Hey folks — turns out there’s a third whisky show in town in addition to WhiskyFest and Whiskies of the World. The Single Malt & Scotch Whisky Extravaganza actually hits 13 cities this year, beginning with Atlanta in March and winding...
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Run out and buy your special someone a bottle of Moet or Veuve… or look off the beaten path at a different sparkling wine. Here’s a look at six recently released sparklers from literally all over the world (six wines from six countries) —...
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The Paradise Cocktail was invented by Harry Craddock and it is a pure classic. This cocktail has absolutely classic composition - gin as main alcohol, apricot brandy (actually is not a brandy, it is sweet fruit liqueur) as sweetener and orange juice...
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Yes, Virginia, they make whisky in Wales. And as in Scotland, they spell it without the E.
Yes, Virginia, they make whisky in Wales. And as in Scotland, they spell it without the E.
Penderyn is arguably the best known Welsh whisky on the market, and...
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There is one known use for Herbsaint, and it’s a big one: In the classic Sazerac cocktail , in which the glass is washed with Herbsaint before rye, sugar, and Peychaud’s bitters are added. Now Sazerac (the company) is relaunching the venerable...
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Valentine’s Day approaches, and that means bartenders and home mixologists galore will be breaking out the Chambord to create V-Day cocktails. Or perhaps you’d like to find a way to get drunk and get engaged at the same time. It will cost...
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Two more new releases from our good friends at Deschutes (and many more Deschutes brews in the hopper to write about). These two are seasonal-release bottlings that, while fancier than the brewery’s year-round ales, are less complex than some of...
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When the bartender in Ernest Hemingway’s book, Islands in the Stream, was asked for a White Lady ‘… he served her a bottle of tha…
When the bartender in Ernest Hemingway’s book, Islands in the Stream, was asked for a White Lady...
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Some people will tell you the Highball got its name from a railway signal, but the oldest reference we could find offers a differe…
Some people will tell you the Highball got its name from a railway signal, but the oldest reference we could find...
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Although known variously as both ‘Black Velvet’ and the ‘Bismarck’, it is the former name that perfectly encapsulates not onl…
Although known variously as both ‘Black Velvet’ and the ‘Bismarck’, it is the former name that perfectly...
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