A Master Of Maturation Tells Us About The Importance Of Wood In Whiskey

Michter's/UPROXX Maturation is a crucial step in the process of making whiskey. Time spent resting in oak allows the transfer of sugars from the wood into the spirit that helps create many of the flavors in whiskey. It is a lot more complicated and scientific than that but that’s the gist. While yeast, grains, and …

Kenan Thompson Tells Us Why He Loves It When ‘SNL’ Goes Off The Rails, And When ‘Black Jeopardy’ Might Dig Deeper Into That Hosting Fiasco

Getty Image/Ralph Ordaz / Unsplash Every SNL fan adores Kenan Thompson. He’s the longest-running cast member on the show, and he’s a comedy legend who finally gained leading man status NBC sitcom (Kenan, obviously) this year with a second season to come. He’s been making us laugh since D2: The Mighty Ducks and Kenan and …

The Author Of Fall’s Buzziest Food Memoir Tells Us The Best Cheese To Eat Right Now

Hannah Howard/UPROXX Cheese is a joy. It’s also amazingly varied — from the actual source milk to the deeply diverse flavors you can draw from a little rennet, salt, and bacteria combined with time and atmosphere. In those regards, it’s not wholly different from other aged products we profile — wine, whiskey, rum, and the …

Khalid Tells A Fan Asking Him To Make More Music Like ‘American Teen’ Why That’s Not Happening

Getty Image It’s hard to ask for a better start to a music career than Khalid had. His debut album, 2017’s American Teen, peaked at No. 4 on the charts and made him an instant star. That’s thanks in part to a pair of top-20 singles, “Location” and “Young Dumb & Broke.” It’s been over …

The ‘Cyrano’ Trailer Tells The ‘Greatest Love Story Ever Told’ (But Needs To Let Peter Dinklage Sing More)

Before he won four Emmys for his performance as Tyrion Lannister on Game of Thrones, Peter Dinklage was in a punk band. “We got together, and we just drank too much and played the old CBGB’s,” he said about his time in Whizzy (a terrible and terribly ’90s band name). “We had a following, but …