Photo by Christiann Koepke Winter Spritz Note this has a low abv, great for “not” getting too drunk in the middle of the day Created by Maxime Belfand, Saxon + Parole Ingredients: 1 oz. Martini & Rossi Riserva Speciale Bitter 1 oz. Martini & Rossi Ambrato 1 oz. Blood Orange Juice …
Now that the weather is warming, the demand for healthy, refreshing beverages is starting to rise too. Smoothies and juices often take centerstage as popular options. We asked Freshii, the fastest-growing restaurant concept in the world and a leader in health and wellness, to recommend some seasonal choices. With franchises …
Let’s just say it plainly. Cocktail mixers are an assorted bag of “That was amazing!” to “Did someone spill a sack of sugar in my drink?” You don’t know what you’re going to get if you haven’t done the recon. That’s why Stirrings created a portfolio of award-winning cocktail mixers …
Drunk for a Penny. Dead drunk for twopence. Clean straw for nothing. —Sign outside a London gin shop, Circa 1700 England. 1688. James II sat on the throne. A Catholic, his reign had been one of religious tolerance, increased standards of living for the masses, and reduced tensions with France. …
Head west from London, through suburbs lazily tapering off into farmland and forests, and you will find yourself in the West Country, the umbrella term for the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, and Somerset. In the ’90s, Trip-Hop put Bristol and the region on the map. More contemporary Anglophiles may …
Watch out Scotland, there’s another whisky on the map. And it’s 100% London bred. This whisky’s breaking a particularly long dry spell—this is the first time in two hundred years that London is making whisky. Welcome back to the fold. London was once a proud whisky-producing city. In the late …
Flames erupt from wooden canisters, wrapping the factory in a sheath of oaky smoke that turns incandescent under the ceiling lights. The white oak barrels are charred from the inside, their interiors turned a charcoal black that cracks and blisters under the heat. There is the sound of metal on …
As British traditions go, drinkable ginger is just about as prominent as Yeoman Warders or afternoon tea. In addition to ginger tea and ginger beer, for over 250 years British tipplers have quaffed a fermented ginger drink made from a blend of ginger, sugar, and raisins. It’s known as ginger …
The British have long had a taste for Champagne and were among the first nations to understand that bubbly isn’t just for celebrations. In fact, in England Champagne is often one of the cheaper drinks on the menu simply because it is ordered so frequently. U.S. prices would incur outrage! …
Single malt Scotch whisky is to Scotland what Champagne or even Cognac is to France. But what about combining the style of France together with the style of Scotland? The notion probably makes the whisky purist cringe, as if it’s like “fruiting” beer. Yet it’s this very style that one …
Released from the Fold Shmaltz Brewing Company sets up shop of its own Shmaltz Brewing Company, long a contract brewer, has finally settled down. The new brewery and tasting room in upstate New York’s Clifton Park will open its doors to the thirsty public on the seventh of July. In …
A summer saunter northwest from Detroit to Traverse City needn’t have a purpose other than reveling in the tree-lined drive, the enchanting twists and turns of lake and land that typify rural Michigan. However, a tent-filled, first-ever ‘Night of 100 Rieslings’ on Grand Traverse Bay featuring an international tasting of …