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Searching For Seasonal Cider in Bourbon Country

Searching For Seasonal Cider in Bourbon Country

The search for 7 autumn ciders in Kentucky

Featured, BeerSara HavensOctober 26, 2020cider, hard cider, fall, kentuckyComment

All About Rye

All About Rye

We’re now in the third decade of a ryesurgence! Here’s what’s going on with rye around the world.

Featured, SpiritsAmanda SchusterOctober 23, 2020whiskey, rye, 101Comment

Brewers Push For Racial Equity

Breweries answer the call for change with collaboration and educational resources

Beer, FeaturedJames ReddicliffeOctober 19, 2020beer, craft beer, microbrewery, covid, beer culture, profileComment

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

Pints of Depiction: Pairing Beer with Candy

Pints of Depiction: Pairing Beer with Candy

It’s not a trick: these beer styles with candy are a real treat!

BeerEm SauterOctober 9, 2020beer, beer pairing, wheat beer, hefeweizen, craft beer, microbrewery, oatmeal stout, fruit beer, ale, blonde aleComment

Apple Cider Beer Exists

Apple Cider Beer Exists

This brewery in the Adirondacks has perfected the cider-beer hybrid we didn’t know we needed

Beer, FeaturedPhil GalewitzOctober 7, 2020cider, beer, microbrewery, apples, weissbier, wheat beer, fall Comment

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

Beer Review: Blackberry Farm Boundary Tree

Beer Review: Blackberry Farm Boundary Tree

This hoppy Belgian-style ale from Tennessee is perfect for warmer autumn days and barbecues

Beer, FeaturedKevin GibsonSeptember 30, 2020beer, craft beer, microbrewery, ale, pale ale, belgian style, beer pairingComment

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

5 Great Beer Styles For Fall

5 Great Beer Styles For Fall

Try these traditional fall beer styles that have nothing to do with pumpkin spice

Beer, Keep ReadingPamela VachonSeptember 16, 2020beer, craft beer, microbrewery, new york international beer competition, beer pairing, lager, pale ale, fall, 101Comment

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

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

Cider Review: Sweden's Rekorderlig Makes a Stateside Splash

Cider Review: Sweden's Rekorderlig Makes a Stateside Splash

“Beautifully Swedish” fruit-flavored, low-calorie ciders for summer sipping

Featured, BeerSara HavensAugust 28, 2020cider, hard cider, flavored cider, Gluten-Free Comments

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

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

Up on the Hilltop With Hill Farmstead

Up on the Hilltop With Hill Farmstead

The taproom is closed, but worth a visit to this Vermont brewery for a drive-through pickup

Featured, BeerPhil GalewitzAugust 20, 2020beer, craft beer, microbrewery, blonde ale, pale ale, travelComment