
The collective is shown dancing at a party while at the same time, videos of the collective, either at the beach or during their time on tour, is shown to exhibit highlights of the groups time together.Ī remix of the song by KRANE was released as a single on 25 September 2018.

Directed by Warwick Saint, the video surrounds around the 88rising collective at various points in time. The palate is generous, spicy, and unfolds in layers, first revealing charred vanilla, then multigrain toast, then a touch of sweet baking spice.A music video for the song was released the same day. Tuthilltown Spirits Hudson Baby Bourbon Whiskey, Gardiner, NY (SRP $49.99) - Lots of corn aromatics, which makes sense given that its mash bill consists of 100% New York corn. Stranahan’s “Diamond Peak” Rocky Mountain Single Malt Whiskey, Denver, CO (SRP $75) - Generous ginger and cinnamon-stick notes are joined by dulce de leche, honey, and candied apricot. Easy-drinking and lovely, yet sneakily complex. Greenbar Distillery Slow Hand Six Woods Whiskey, Los Angeles, CA (SRP $45) - Sweet Grape-Nuts-like aromas, with an edge of honey and candied ginger, turn to flavors of sweet honey cake, cinnamon stick, and vanilla crème brûlée. On the palate, there is a wonderful density to this, with distinct allspice and clove notes to the honeyed and mashed baked pears and apple compote. Excellent.Ĭopper & Kings Floodwall American Craft Apple Brandy, Louisville, KY (SRP $45) - Aged in bourbon barrels and sherry casks, this is just about as American in character as, well, apple pie, with cinnamon stick, clove, and vanilla informing more honeyed notes, all of it finishing with a hint of dried-apple fruitiness.Įight Oaks Craft Distillers Penna Rye Whiskey, New Tripoli, PA - Spicy pumpkin on the nose, with easy-drinking and spice-tinged flavors of cooked honey, vanilla, and graham crackers.įive & 20 Spirits Small Batch Small Barrel Rye Whiskey, Westfield, NY (SRP $49.95) - Sweet nose for a rye, like sticking your head into a vat of melted bees wax and warm honey: Mouthwatering.

On the palate, this starts off sweet then quickly turns spicy, with a finish that lingers with flavors of charred vanilla pod and floral peppercorn. American Single Malt Whiskey, Phoenixville, PA (SRP $59.99, only at the distillery) - Aromas of warm pie crust rise from the glass, and are followed by-I’m not kidding here-something that actually reminds me of pumpkin pie.

A quick look through the Betty Crocker web site-which seemed to me to be the perfect resource for researching this quintessentially American spice combination-revealed that pumpkin spice, at least according to them, relies primarily on the flavors of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves.īluebird Distilling Co.

This, of course, is in addition to every pumpkin-spiced dessert-masquerading-as-coffee abomination on the market now that the weather has finally turned cooler.īut for those of us who eschew this sort of thing, there are options for getting into the pumpkin-spice spirit of the season without resorting to any of the above. To wit: Not only can you now purchase a product called Nestle Toll House Limited Edition Pumpkin Spice chips, but Villa Italian Kitchen in New Jersey recently announced that they’re offering pumpkin spice pizza. As I suspected would be the case, it’s gotten to the point where the entire phenomenon has reached a magnificent state of meta-ridiculousness in which the very items themselves seem to be mocking their entire raison d’être. I returned from two weeks in South Africa this past Monday to find our country fully immersed in its inexplicable annual descent into pumpkin-spice madness.
