VirginiaBlackAmericanWhiskey(700mL)

<p>Smooth, soft…insert Drake joke here. </p><p>Hard to throw shade at this drinker though. There is more transparency about its components than its industry counterparts, so you know what you are getting. It’s a drink that doesn’t try to be something it’s not, and its just what you would expect from <em>a pop sensation. </em></p><p><em>Hip Hop</em> is no stranger to the likes of the Spirits industry, and neither is <em>Brent Hocking</em>, former Countrywide mortgage lender, and CEO of <em>Virginia Black American Whiskey</em>. An award-winning spirits producer best known for creating the original<em> DeLeòn Tequila</em> (which was later sold to Diageo and Diddy) and a receiver of the Robb Report Spirit of the Year award for three years in a row, and a back-to-back Grand Champion at the World Beverage Competition in Geneva, Switzerland, the SoCal native has a well-known nose for Liquor. His latest venture? A collabo with Drake and his Virginia Black Whiskey.</p><p>With a lower proof than most Bourbon’s at <em>40% ABV</em> (taking some…restraint not to…make fun of Drake’s emotionally delicate proclivities here), and a name that seems a bit nonsensical, considering it doesn’t seem to have ties to Virginia whatsoever (it is bottled and distilled in Lawrenceburg, Drake is from Canada, we digress…), it is a smooth drink. Drake we do have to ask though, why not a Canadian Whisky?</p><p>So if you can finally manage to get all the Drake jokes out of your system, and want to try his Whiskey, here is what you can expect: Virginia Black is a smoother and sweeter Bourbon Whiskey, an intentional effort to attract those who aren’t traditionally Bourbon drinkers. It is bottled in a luxurious, art-deco inspired glass, with <em>elegant gold detail.</em> Cheers.</p>