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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 …

Located in the discretely luxurious Halkin by Como hotel in London’s rather posh Belgravia neighborhood, understated elegance is just what one would expect in a highly lauded Michelin-starred restaurant—and fortunately Ametsa delivers. The brainchild of Elena Arzak, the third generation of culinary brilliance behind triple Michelin-starred Arzak in San Sebastian, Ametsa …

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 …

Overseas, if we associate an adult beverage with Spain it’s most likely sangría, Tempranillo, or Granacha. But as in the world over, intelligent imbibers in Spain are embracing the craft beer revolution with open arms and brew connoisseurs in Granada are as discerning about their cervezas as they are with …

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 …

Three craft cocktails at Bar Pleiades at The Surrey in the Upper East Side will set you back $60 before tax and tip. A single “World Cocktail” at the exclusive World Bar in the Trump World Tower includes an oh-so-exclusionary $50 price tag. Considering this, plus the fact that it’s …

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 …

Born out of one family’s love for wine, viticulture, and the great area of Northern California, The Ehret Family Winery is committed to embracing the Sonoma County region and producing some of the finest fruit around. Since 2005, the Ehret family—Pierre, Susan, and their children Alexander, Christian, and Isabella—has been …

Before you get all unnecessarily snooty and highbrow regarding the Pabst brand, we’d like you to clamber down off that uncomfortable hipster-supported craft beer high horse, make yourself at home in this inviting, battered-cushioned barstool, and allow us to crack you open an ice-cold can of Old Tankard Ale, a …

Celebrating victory with tequila? Undoubtedly a tradition we’re eager to embrace. Victory over Friday’s eye-for-an-eye rush hour, victory over the eventual completion of a seemingly interminable work week, victory in the form of the cutting retort you formulated in answer to your catty coworker’s would-be witticisms—albeit several hours too late. …