COCKTAILS Drink Here Now: Lullaby on the Lower East Side March 14, 2022 I was chatting with a doctor in a wine shop in NYC the other day, and out of nowhere she …
WHISKEY TASTING NOTE: Dexter Three Wood Straight Bourbon March 11, 2022 Back in the 1800s, immigrant whiskey maker and Cincinnati resident Edmund Dexter competed with his distilling counterparts to the south, …
COCKTAILS The Mai Tais of Waikiki March 08, 2022 There’s no cocktail more associated with Hawaii than the mai tai. This despite the fact that none of the ingredients …
WHISKEY West Coast Innovations, from Corbin Cash Distillery March 03, 2022 We of course associate bourbon with Kentucky, but Central California-based Corbin Cash Distillery is aiming to change that perception. A …
WINE Tasting Note: Oyster River Winegrowers’ 2020 Justice Cabernet Franc February 28, 2022 Maine isn’t the first place that comes to mind when I think of wine. Lobster, brews, blackberries—sure. But on a …
WHISKEY Ghost Story: A 25-Year-Old Single Malt Emerges from the Mists February 25, 2022 What do you do when your distillery closes, or you find one or two barrels of forgotten whiskey in your …
COCKTAILS SPIRITS Soaking Up Some Liquid History February 18, 2022 If there’s a better town to drink in than London, I haven’t seen it. The city’s pub scene is epic—thousands …
SPIRITS WHISKEY TASTING NOTE: Ransom Bourbon February 16, 2022 I fell deeply in love with Ransom Old Tom gin a few years back. I knew about it, and liked …
COCKTAILS SPIRITS COCKTAIL IDEAS FOR VALENTINE’S DAY: Two Recipes Built with Cognac February 14, 2022 I was fortunate, in the before times, to meet Michel Casavecchia, the master distiller at D’Usse cognac—a brand started not …
COCKTAILS SPIRITS COCKTAIL IDEAS FOR VALENTINE’S DAY: The Equiano Manhattan February 14, 2022 It’s hard to say why rum seems more romantic than whiskey. Is it the aromas of a languid beach vacation? …
SPIRITS WHISKEY Taking a Look at Second Sight Spirits February 09, 2022 When’s the last time you saw a fortune-telling, Zoltar-themed still? Never, right? Road trip to the “thriving metropolis” of Ludlow, …
SPIRITS Getting Schooled on Rum in the Caribbean February 01, 2022 How is it that rum somehow escaped my cocktail-making attention? I’m a brown liquor lover, after all. While visiting the …
COCKTAILS SPIRITS New Zealand’s Scapegrace Gin, Spirit of a Different Color January 25, 2022 In a world awash in a flood of International-style gins (most of them the hastily conceived offspring of a fresh-faced …
WHISKEY The Next Great Whisky Might Be Coming from Israel January 22, 2022 There was a time when Scotch came from Scotland, coal from Newcastle, and Jaffa oranges from Israel. These days Shanxi …
WHISKEY Try Mount Fuji, Young Man January 17, 2022 Could there be a more intriguing water source than snow melt off of the iconic Mt. Fuji, in Japan? Besides …
COCKTAILS YOUR WEEKEND COCKTAIL: Italicus and Tonic March 19, 2021 “It’s a little like lemocello,” said my tasting partner, after we’d both taken a small swig, neat. “But herbal.” I …
COCKTAILS GEAR It’s Time to Give Clamato Another Chance April 12, 2022 Cilantro. Either you love it or hate it. Detractors will tell you that it tastes like soap. Defenders will exonerate …
WHISKEY Power Player May 22, 2020 On the ice to over ice—Ed Belfour has segued from a celebrated hockey career into the world of distilling with …
COCKTAILS YOUR WEEKEND COCKTAIL: The Rum-Coco January 01, 2021 One of the many things that caught my attention during my annual viewing of the delightful film version of Tennessee …
COCKTAILS Autumn is Here: Make an Herbed Honey Smash September 23, 2020 So, for another week or so, it’s National Honey Month. Who knew? The good folks at Aberfeldy Single Malt are …
WHISKEY “For Relaxing Times…Make it Suntory Time” May 18, 2020 “But the good news is, the whisky works,” says Bill Murray’s stupefied-but-searching Bob Harris to Scarlett Johansson’s somewhat-abandoned-but-searching Charlotte in …
WHISKEY ESSENTIALS: Canadian Whisky May 22, 2020 The dominance, popularity, and status of Canadian whisky in the U.S. results from two factors: The Prohibition and the taste. …
WHISKEY ESSENTIALS: Blended Scotch February 22, 2021 The “go-go” 80s was a critical era in the history of spirits in the U.S., especially scotch. Newly minted Wall-Streeters, …
SPIRITS ESSENTIALS: Rum May 11, 2020 Rum deserves a break. Sure, its ubiquity spawned the nickname “demon rum” as a stand-in for the societal ills that …
News SPIRITS Update: Fundraising Efforts by Du Nord Craft Spirits June 26, 2020 Here’s a very entertaining update on the fundraising efforts by Du Nord Craft Spirits, in the wake of the Minneapolis protests …
WHISKEY Japanese Whisky Is Not Always Japanese Whisky October 14, 2020 Pick up any Scotch bottle and you automatically know one basic fact; it’s from Scotland. The same truth-in-labeling rules apply …
SPIRITS Discovering Old Monk Rum, a Legendary Indian Brand August 30, 2021 SOMETIMES YOUR FRIENDS know you better than you think. Sometimes this is a very good thing. I am, for instance, …
COCKTAILS YOUR WEEKEND COCKTAIL: The Brown Demon October 31, 2020 “Chamuco” is Spanish slang for “devil” and generally refers to a mischievous person. Tequila Chamucos Reposado ($45) embraces the naughtiness, …
WINE TASTING NOTE: NV Gruet Demi-Sec December 04, 2020 BUBBLES WEEK For our very small Thanksgiving, I volunteered to bring the dessert wine. It’s not that I don’t like …
WINE Star Sommelier Belinda Chang’s 5 Bubblies to Get Us Through May 15, 2020 Nobody throws a party like Belinda Chang. Even now. With her high-spirited personality and breezy approach to explaining the vagaries …
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