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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

Can't Go To the Bar? Bartenders Are Creating Home Cocktail Kits

Can't Go To the Bar? Bartenders Are Creating Home Cocktail Kits

Cocktails to-go are likely here to-stay

Featured, CocktailsMaggie KimberlJuly 28, 2020cocktails, bartending, hospitality industry, covid, new york international spirits competition, rum, to goComment

Tony's (Mostly) Whisky Corner: Ten to One Rum

Tony's (Mostly) Whisky Corner: Ten to One Rum

These additive-free Caribbean rums make welcome additions to any bar

Featured, SpiritsTony SachsJuly 27, 2020rum, white rum, cocktailsComment

Comic Books To Get Lost In, and Drinks To Pair With Them

Comic Books To Get Lost In, and Drinks To Pair With Them

Sip along with these comic fiction thrillers

Cocktails, FeaturedAndrew TobiaJuly 22, 2020cocktails, whiskey, gin, beer, beer pairing, new york international spirits competition, new york international beer competition, microbrewery, ipa, aleComment

Bourbon vs. Rye: Science Says Everything You Know Is Wrong

Bourbon vs. Rye: Science Says Everything You Know Is Wrong

Can you really taste the difference between bourbon and rye, or just think you can?

Featured, SpiritsTom JohnsonJuly 20, 2020bourbon, whiskey, aging, 101 Comments