Sorghum is a cereal grass crushed for syrup, and it is not one of the five grains - so a whiskey distilled from it is not chametz. Ethan's Reserve is distilled by Bruce Boeko at Nashville Craft Distillery from sorghum stalk syrup, bottled at 47 percent, certified OU-P, $58.99. Honeyed and soft with a grassy edge, rounder than bourbon and gentler than rye. What it tastes like, how to drink it, and why to buy it before Nissan.

Macallan 18 is a Speyside single malt aged eighteen years in sherry-seasoned oak only, bottled at 43 percent, $449.99. Dried fruit, chocolate and clove, dense and very long. Why the sherry casks cost what they do, how it differs from the 12, and three sherried alternatives from $59.99 if the price is the problem.

The blade and the bow are the two parts of an old key, a nod to the Stitzel-Weller Distillery. A solera-aged Kentucky bourbon at 91 proof, soft and fruity, $59.99. What the solera means, the kosher question, and cheaper wheated bourbons if you like the style.

Jameson Original is $34.99 and Black Barrel is $54.99 - but the first question is the cask, not the price. Why the cRc lists Jameson as not recommended, what triple distillation actually does, the difference between the two bottles, and which Irish whiskeys on our shelf are aged in bourbon wood only.