Photo Credit: Colin Hampden-White Irish whiskey has experienced a great revitalisation recently. Several new distilleries have been built with many others either under construction or in the planning stages. It is a far cry from the days when three Irish distilling families put their competitive spirit aside and, for the sake …
It’s takes a village to raise the bar on sustainability and that village sits in the northern reaches of Scotland. As the folks who work at the Glenmorangie Distillery know, you can’t spell sustainability without Tain, the town they have called home since 1843, and that is why they decided …
Inviting friends over to watch the Oscars? Make it a theme night…as in Cocktails. 2018 marks ninety years of Oscars and this year’s show will be one of the most-watched in the program’s history due to an excess of outstanding nominations including The Darkest Hour, Lady Bird, and Get Out. …
Dust off your Charleston and prepare to be transported back to the roaring 1920’s! This March, Glenmorangie is paying tribute to the Golden Age of American Whiskey with the opening of their very own speakeasy, Spice & Rye. This temporary pop up bar will have all the highlights of American …
Photo Credit: Maker Walk LA People come to LA for many reasons: weather, food, sights, and a glimpse of the good life. They stay for the contagious atmosphere of the city… and the booze. California is a beautiful, vivacious hub bursting at the seams with a startlingly diverse mix of …
You might not know this, but actor Channing Tatum went on a personal quest to find the best vodka in the USA (no this is not a movie). Spoiler alert, he didn’t find it. But in his travels, he did stumble upon Grand Teton Distillery and he was inspired by …
Bartenders use math every day as they add, subtract, multiply, divide and convert to create the calculated concoctions we all love to order, but beyond the math required to craft a perfectly balanced drink, few people consider the numbers that go into each bottle of their favorite spirits. Greenbar Distillery …
Spring is fast approaching and with its arrival so comes a chance to embrace a new spirit or a refreshing cocktail. It is a time to try something different and Slingsby Rhubarb Gin, a unique brand cornering the market, is that something. Made from botanicals and fresh water sourced in …
There will be many “Sláinte’s” made over a glass of the Connacht Whiskey Company’s new Brothership, an Irish-American blended whiskey. In Irish Gaelic, “Sláinte,” is a toast to good health, a “cheers.” Brothership will be available in the United States just in time for St. Patrick’s Day revelry, an occasion …
The story of the Connacht Whiskey Company LTD is a classic one. Four men, three American and one Irishman, came together in pursuit of one dream: to bring whiskey back to the west coast of Ireland, for the first time in a century. That dream took shape in Ballina, County …
Photo Credit: Colin Hampden-White North of Inverness, beyond the Black Isle, up on the Dornoch Firth there are two distilleries. The first produces one of the world’s best-known and bestselling single malt distilleries: Glenmorangie. A few miles further lies a smaller, lesser-known distillery with a very different ethos. The house of …
Let your night heat up with Habanero Hell Fire, a spicy cocktail created by Beverage Director Jakob Hostetter of Cantina 1838, the NYC Taqueria and Tequila Bar. The main ingredient is super-premium Tres Agaves Reposada Tequila, which has a balanced flavor of baked tropical fruits, hints of citrus and spice, …