weekday eve when I really didn’t want to think about anything else.
The mash bill on this bourbon is mid-range rye heavy with 18% of the grain in the bill for support. Triple distilling in pot stills (like Irish whiskey) and blending with column-distilled whiskey is utilized. The bourbon then rests for six to seven years — taking time to mature before barrels are pulled for blending, proofing, and bottling.
Bottom Line:
This really is a solid goddamn bourbon whiskey. It’s deeply hewn and has a varied profile that’s always fresh and fun. It’s also a great value in that you’re getting a bourbon that’s a little extra (thanks to more distillation and longer aging than your average juice). Still, this is very much in the “great cocktail whiskey” category that also works on the rocks with a dash of bitters.
The juice is standard Evan Williams that’s blended from bonded barrels. The juice is brought down to 100 proof, allowing a bit more of that Heaven Hill craft to shine in the bottle compared to a standard Black Label Evan Williams bottle.
Bottom Line:
This is where we get into the sippable on the rocks bourbons. I use this for cocktails too, don’t get me wrong. But this really has a nice flavor profile that delivers serious depth. The only reason it’s not higher on the list is that it didn’t quite pop as much as the next two.
Each of these Jim Beam bottlings is pulled from single barrels that hit just the right spot of taste, texture, and drinkability, according to the master distillers at Beam. That means this juice is pulled from less than one percent of all barrels in Beam’s warehouses, making this a very special bottle at a bafflingly affordable price.
Bottom Line:
This is a killer pour of whiskey. It’s deep yet familiar. There’s nice nuance but it doesn’t get lost in the weeds. You always know that you’re sipping stellar and classic bourbon whiskey.
1. Kirkland Signature Single Barrel by Barton 1792 Master Distillers — Taste 2
This Costco release is sourced from Sazerac’s other Kentucky distillery, Barton 1792 Distillery down in Bardstown, Kentucky. The whiskey in the bottle is very likely the same distillate/barrels as 1792 Full Proof. However, this is proofed down a tiny bit below that at 120 proof instead of 125 proof, adding some nuance to this release.
Bottom Line:
This was the winner with ease. There’s so much good stuff going on with the whiskey from the deep nose to the fresh and fun taste profile to the long and satisfying finish. This is a killer bottle of whiskey (it popped as number one blind without knowing the price) that’s also an amazing value at $32 for a one-liter bottle.
Part 3: Final Thoughts
Zach Johnston
There’s just no beating that Kirkland Signature Single Barrel. It lives up to the hype while also delivering something truly solid. Moreover, it is an amazing deal for a liter of single-barrel whiskey at 120 proof. I’ve said before and I’ll say it again, it might just be the best deal in bourbon whiskey right now.
All of that said, every bottle on this list is a great deal/value. Every one of these bottles offers a little something different on the profile but everyone is also truly well-made and even better priced. In the end, you cannot go wrong grabbing any of these bottles. But to really amp up that value prospect, you have to go to Costco, folks.
Sir Jonathan Price obviously received his knightly distinction from Queen Elizabeth I. He also joined The Crown to portray the older Prince Philip. He did so despite the royal opposition to the show, particularly while it careens toward painting then-Prince Charles in an increasingly unflattering 1990s light. This fifth season will include the final phases of Charles and Princess Diana’s disintegrating marriage, throughout which he still saw Camilla Parker Bowles, who is now the real-life Queen Consort. As shown above, the series will also include Philip’s special “friend/confidante” Penny Knatchbull, who will be portrayed by Natasha McElhone.
Price has heard all about the rising backlash to this season. Some of the fuss came from Dame Judi Dench, who reportedly entered into “serious” discussions for picking up a small role Season 5. Criticism also comes from the likes of Piers Morgan, who’s furious about Prince “Harry’s silence” on the show. Interestingly enough, Harry was a fan of Matt Smith as a younger Philip, and he’s also a Netflix content maker, so there’s a lot going on there.
Meanwhile, Pryce wants his “fellow artistes” to chill out. Here’s what he told Deadline:
The Crown’s Jonathan Pryce, who portrays Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in the show’s upcoming fifth season, has told Deadline he’s “bitterly disappointed” by those he termed “my fellow artistes,” for publicly criticizing the drama and demanding it carry a disclaimer.
Pryce was referring to comments made by Judi Dench in The Times where she called the series “cruelly unjust to the individuals and damaging to the institution they represent.”
Following Dench’s criticism, Netflix added a “fictional dramatisation” to the latest trailer on YouTube. The season also reportedly angered royal sources with a Season 5 episode, that portrays Charles as extremely salty about having to wait to be king. Well, Charles had to wait three more decades to be king, and he’ll be formally coronated next May. By that point, everyone will (hopefully) have given their take on the current The Crown controversy.
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