Author Ryan Stevens

Take two parts determination, mix with three parts passion, add a dash of crazy and mix until the solution almost breaks and you have the beginnings of the basic formula for Westward Whiskey. The good...

Garo Cigars is about crafting a smoking experience that expresses their passion and commitment to the age-old sensual art. Each step in the process has been honed down to a science to meet the high standards...

Bold As Hell. That is the Camacho way and that is how my night started with this stunning Corojo Maduro Churchill. The Camacho brand is a direct reflection of their cigars: Flashy, Spicy and Full Bodied. As...

Hailing from TACASA in Estelli, one of the most well noted cigar factories in the mecca of Nicaraguan cigars, the Blood Red Moon Cigar is a surprising and complex little smoke. Cult Cigars is the labor of...

I am a lucky man. That sentence is rarely uttered, and usually when some random yahoo, like myself, lets it slip out it is a gross exaggeration; but in this case it's true. I have been called names, cursed at...

As the great craft beer revolutions sweeps over the beer-loving world, options are about as numerous as the movies it takes to portray one book. While many of our best, and worst, decisions have involved a few...

Taking their name from the ancient Sumerian Goddess of Fermentation, Ninkasi Brewing doesn't mess around. Their love and appreciation for the fresh local resources, ingenious beer experimentation and...

No matter what time of year it is there is always a reason to open a good Pinot Noir. The classic pairing of Turkey and Pinot Noir goes back hundreds of thousands of years when most of the earth’s surface...

Normally I would refrain from jamming multiple beer reviews into one article, but in this case you cannot have Moe without Larry & Curly, sorry Shemp. Red Hook Brewery brings this trio to the masses with a...

While the beer flows like wine in Aspen, at the Ardbeg distillery in Scotland, the Scotch flows like the water of life.  The single malt fairies have blessed the craftsmen of Ardbeg with the skill to blend...

Whether you're just dipping your toe into the single malt world, or diving in head first like Ron Burgundy, the marketplace is saturated with craft spirits vying for your attention and patronage. Once you find...