Country star makes a Manhattan
I got a funny sort of PR email today. A country artist I’ve never heard of, Kelleigh Bannen, has a new song out, and to promote it, she did a video in which she makes a Manhattan. Ordinarily, I’d let...
View ArticleDown in the Treme …
Here’s one you cocktail geeks mighta missed. I haven’t been watching this season of the HBO show Treme because we didn’t pick up HBO when we moved to Brooklyn. Apparently, though, the 3rd season has...
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Cocktails, in GIFs
Complex magazine published a cool feature yesterday, naming the 25 best cocktails in New York City right now. What’s nice about it is how the piece is illustrated. Each cocktail has an animated GIF,...
View ArticleGrand Centennial
Friday, Grand Central Terminal marks its 100th-anniversary with a grand celebration, and with that fête comes a bit of cocktail news. First, some of the station’s vendors are offering 1913 pricing on...
View ArticleSad news: Parker Beam has ALS
I must say that I was stunned into submission to learn that Parker Beam, the beloved and long-serving master distiller for Heaven Hill, has been diagnosed with ALS. It is a jarringly sober moment;...
View ArticleHow to Drink Like a Mad Man
Step 1: Enter the diplomatic corps. Step 2: Drink like a Mad Man.
View ArticlePeat: A non-renewable resource
Peat, the fuel that adds smoke to scotch, is a non-renewable resource. But what are the odds of its running out? Slate takes a look.
View ArticleAll the Boys Think She’s a Spy
Whatever you might think of Edward Snowden, you can keep to yourself; this is a booze blog, after all. But in reading a recent New York Times story about his flight from Hong Kong, I found a funny...
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Campari 2014
I don’t normally post about this sort of thing, but Campari just announced that Uma Thurman is its calendar star this year. I know it’s not a universal opinion, but I think Uma’s great in nearly...
View ArticleSmuggler’s Blues
Border guards in Kyrgyzstan have discovered an underwater pipeline used for a major alcohol smuggling operation from neighbouring Kazakhstan.
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A Guide to Defunct Cocktail Ingredients
When you start looking through vintage cocktail books, one thing you’ll quickly notice are the names of obscure ingredients—products with names like Caperitif and Hercules. And if you’re anything like...
View Article3 Good Drinks from The Savoy
Harry Craddock only wrote one book, the Savoy Cocktail Book, but many of the cocktails in that book are justly renowned and worth adding to your repertoire. The Corpse Reviver #2 is probably the most...
View Article5 Essential Scotch Cocktails
Next time you’re at the gym or the salon or the grocery, and someone says it’s a sacrilege to mix Scotch into a cocktail, promise me you’ll grab that person, take him or her out back, and… [Want to...
View Article10 Bourbon Terms You Should Know
I’ve heard a rumor that in other parts of the country, the weather is turning colder, leaves are starting to drop from the trees, mountain men and other rustic types are gathering wood for their...
View Article3 New(ish) Cocktail Bitters
Now, you young folks won’t remember this, but back in my day, when you wanted to make a cocktail, and you needed some cocktail bitters, you went to the soda-pop aisle of your grocery and found the...
View ArticleRye Resurgent
From Shanken News Daily, a look at the rise of rye whiskey. Rye Whiskey Rising Fast, Spurred By Dynamic On-Trade Cocktail Culture The U.S. whisk(e)y renaissance and vibrant cocktail culture have...
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