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Sipping in Season: the Martinez Cocktail

Sipping in Season: the Martinez Cocktail

The Martinez cocktail is an ideal autumn sipper, and here are the gins to make it with

Featured, Cocktails, SpiritsAmanda SchusterOctober 12, 2020cocktails, cocktail history, martini, up, recipes, fallComment

5 Of the Most Interesting Virtual Distillery Tours

5 Of the Most Interesting Virtual Distillery Tours

If you can’t visit in person, these distilleries have gone out of their way to bring themselves to you

Featured, Spirits, TravelMike GerrardOctober 6, 2020distillery tour, covid, tequila, vodka, field trip, travelComment

12 Great Bourbons to Try This Fall

12 Great Bourbons to Try This Fall

Whether you seek fancy finishes or just plain good bourbon, here’s a list of 12 to try.

Featured, SpiritsAmanda GabrieleSeptember 28, 2020bourbon, reviewComment

Tony's (Mostly) Whisky Corner: Equiano Rum

Tony's (Mostly) Whisky Corner: Equiano Rum

This rum retraces the journey of a history-making abolitionist

Featured, SpiritsTony SachsSeptember 24, 2020rumComment

Limited and Rare Whiskey To Seek Out This Fall

Limited and Rare Whiskey To Seek Out This Fall

Fall means new rare whisky from Compass Box, Heaven Hill, Buffalo Trace, Jim Beam and more!

Featured, SpiritsAmanda SchusterSeptember 22, 2020whiskey, blended scotch, bourbon, single malt, new york international spirits competition, review, fallComment

Three Ways To Drink For a Cause This Autumn

Three Ways To Drink For a Cause This Autumn

Mix up these cocktails for a cause

CocktailsAmanda SchusterSeptember 15, 2020cocktails, covid, gin, new york international spirits competitionComment

A Texas Whiskey Writer On the Meaning of Bourbon Heritage Month

A Texas Whiskey Writer On the Meaning of Bourbon Heritage Month

A writer shares how she learned to love bourbon, and keep its spirit alive

Featured, SpiritsGabrielle PharmsSeptember 11, 2020bourbon, covid, historyComment

New York Tough: These 4 Local Brands Launched in a Pandemic

New York Tough: These 4 Local Brands Launched in a Pandemic

Can a pandemic stop the launch of these NYC-born products? Fuhgeddaboudit!

Featured, SpiritsAmanda SchusterSeptember 9, 2020covid, spirits, amari, mixers, bartenders, cocktails, cocktail bars, gin, whiskey, spritz, new york international spirits competition, coffee, vodkaComment

Tony's Whisky Corner: Knob Creek 12 & 15 Year Bourbon

Tony's Whisky Corner: Knob Creek 12 & 15 Year Bourbon

Knob Creek releases two older whiskey expressions at reasonable price points.

Featured, SpiritsTony SachsSeptember 8, 2020whiskey, bourbonComment

12 Wines for Sangrias, Spritzes, and Wine Cocktails

12 Wines for Sangrias, Spritzes, and Wine Cocktails

Wines you mix cocktails with should be wines you would sip on their own

Featured, Cocktails, WinePamela VachonSeptember 4, 2020wine, sparkling wine, new york international wine competition, zinfandel, pinot grigio, white wine, cavaComment

State of the Bourbon 2020

State of the Bourbon 2020

For Bourbon Heritage Month, our annual State of the Bourbon address

Featured, Spirits, Keep ReadingMaggie KimberlSeptember 2, 2020covid, bourbon, liquor laws, microbrewery, beer, craft beer Comment

7 Savory Tomato Cocktails (That Aren't a Bloody Mary)

7 Savory Tomato Cocktails (That Aren't a Bloody Mary)

Discover tomatoes in a whole new light with these drinks that use strained juice and infused spirits

Cocktails, Featured, Keep ReadingKelly MagyaricsAugust 27, 2020cocktails, gin, tequila, vodka, new york international spirits competition, sherry, aquavit, cachaca, recipesComment

Tony's Whisky Corner: 3 New Upscale Takes on Bottled-in-Bond

Tony's Whisky Corner: 3 New Upscale Takes on Bottled-in-Bond

Tasting 2020 B-I-B whiskey releases from Heaven Hill, Wild Turkey, and George Dickel

Featured, SpiritsTony SachsAugust 26, 2020whiskeyComment

Adding Spice to Your Cocktails

Adding Spice to Your Cocktails

Make a Mango Coconut Masalatini and take your cocktail spice adventure from there

Featured, CocktailsRinku BhattacharyaAugust 24, 2020cocktails, spices, new york international wine competition, moscato, riesling, vodka, on the rocksComment

Smoke on Smoke: Pairing Smoky Whisky With Pastrami and Lox

Smoke on Smoke: Pairing Smoky Whisky With Pastrami and Lox

10 food-friendly peated and smoky whiskies to try

Featured, Spirits, PairingAmanda SchusterAugust 21, 2020whiskey, single malt, pairingsComment

Escape From Manhattan

Escape From Manhattan

How to change a standard Manhattan cocktail recipe for a flavor vacation

Cocktails, Featured, SpiritsAmanda SchusterAugust 17, 2020cocktails, rum, whiskey, bitters, brandy, cognac, upComment

Cocktail Changeup: 8 Ways to Make a Piña Colada

Cocktail Changeup: 8 Ways to Make a Piña Colada

If you like Piña Coladas, here are ways to make them at home (rain optional).

Featured, CocktailsAmanda GabrieleAugust 10, 2020cocktails, rum, on the rocks Comment

Sparkling Wine Cocktails 101

Sparkling Wine Cocktails 101

Find the right bubbly for all your fizzy libations

Featured, Cocktails, WineKelly MagyaricsAugust 5, 2020cocktails, wine, cava, new york international wine competition, prosecco, champagne, 101Comment

Cool Down With These 11 Refreshing Boozy Summer Treats

Cool Down With These 11 Refreshing Boozy Summer Treats

11 booze-infused portable drinks and treats for summer refreshment

Featured, Wine, Spirits, CocktailsGabrielle PharmsJuly 30, 2020cocktails, wine, tequila, beer, whiskey, rye, vodka, summerComment

Up Spirits! The Rise and Fall of the British Rum Ration

Up Spirits! The Rise and Fall of the British Rum Ration

July 31 marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the naval rum tot ration

Featured, SpiritsBrian PetroJuly 29, 2020rum, new york international spirits competition, historyComment