Thrillist names White Oak Kitchen & Cocktails the Best Whiskey Bar in Georgia

THRILLIST

"White Oak isn't just a smooth sounding name for this ATL-based bar/restaurant: there's also an enormous floating white oak barrel above its barrel bar. Because it's not only important which whiskey you're drinking (there are 120+ bottles of primarily bourbon and single malts), it's where you're drinking it. Wood is a major design element, with ghost wood walls from a textile factory, and sugar maple from the Jack Daniel's distillery repurposed into beautiful chandeliers. Cocktail highlights include the Blackberry Sage Old Fashioned with Chattanooga 1816 Reserve and sage from their garden. But if you go, you'll definitely want to save room for food -- especially if they're hosting a dinner featuring Pappy pours (which they do sometimes!). They're also always experimenting with whiskey-tinged food, like the smoked rack of lamb with a Kentucky bourbon and teriyaki glaze. The dish was intended as a one-off for an event, but come on. Like they're going to pass on featuring a dish Kentucky-yaki"