Whiskey

A perfect Irish Coffee is very much the sum of its parts.

We'll be straight with you: Flavored whiskey is not exactly our favorite trend. Whiskey already has a flavor; it's called whiskey and we like it very much.

That said, there are exceptions to every rule. Jack Daniel's has done a pretty solid job with its first flavored whiskey: Tennessee Honey. Unlike some variations of flavored spirits we will leave unnamed, whiskey and honey are actually a good natural pairing. And while drinking the Jack Honey straight is a definitely a bit sweet for our taste, it does works nicely in cocktails, including these three below.

Get to know they difference so you can taste the difference.

Sick of stuffing your pockets full of airplane-size bottles of booze? Try tucking those bottles into your shoes.

The geniuses at Oliver Sweeney have created a limited-edition Johnnie Walker Brogue, a classy, Italian-made shoe with a very handy element: a compartment in the heel specifically shaped and sized to fit a miniature bottle of Johnnie Walker Red Label.

If you like brown liquor, you're probably quite familiar with bourbon whiskey. And its sibling, rye whiskey. And of course its fatherly forebear, Scotch whisky. You might have also come across Canadian whiskey, Japanese whiskey and perhaps even Tasmanian whiskey.

While the rest of us are trying to get the smell of alcohol out of our clothes, a team of scientists have developed a fabric that permanently smells like Johnnie Walker whiskey. And it’s coming to a fancy tweed scarf near you.

We'll just say it. We love Nick Offerman. And yes, we do know he's not actually Ron Swanson, but he's got the mustache, the woodworking expertise (does anyone want to go in on a canoe with us?) and the love of whiskey to convince the world otherwise. That last one is on display in Offerman’s ode to whiskey. Watch him croon about drinking, riding horses and everything else you would expect from the man who might be the world's manliest. Enjoy. We definitely did.

We have come to a crowning moment of flavored liquor absurdity: pie-flavored whiskey. Piehole is a Canadian whiskey available in several festive holiday pie varieties.

Learn it. Love it. And start practicing for the weekend.

Japanese whiskey has been gaining popularity for years now, but the topic recently reached a new fervor when the 2015 World Whiskey Bible placed a spirit from Japan at the top of its list.