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Behind the Backbar at Salt Lake City’s Whiskey Street
Jason LeCates explains how he built a 2,000-bottle collection of top spirits in one of America's most notorious liquor control states.
- story: Kara Newman
- photo: Christine Armbruster
Yes, You Should Be Drinking Canadian Whisky
We blind-tasted 15 of the best Canadian whiskies, with an actual Canadian. Here are our favorites.
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Tour a Collection of Gallon-Sized Vintage Bourbon Bottles
Two Kentucky collectors have amassed a stockpile of rare, jumbo-sized bourbon bottles, including those from W.L. Weller and Old Fitzgerald.
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- photos: Victor Sizemore
In Search of the Ultimate Sazerac
We asked 14 of America's best bartenders to submit their finest recipe for the Sazerac—then blind-tasted them all to find the best of the best.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Five Essential Scotch Classics and Their Riffs
From a timeless twist on the Manhattan to a 1970s-era revival and more.
- story: Punch Staff
- photos: Lizzie Munro
Tour an Oddball Collection of Midcentury Bourbon Decanters
Lead poisoning be damned, Joshua Richholt continues to drink midcentury whiskey from his collection of nearly 100 vintage decanters.
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- photos: Lizzie Munro
Craft Whiskey’s New Era of Extreme Transparency
Craft distilleries have gone from spinning yarns about Al Capone’s secret recipes to winning over buyers with lengthy ingredient lists and chemistry tables.
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- photo: Lizzie Munro
In Search of the Ultimate Old-Fashioned
We asked 17 of America's best bartenders to submit their finest recipe for the Old-Fashioned—then blind-tasted them all to find the best of the best.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Who Will Save the Soul of American Whiskey?
Thad Vogler travels to Colorado in search of what, he believes, may become the country’s most singular rye whiskey.
- story: Thad Vogler
- illustration: Nick Hensley Wagner
The Best Sipping Bourbons Under $50
A crash course in affordable bourbon for sipping, and the five bottles under $50 that topped our recent blind tasting.
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Lizzie Munro
