When it comes to chic cocktail culture, brown is definitely the new clear. With flavorful brown spirits making a major reappearance in everything from modern riffs on classic Manhattans and Old Fashioneds to high end aged scotches and bourbons being sipped neat by urban millennials of both genders, brown spirits …
Your Negronis and Spritzes just got more interesting. With vintage cocktails being all the rage these days, St George Spirits has released an innovative aperitivo liqueur inspired by distiller Lance Winters’ formative years in 1970’s California. Crafted from gentian root, California balsam, and California-grown Seville orange peel, Bruto Americano is an …
Things Glen Scotia Victoriana Single Malt Scotch has in common with your last failed relationship: it’s exceptionally smooth, initially sweet, a touch dark, and has an aroma of porridge, crème brûlée, and tobacco. Characteristics of Glen Scotia Victoriana you wish your last relationship had but came up short: it’s highly nuanced, …
There is no shortage of things people will try to turn into alcohol, but this list will have you doing a double take. The key ingredient to each of this isn’t an exotic herb or spice, but whole animals, namely insects. Armor Tail Scorpion Vodka Nothing says challenge like the …
Discerning imbibers that appreciate a good aged straight rye whiskey aren’t the type to shy away from flavor. We don’t want your bowl of plain stodgy oatmeal, your unadorned overbaked potato, or your bland plate of limp spaghetti. We want your spiciest jalapeños, your piquant aged Roquefort, your Tuscan black …
Brandy distillate is a bit like a human teenager. It’s incredibly sensitive to the surroundings in which it’s allowed to mature, picks up characteristics easily, and sometimes has a fresh mouth. Okay, it never really talks back, but the rest is true. So aging brandy in barrels that formerly housed …
Remember that time in college when your parents, at the prospect of your somewhat-less-than-stellar GPA one semester, asked you just what the hell you were majoring in, booze?! Well, now students of Midway University, a liberal arts institution in Woodford County, Kentucky, can answer that question with an earnest and …
When it comes to fine whisky, cask selection is a crucial component of the maturation process. The right cask is like a temple in which the psyches and souls inherent in the whisky converge, creating a layered and complex amalgamation of flavors in the final golden liquid. The 100 barrel …
It’s slightly less cold, but the sleet and snow aren’t far behind, as we enter Manchester for round 2 of the Black Cow Gold Top Cup Competition. It may be raining outside, but the sun is gleaming across the judges faces as we’re presented with another round of complete genius …
In 1938 the train journey from New York to Chicago on the understatedly luxurious Twentieth Century Limited Pullman train on the New York Central Railroad took a mere (brief at the time) 16 hours. As passengers prepared for embarkation a lengthy crimson tapestry was unfurled with ceremonial gusto to lie …
Slow and Low Rock and Rye. It sounds a bit like a tween dance sensation you wouldn’t want your twelve-year-old daughter getting involved in or a line from a hip-hop song you always mutter because you’re not quite sure of the precise lyrics or what they could possibly mean, but …
Tequila is a bartender’s friend, and not just for its versatility, shoot-ability, and drinkability. Tequila is what we reach for at the end of the night when we want to pour ourselves just one after all the money is counted in the wee hours of the morning. If you want …