8,000 Miniature Bottles of Booze on the Wall
Rotem Ben Shitrit has been collecting minis since he was 12 years old.
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- photo: Eyal Yassky-Weiss
Willett Is for Diehards
Among collectors, the idiosyncratic brand has become the only modern whiskey to transcend the status of Pappy van Winkle.
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- photo: Danielle Atkins
The Westvleteren Hacker
How one man used multiple phone lines, a private driver and five different license plates to secure caseloads of one of the world’s rarest beers.
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- photo: Jordan Wilms
How Wild Turkey “Funk” Became a Whiskey Geek Obsession
Lauded by whiskey geeks, vintage bottles of Wild Turkey are commanding unusually high price tags for their impossible-to-describe flavor profile.
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- photo: Dylan + Jeni
How the Infinity Bottle Became a Whiskey Nerd Obsession
Aaron Goldfarb mines Reddit to understand the allure of the at-home, ever-changing whiskey blend.
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- photo: Lizzie Munro
How Glassware Became a Beer Geek Obsession
A new trend in craft beer has brewery-branded glasses traded with the fervor usually reserved for the beers themselves. Aaron Goldfarb on the emerging market for "glasswhales" and the culture…
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Inside the Booming Market for Vintage Spirits
In the last half-decade, the market for vintage spirits and liqueurs has expanded, so much so that old and rare bottles of whiskey, Cognac and Chartreuse are setting record prices…
- story: Bryce T. Bauer
- photo: Troy Sidle
Confessions of a Beer Ticker
The psychology behind amassing alcohol often harkens back to childhood collection obsessions—from baseball cards to Bourbon County Stout, from pogs to Pappy. Aaron Goldfarb on his own collecting evolution and…
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Wine Collecting Beyond the Bloodsport
Wine collecting has become a rarefied sport, fraught with testosterone-fueled auctions and scandalizing fraud. But there is still longevity and value to be found in affordable wines—if you know where…
- story: Jon Bonné
- illustration: Kaye Blegvad
Down the Rare Bourbon Rabbit Hole With Sean Brock
One chef's enthusiasm for rare bourbon began innocently enough, with a taste of Pappy; nearly a decade later, it's become an all-out obsession. Husk's Sean Brock on the strange—and strangely…
- story: Sean Brock
- illustration: Devin Cox
