Chicago rapper Lil Eazzyy made an impressive entry to the rap game in 2020 with his debut EP Underrated and its lead single, “Onna Come Up.” The 18-year-old was still in grade school during the first wave of Chicago drill music, but it clearly had an effect on him and he’s got a knack for expressing the numbed sentiments that originators Chief Keef, G Herbo, Lil Durk, and King Louie brought to the nascent genre. Maybe that’s why he was able to secure one of those artists, G Herbo, to appear on the song’s remix, keeping pace with his elder the entire time.
In the intervening years since the genre’s initial explosion out of the Windy City’s youth movement in the early 2010s, many of its original purveyors have recently rejuvenated their careers and attained even greater heights, with Herbo chief among them. His pair of collaborations with Atlanta producer Southside — Swervo and Still Swervin — raised his profile considerably so that when he returned to solo work in 2020 with PTSD, the album debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 and he appeared on Forbes‘ 30 Under 30 list.
Unfortunately, Herbo’s resurgence could be derailed by his recent arrest for identity fraud but giving his blessing to the next generation may be the best way to keep his name buzzing in the Chicago scene for another big comeback down the line.
Listen to the “Onna Come Up” remix above.
Lil Eazzyy is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Periodically I go through these funks where I see a run of bad or just meh movies that makes watching movies for a living really feel like a job, and I start to worry I may never see a good movie again. It takes a great movie to snap me out of it, and this week, that movie was Some Kind Of Heaven, about as close as it gets to a perfect documentary. (Available now in select theaters and for VOD rental).
Directed by young South Floridian and Sundance fellow Lance Oppenheim, Some Kind Of Heaven is a portrait of The Villages retirement community outside of Orlando, a Disneyworld-like slice of augmented reality with a population of more than 130,000, set on a movie-backdrop paradise of golf courses, swimming pools, and margarita bars. Another South Florida documentarian, Billy Corben, who loves to try to explain Florida to outsiders, describes Florida as “a sunny place for shady people,” and once told me “The whole state started as a real estate scam and, in a way, it’s never really grown out of that. We are America’s perpetual rebellious teenager.”
Perhaps the pinnacle of that real estate scam is the Villages, a kind of Tomorrowland for older folks rebelling against the concept of growing old. Even as a viewer you can’t help but be taken in by Oppenheim’s portrait of The Villages, shot in such vivid technicolor that, after the drab white elephant awards movies and hastily shot schlock I’d been slogging through all week, made me feel like the kids in Pleasantville seeing color for the first time. It’s also perfectly fitting for the setting, a place that resembles a Glendale shopping mall draped in a conceptual Hawaiian shirt.
Of course, it’s the characters that make Some Kind Of Heaven so compelling, and they’re all attempting to live out a fantasy of some kind or another. It’s tempting to imagine “adulthood” as this mythical life stage in which one puts away childish things and faces reality, but the characters in Some Kind Of Heaven prove — well, mostly the men do, anyway — that it’s possible to inhabit your self-built delusion basically until the day you die. Provided you can force the women in your life to go along with it, that is.
As one character in Some Kind Of Heaven puts it, The Villages is sort of like college, a giant party school where people from all different places can come to reinvent themselves but never have to go to class. Or to paraphrase Billy Corben again, “L.A. is where you go when you want to be somebody, New York is where you go when you are somebody, and Florida is where you go when you want to be somebody else.”
The characters include Reggie and Anne, who have been married for 47 years. Anne is a seemingly down-to-Earth gal who loves playing pickleball and doing all the active things The Villages allows. Reggie, meanwhile, seems to have interpreted retirement as a stage when accountability no longer applies, and spends his days tripping balls on powerful hallucinogens. On the day of their anniversary, he tells his wife that he’s already dead and reincarnated, and is also God, which he proves by hitting himself in the head with a rock. “He was a much more conventional type of person when we got married,” Anne assures us in a rictus of feigned calm.
Incredibly, Reggie isn’t even necessarily the best character. There’s also Dennis, a self-described former handyman to the stars, who lives out of a van which he has parked in the Villages in the hopes of finding a nice-looking woman with lots of money to move in with and live out his days. Dennis trawls bars, churches, and nightclubs to find his future sugar mama, though he says that he’s found that the best place to meet “classical looking beauties” is at the swimming pool. He name drops his former clients Colonel Tom Parker and The Smothers Brothers (could ten screenwriters ever invent such perfect name drops?) in an attempt to impress one lounge goddess, who responds, in a deadpan, “I don’t care.”
Getting old can be both liberating and devastating like that. Suffer fools? At this age? Never. Likewise, it’s hard to know whether you want Dennis to succeed in his quest or fail. Is knowing that every oily bullshitter and big-talking fabulist you knew in your twenties could still be exactly the same person at 81 years old inspiring or pathetic? To some extent, it’s both. Old age is the prism through which the vivid color of Some Kind Of Heaven refracts.
Grounding the whole thing is Barbara, a widow from Boston who looks a bit like a melancholy Liza Minnelli and who in 12 years of living there hasn’t quite found the life that she was expecting. Trying valiantly to get over the loss of her husband, Barbara gamely keeps putting herself out there, and your hope for humanity lives and dies with her latest hobby — whether it’s acting, miniature golf, Jimmy Buffet, or the tambourine.
Some Kind Of Heaven is a surreal, visually sublime slice of life that offers escapism and subverts it in the same breath, an enduring portrait of a particular subculture the likes of which I haven’t seen probably since Wildwood, NJ. I spent virtually the entire 83 minutes laughing, slapping my forehead, or both.
‘Some Kind Of Heaven’ is available in select theaters and VOD January 15th. Vince Mancini is on Twitter. You can access his archive of reviews here.
Rising stars Snot and Iann Dior meet up at the raceway in the video for “Like Me” from Snot’s 2020 album Beautiful Havoc. Flanked by pretty flag wavers in skintight outfits, the two 21-year-old rappers flex their trendsetting ways as they put the pedal to the metal in a desert-based road race in a pair of tuned-up BMWs.
Both rappers are primed to blow in a big way with this year, as their efforts in 2020 secured impressive streaming numbers and legions of loyal fans who have been champing at the bit to see them live. While Snot generated a huge buzz in 2018 with “Gosha,” he dropped a mixtape and an album in 2020, spawning videos for “Revenge,” “Mean,” “Who Do I Trust,” and “Watch Out.” His buzz is growing by the day, especially since collaborating with fellow buzzing newcomers Flo Milli and Iann Dior.
Meanwhile, Corpus Christi, Texas rapper Iann Dior has been part of one of hip-hop’s biggest singles over the past year, 24kGoldn’s “Mood.” The hit single topped the Hot 100 for eight non-consecutive weeks — an impressive showing for two brand-new artists. They’ve gone on to perform the song multiple times on television and it’s since been remixed by international superstars J Balvin and Justin Bieber.
Watch Snot’s “Like Me” video featuring Iann Dior above.
Beautiful Havoc is out now on 300 Entertainment. Get it here.
Snot is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Our resident pop culture gurus Naz Perez and AJ Lodge are jumpstarting the new year by breaking down some of the biggest news in the world of sports, entertainment, and more into 10-second bite-sized clips. They’re digging into everything from gaming to celebrity trends, upcoming blockbuster premieres, and AJ’s concerning lack of footwear. (Hey, he’s just happy to be having human interaction at this point!)
Speaking of, since new lockdown measures have put a crimp in everyone’s social life, it makes sense that gaming diehards and newbies alike are obsessing over Call of Duty right now. Everyone from Sam Jackson to Lil Uzi Vert is strapping up to play and it’s making AJ feel some kind of way about his own COD skills. The good news? Since NBA All-Star Weekend is officially canceled, he’ll have more time to perfect his game, and both hosts are considering jumping on the Dry January train that everyone keeps hyping up on the ‘Gram. A couple of new entertainment options have AJ and Naz stoked too — from Camila Cabello’s Cinderella movie to that buzzed-about Euphoria special.
Check out the latest episode of Culture Quick Bites above and watch the duo fire through the hottest pop culture headlines to see just how many they can tackle without taking a breath.
*No Culture Quick Bites hosts were harmed in the making of this video*
After detonating the words “2020” and finally getting the tongue lashing from Adam Driver he so desperately wanted in the Season 7 finale, John Oliver will return when Last Week Tonight comes back for its eighth season in February. To promote Oliver’s return, HBO tossed together a trailer for Season 8, which is mostly just clips from 2020 due to the topical nature of the show. However, many of the issues that America was facing last year are still very much in the forefront in 2021: The coronavirus, Trump refusing to concede, conspiracy theories. They’re all here!
When Oliver last signed off, he couldn’t believe that he was still talking about “this a**hole” Trump not accepting the results of the presidential election. As a “parting gift to the country, Trump is somehow managing to divide us even further while also hobbling his successor at the worse possible time,” Oliver said, and he was pretty spot on. The Last Week Tonight host made that prediction on November 16, and obviously, the situation did not improve. Trump’s continued rejection led to a full-on assault on the Capitol building, which resulted in him being impeached for a second time.
Considering Biden will be inaugurated next week, Trump’s refusal to accept the election should be down to a dull roar by the time Last Week Tonight returns, but the way 2021 is already going, we wouldn’t rule anything out.
Last Week Tonight kicks off its eighth season on February 14 on HBO.
YFN Lucci was denied bond and his alleged role in the fatal shooting for which he stands charged with murder and gang activity was revealed in court today, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Lucci, whose real name is Rayshawn Bennett, is accused of driving three associates to a rival gang’s turf and firing on them.
One of the targets, a 32-year-old was struck in the abdomen but sought assistance at a fire station nearby and survived his injuries. However, Lucci’s alleged companion wasn’t so lucky. 28-year-old James Adams was hit in the head by return fire and police say he was “manually ejected” and left on the street, where police found him as they responded to the shooting report.
Lucci turned himself in on Wednesday after police announced they were seeking him in connection with the shooting. Around the same time as the announcement, Lucci released his music video for “Rolled On” featuring Mozzy, prompting some amusement from fans that he would be focused on promoting new music while supposedly on the run.
The rapper has been charged with murder, aggravated assault, participating in criminal street gang activity, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. He appeared in court virtually from the Fulton County jail. His attorney Drew Findling maintained his innocence to the Journal-Constitution, saying, “Our review of the initial evidence made available to us indicates there is no basis for any criminal charges against Rayshawn Bennett. We will continue our own independent investigation on his behalf.”
You know that trope where a character has to spend a night in a creepy old mansion and if they’re still alive the next morning, they inherit or win something? Willy’s Wonderland is basically that, except with Nicolas Cage, a Chuck E. Cheese-style restaurant filled with evil animatronic robots, and a cool-ass car. House on Haunted Hill could never.
Willy’s Wonderland stars Cage as an energy drink-chugging janitor (I’m already in) whose car gets a flat tire in a nowhere town. “Unable to pay the repair shop to fix his Jeep, he agrees to work off his debt by spending the night cleaning Willy’s Wonderland, an abandoned theme park full of animatronic characters that were once a beacon of fun for children to play with,” according to the official plot description. “But Willy’s Wonderland carries a dark secret that The Janitor is about to discover.” If you guessed “smashing a robot ostrich with a broken mop,” congratulations, you are correct.
“He’s been lured into a deadly trap, or rather, a living nightmare, as the Wonderland’s animatronic characters come to life to destroy him. The Janitor is forced to fight his way from one monster to another, trying to survive until morning.”
I can’t believe it took this long for Nicolas Cage to play a janitor who has to battle murderous robots in a movie described as “Pale Rider vs. Killer Klowns from Outer Space.” It seems like something he should have done years ago.
Willy’s Wonderland, which also stars Emily Tosta, Beth Grant, Ric Reitz, and Chris Warner, hits digital and On Demand on February 12.
More news continues to trickle in following the violent insurrection on Capitol Hill led by a Trump-loving MAGA mob last week. By now, a handful of riot leaders have been identified by the FBI and local law enforcement agencies, and they’re currently sitting in jail on a litany of charges. The most famous among them? The QAnon Shaman, whose real name is Jacob Chansley, though he also goes by Jake Angeli. If you’re having trouble placing him, he’s the guy cosplaying in a “Chewbacca bikini,” carrying a spear, wearing fur and horns, and proudly claiming he was sent by “Q,” a mysterious figure fueling conspiracy theories about secret sex-trafficking rings led by the most elite, famous members of society.
He’s also the criminal complaining about the lack of organic options in prison — he’s refused to eat anything but organic meals while awaiting a detention hearing in Phoenix, Arizona. And now, his lawyer is all but demanding that President Trump issue the Shaman and his fellow QAnon groupies a pardon for the events that happened on Capitol Hill last week — riots that left five dead including an on-duty police officer.
Speaking to Chris Cuomo on CNN, Chansley’s attorney Al Watkins claimed his client didn’t break into the Capitol but was instead let in by police officers and was encouraged to march on Congress by Trump himself.
“He loved Trump. Every word, he listens to him,” Watkins told CNN. “We all have to understand that the words that were spoken by the president meant something, not just to my client. They meant something to a lot of people.”
Video taken at a MAGA rally, which took place just a few hours before Congress was set to ratify the Electoral College vote that would proclaim Joe Biden the next president of the United States, shows Trump encouraging his followers to march on the Capitol, saying, “If you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore. You’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong.”
Chansley and the rest of the Trump supporters there interpreted that as an order from the president to storm Congress with the intention of stopping the vote. Now that many of them have been rightfully arrested for their criminal actions, Watkins believes Trump owes them some loyalty.
“He has an obligation to them. He has an obligation to our nation,” Watkins said before adding he hoped Trump might consider pardoning his client before leaving office. Naturally, Cuomo wasn’t having it and calling the entire situation absurd, questioning why Chansley and other QAnon subscribers believe all these nonsense conspiracy theories. Watkins had an answer for that too, comparing QAnon and Trump supporters to the Jonestown Cult members who committed mass suicide in the ’70s.
“You know the only thing different here?” Watkins said. “There’s no Kool-Aid.”
Really, there’s no better burn than that. We won’t even try. Watch the entire exchange above.
At the heart of each spirit is, generally speaking, a blend of grain and malt whiskeys that are aged in a combination of ex-bourbon and ex-sherry barrels for a few years. They almost always come in at 40 percent ABV and share some distinct flavor profiles (floral, fruity, nutty, malty). The biggest difference between the two styles is that Irish whiskey is tripled distilled, while scotch whiskies are only twice distilled. This developed as a means for Irish whiskey to distinguish itself as the more refined of the two products, back in the 1800s.
Beyond that, there are smaller variations that designate the styles as uniquely Scottish or Irish. For instance, “single pot” Irish whiskey uses both malted and unmalted barley in its mash bill. Scotch “single malt” uses only malted barley (that’s sometimes peated). But to the surprise of many drinkers, the peaty and smoky flavors of certain Scotch whiskies have plenty of analogs in Ireland.
For this exercise, we’re leaving the Islay-style smoke monsters out of the conversation. We’re looking at three $20-$35 Irish whiskeys and three $20-$35 blended Scotch whiskies to see how they stand up to each other. While this is squarely about taste and ranking the expressions by which ones we want to drink more of, I did try and guess which was from where. I was only really sure about the last two drams. There were two more I was pretty sure of. The final two? No idea.
In the end, I gave it my best guess and ended up getting both wildcards wrong. To me, that goes to show you how close these two regional styles can be at this price point.
This is malty, warm, and full of cherry. I want to say there’s some vanilla in there but it’s very faint. A butterscotch note kind of takes over and muddles everything. I have no idea what this one is or where it’s from.
Ireland? Sure … why not.
Taste 2
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
This is grainy and fruity. It’s very light and easy drinking with an almost orange zest edge next to a hint of vanilla.
I want to say this is Irish thanks to the grassy/grainy nose and taste up top.
Taste 3
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
This is a little malty with a subtle spice next to plenty of orchard fruits, nuts, and softwood. It’s really easy to drink and slightly perfumed but more like a blend of tobacco leaves and dried florals.
Pretty sure this is Scottish.
Taste 4
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
Very thin and grainy yet warm and malty. There’s a clear apple candy sweetness that’s not overdone. It is mild and there seems to be a note of vanilla somewhere under all that candy.
I’d say Scotland but really have no idea.
Taste 5
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
Butterscotch and tinniness lead towards a warm malty nature. It’s a little bit fruity and woody. There’s nothing overly distinct besides being very thin and easy to drink.
Pretty sure this is Grant’s and Scottish, thanks to that tinniness.
Taste 6
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
Dried lemon peels lead to a fruit orchard full of flowers. It’s slightly malty and grainy with a nutty edge. It’s super easy to drink and very bright.
This whiskey from the Highland’s always throws me for a loop. It’s advertised as having peated whisky from Ardmore in the blend but I never get any smoke or peat on this one.
Bottom Line:
I don’t mind this. It came in fifth out of six drams last week. But when tasted next to subtler Irish whiskeys it just doesn’t do anything for me.
This blend from William Grant & Sons touches all of Scotland’s whisky regions. The uniqueness of this expression is in the triple barreling. They use new oak, American oak, and re-fill American oak for the maturation before blending, proofing, and bottling.
Bottom Line:
This is really drinkable, for what it is. Though, tasting it today, that tinniness really stood out and didn’t do it any favors.
Still, this is perfectly fine for highballs or as a mixer in general.
4. Bushmills White Label — Taste 4, Ireland (Incorrect)
This is a classic Northern Irish whiskey. The grain and malt whiskeys are tripled distilled. The juice is then aged in ex-bourbon barrels before blending, proofing, and barreling.
Bottom Line:
I took a stab in the dark and guessed this was Scottish. While it is pretty easy to drink, there was nothing that said either scotch or Irish whisk(e)y here.
Again, this is a perfectly good mixer but not much more.
Tullamore’s entry-point whiskey is a blend of triple distilled grain, malt, and single pot (malt and unmalted barley mash) whiskeys. Those spirits are then aged in a combination of ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks before blending.
Bottom Line:
This is very easy to drink for a cheap and familiar whiskey. I’d easily drink this over some rocks and not complain for a moment.
This expression of Jameson uses the standard and much-beloved triple distilled juice from Midelton and finishes it in an IPA cask from craft beer brewers around County Cork. The result is a whiskey that’s just touched by the hoppiness of the brews, adding a brighter nature to the sip.
Bottom Line:
I’ve never really liked this pour until today. Maybe because it was the last dram of the day? It’s grown on me a lot and that brightness cannot be denied.
I can see sipping this on the rocks later or in a highball with an ice twist of lime.
Chivas is a Highland blend from the Strathisla Distillery. It’s crafted as a workhorse whisky that’s great for sipping or mixing.
Bottom Line:
This really did stand out with the best overall complexity and drinkability. There are zero rough edges on this dram and you really want to keep drinking it to find more depth and flavor.
Part 3: Final Thoughts
Zach Johnston
This was actually more fun than I thought it’d be. For one, these whisk(e)ys are shockingly similar. Sure, there are plenty of nuances that make them unique, but they all look pretty much identical and fall pretty neatly into the same overall flavor profiles of fruity, malty, and maybe a little vanilla-y.
I do have to call out that Jameson again. There was something about it today that really popped. Maybe it’s the oxidization from an open bottle? Or maybe it’s simply growing on me. Either way, I’m into it now.
At the heart of each spirit is, generally speaking, a blend of grain and malt whiskeys that are aged in a combination of ex-bourbon and ex-sherry barrels for a few years. They almost always come in at 40 percent ABV and share some distinct flavor profiles (floral, fruity, nutty, malty). The biggest difference between the two styles is that Irish whiskey is tripled distilled, while scotch whiskies are only twice distilled. This developed as a means for Irish whiskey to distinguish itself as the more refined of the two products, back in the 1800s.
Beyond that, there are smaller variations that designate the styles as uniquely Scottish or Irish. For instance, “single pot” Irish whiskey uses both malted and unmalted barley in its mash bill. Scotch “single malt” uses only malted barley (that’s sometimes peated). But to the surprise of many drinkers, the peaty and smoky flavors of certain Scotch whiskies have plenty of analogs in Ireland.
For this exercise, we’re leaving the Islay-style smoke monsters out of the conversation. We’re looking at three $20-$35 Irish whiskeys and three $20-$35 blended Scotch whiskies to see how they stand up to each other. While this is squarely about taste and ranking the expressions by which ones we want to drink more of, I did try and guess which was from where. I was only really sure about the last two drams. There were two more I was pretty sure of. The final two? No idea.
In the end, I gave it my best guess and ended up getting both wildcards wrong. To me, that goes to show you how close these two regional styles can be at this price point.
This is malty, warm, and full of cherry. I want to say there’s some vanilla in there but it’s very faint. A butterscotch note kind of takes over and muddles everything. I have no idea what this one is or where it’s from.
Ireland? Sure … why not.
Taste 2
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
This is grainy and fruity. It’s very light and easy drinking with an almost orange zest edge next to a hint of vanilla.
I want to say this is Irish thanks to the grassy/grainy nose and taste up top.
Taste 3
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
This is a little malty with a subtle spice next to plenty of orchard fruits, nuts, and softwood. It’s really easy to drink and slightly perfumed but more like a blend of tobacco leaves and dried florals.
Pretty sure this is Scottish.
Taste 4
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
Very thin and grainy yet warm and malty. There’s a clear apple candy sweetness that’s not overdone. It is mild and there seems to be a note of vanilla somewhere under all that candy.
I’d say Scotland but really have no idea.
Taste 5
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
Butterscotch and tinniness lead towards a warm malty nature. It’s a little bit fruity and woody. There’s nothing overly distinct besides being very thin and easy to drink.
Pretty sure this is Grant’s and Scottish, thanks to that tinniness.
Taste 6
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
Dried lemon peels lead to a fruit orchard full of flowers. It’s slightly malty and grainy with a nutty edge. It’s super easy to drink and very bright.
This whiskey from the Highland’s always throws me for a loop. It’s advertised as having peated whisky from Ardmore in the blend but I never get any smoke or peat on this one.
Bottom Line:
I don’t mind this. It came in fifth out of six drams last week. But when tasted next to subtler Irish whiskeys it just doesn’t do anything for me.
This blend from William Grant & Sons touches all of Scotland’s whisky regions. The uniqueness of this expression is in the triple barreling. They use new oak, American oak, and re-fill American oak for the maturation before blending, proofing, and bottling.
Bottom Line:
This is really drinkable, for what it is. Though, tasting it today, that tinniness really stood out and didn’t do it any favors.
Still, this is perfectly fine for highballs or as a mixer in general.
4. Bushmills White Label — Taste 4, Ireland (Incorrect)
This is a classic Northern Irish whiskey. The grain and malt whiskeys are tripled distilled. The juice is then aged in ex-bourbon barrels before blending, proofing, and barreling.
Bottom Line:
I took a stab in the dark and guessed this was Scottish. While it is pretty easy to drink, there was nothing that said either scotch or Irish whisk(e)y here.
Again, this is a perfectly good mixer but not much more.
Tullamore’s entry-point whiskey is a blend of triple distilled grain, malt, and single pot (malt and unmalted barley mash) whiskeys. Those spirits are then aged in a combination of ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks before blending.
Bottom Line:
This is very easy to drink for a cheap and familiar whiskey. I’d easily drink this over some rocks and not complain for a moment.
This expression of Jameson uses the standard and much-beloved triple distilled juice from Midelton and finishes it in an IPA cask from craft beer brewers around County Cork. The result is a whiskey that’s just touched by the hoppiness of the brews, adding a brighter nature to the sip.
Bottom Line:
I’ve never really liked this pour until today. Maybe because it was the last dram of the day? It’s grown on me a lot and that brightness cannot be denied.
I can see sipping this on the rocks later or in a highball with an ice twist of lime.
Chivas is a Highland blend from the Strathisla Distillery. It’s crafted as a workhorse whisky that’s great for sipping or mixing.
Bottom Line:
This really did stand out with the best overall complexity and drinkability. There are zero rough edges on this dram and you really want to keep drinking it to find more depth and flavor.
Part 3: Final Thoughts
Zach Johnston
This was actually more fun than I thought it’d be. For one, these whisk(e)ys are shockingly similar. Sure, there are plenty of nuances that make them unique, but they all look pretty much identical and fall pretty neatly into the same overall flavor profiles of fruity, malty, and maybe a little vanilla-y.
I do have to call out that Jameson again. There was something about it today that really popped. Maybe it’s the oxidization from an open bottle? Or maybe it’s simply growing on me. Either way, I’m into it now.
