Kirk Miller

Currently InsideHook’s longest-serving resident at 10+ years, Sr. Lifestyle Editor Kirk Miller has been toiling away for decades (literally) as a writer and editor in New York. His love affair with journalism began at the University of Michigan, where he quickly realized interviewing bands for the Michigan Daily was far more fun than whatever his Political Science degree would eventually bring.

After a move to New York, Kirk has amassed an impressive CV at publications both respected and forgotten. His full-time editor roles include years at Rolling Stone and Stuff (RIP); an Editor-in-Chief position at CO-ED (where he interviewed everyone from Jennifer Garner to Jeb Bush); and a five-year stint as the lead editor at Metromix New York, which is where his love affair of drinks culture truly flourished.

Kirk has also written for Time Out, Spin, Maxim, Entertainment Weekly, Revolver and also dozens of publications and websites that no longer exist. Best interview? Obviously Dave Grohl.

After years as InsideHook's Nation Editor and Managing Editor, Kirk's current role has him focusing on the worlds of alcohol and technology (with a few dashes of pop culture and travel). He will probably never leave NYC, the best and most annoying city in the world.

All Articles From Kirk Miller
The best Irish whiskeys for 2023

The 40 Best Irish Whiskeys for 2024

From sub-$30 bottles on up, there’s an option for every St. Patrick’s Day drinker (or for any other day)

Mijenta Cristalino Tequila

There’s Finally a Good Use for Cristalino Tequila

Mijenta’s take on the popular but contentious tequila category has real flavor (and purpose)

The Sunnyside cocktail, made from Powers Irish rye whiskey, from Murray's Tavern in Austin, TX

The Best Irish Whiskey Cocktails (That Aren’t Irish Coffees)

8 excellent mixed drinks that go beyond St. Patrick’s Day standards

The new music video display for a Spotify artist

Spotify Is Adding Music Videos, but Don’t Get Too Excited (Yet)

Americans will have to wait a little longer

Pools at the Kimpton Seafire Resort

Kimpton Seafire Resort + Spa Deserves Its Five Stars

If you’re headed to the Cayman Islands, it’s the ideal place to stay

A bottle of Zomoz mezcal near orange slices and six shot glasses

Zomoz Is an Ideal Spirit for Mezcal Skeptics

The just-launched artisanal mezcal may pull in a new and bigger audience for the growing spirits category

A collection of various whiskey and booze bottles in a liquor store. "Dusty hunters" will score these stores for deals on vintage or overlooked rare bottles.

The Unicorns of Dusty Booze

The most sought-after bottles of bourbon, rum, tequila and more, according to Aaron Goldfarb, author of “Dusty Booze: In Search of Vintage Spirits”

Jake Gyllenhaal in "Road House"

The Best Movies, TV and Music for March

Is a 2024 take on “Road House” really going to work? Plus: The funniest (and most overlooked) show of 2023 returns.

Five of our favorite whiskey bottles for March 2024

The Best New Whiskeys to Drink This March

Including new releases from Heaven’s Door, Jack Daniel’s, The Glenlivet and an innovative take on Irish whiskey

The new Cask Matured Series of gins from The Botanist

Review: The Botanist Brings Whisky Ideals to the Gin World

Bruichladdich’s new Cask Matured Series introduces barrel aging to its gin

A person drinking a non-alcoholic beer at a bar. NA beer is helping Dry January become a year-round phenomenon.

Dry January Is Officially a Year-Round Phenomenon

New data and surveys suggest the non-alcoholic market (led by beer) is growing steadily

Person carrying the Garment Duffel by Halfday

Review: The Halfday Garment Duffel Is Your Special Occasion Weekender

A few quirks aside, this hybrid bag wins on organization ability

A bottle of Ten to One Five Origin Select, a new sipping rum (with a glass of rum poured neat)

Ten to One Just Created an Ideal Sipping Rum

Five Origin Select showcases the best of the Caribbean in one bottle

Arzopa Portable Monitor

Do You Need a Portable Monitor?

A second screen you can bring on the road sounds tempting. But there are sacrifices.

The 4th-floor​ bar at the Conduit in London, showcasing a lot of Scotch. The market for Scotch declined slightly in 2023.

Is the Scotch Industry in Decline? It’s Complicated.

Figures released by the Scotch Whisky Association for 2023 paint an unclear picture of global demand for Scotch

Jacob's Pardon Small Batch No. 3 "light whiskey" on a table with a newspaper announcing Prohibition ended.

Jacob’s Pardon Wants You to Rethink “Light Whiskey”

A maligned whiskey style from the 1960s gets reborn in an 18-year expression