SPIRITS TASTING NOTES: Edinburgh Gin March 20, 2023 I’ve been drinking gin since Lisa Birnbach told me a G&T (gin and tonic, for those NOT in the know) …
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 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 …
COCKTAILS SPIRITS SCARY GOOD COCKTAILS: The Pumpkin Spice Spritz October 22, 2021 I somehow missed the memo on the fact that many, many great gins come from Scotland. I think of the …
SPIRITS Hunt Down This Limited Edition Bombay Sapphire Bottle September 25, 2021 I don’t know why, exactly, but it can be easy to forget that drinking is meant to be fun. It …
COCKTAILS SPIRITS Polo and Gin Make for a Spirited Combination July 14, 2021 When it comes to the world of polo, two things can be expected: The players are dashingly bronzed, frequently endowed …
SPIRITS Brewing What Comes Naturally: Still Austin’s American Gin May 26, 2021 The Still Austin Whiskey Co. out of Texas says “The Naturalist,” its American Gin, is “the first rye gin made in …
COCKTAILS SPIRITS ESSENTIALS: Gin April 02, 2021 In the popular history of gin, the spirit (now so associated with the upper crust) was once, like lobster and …
COCKTAILS YOUR WEEKEND COCKTAIL: The Medium Wet Martini February 05, 2021 As a spirits journalist, I am pretty much open to anything: Single-malts in a cocktail, peanut-flavorings, vodka made from grapes …
COCKTAILS YOUR WEEKEND COCKTAIL: The Longitude Line December 11, 2020 Last month, I attended a virtual “masterclass” sponsored by Kimio Yonezawa of Japan’s Kaikyo Distillery, which intended to increase exposure …
SPIRITS Philadelphia’s Bluecoat Gin, the Drink of Patriots October 27, 2020 The eve of an historic election is a great timing for patriotic spirit. I suggest gin from the City of …
SPIRITS Beautiful Botanicals: Watching Bombay Sapphire Be Born August 26, 2020 At Bombay Sapphire Distillery in the UK’s bucolic Hampshire county, I follow Sam Carter through a sleek maze of glass …
SPIRITS TASTING NOTE: Bulrush Gin August 10, 2020 UPDATE: Bulrush Available Online Gin’s continued growth and expansion seems limitless right now. The category already includes pink gin, “gin-in-a-tin”, …
SPIRITS Sin in a Bottle: A Brief Appraisal of Gin’s Reputation August 07, 2020 “Gin! Gin! A glass of gin! What magnified monsters encircle therein!” That—and the many lines that followed—come from a temperance …
SPIRITS Spirited Travel: Something’s Bubbling in Iceland August 03, 2020 The headlines tell the story: “How Iceland Beat the Coronavirus” (The New Yorker) and “Iceland now feels like the coronavirus …
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