New Booze: Four new whiskies hit the market. Old Forester Whiskey Row Series Old Forester Bourbon Whisky annouces the launch of the Old Forester Whiskey Row Series in late-November. The series will allow consumers to sip Old Forester as…
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A Nine-Page Feature on Trick Dog’s Caitlin Laman
The fine folks at the Bay Area Newsgroup, which includes newspapers the San Jose Mercury, Oakland Tribune, Contra Costa Times, and others, asked me to write a long profile of Trick Dog’s Caitlin Laman, so that’s what I did. The …
Snap Shots: Inside the Colliseum
September 2011: The Colliseum in Rome. I saw this on a trip to Italy with Pallini Limoncello. Read about both here.
More Than 40 Drink Books Published in 2014 for Reading or Gifting
This has been a great year for cocktails and spirits books- tons have come out, and the majority are written by well-respected bartenders and other experts. I haven’t had time to read the majority of them, unfortunately, but below …
Non-Liquid Gift Ideas For Drinkers
Have you seen enough gift guides yet? Answer: NO YOU HAVE NOT BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THIS ONE. Below are some gifty things I’ve made note of throughout the year just for you. The CoupeStack, a set of stacking…
Snap Shots: A Pile of Potatoes, Warsaw, Poland
October 2007: On a trip to Warsaw with Chopin Vodka, we had a rare treat for a vodka distillery: seeing actual ingredients come in to the distillery and be processed for distillation.
All the Cocktails at Hapa Ramen in San Francisco
Okay I confess! I am lying. This is all but one of the cocktails at Hapa Ramen in San Francisco, but they weren't serving the last one as they're waiting on the right glassware. I had the …
Drink of the Week: Edmunds St. John Bone Jolly Gamay 2013
Perhaps best known as the grape behind France’s infamous Beaujolais Nouveau (the mass-produced plonk ceremoniously released on the third Thursday of every November), Gamay has gotten bit of a bum rap…
Drink of the Week: Counter Culture Holiday Coffee
With Thanksgiving less than two weeks away, we’re getting our holiday drinks playbook in order. First up: coffee. And today’s Drink of the Week—the Holiday Coffee from Counter Culture—is a winter…
Drink of the Week: Vixen Punch
Photo: Lara FerroniWe’re feeling especially festive this holiday season, partly because our newest book, Cocktails for the Holidays, is now on shelves (get your copy—and one for a friend—here). A…
Thanksgiving Drinks: Imbibe Staff Favorites
What are Imbibe staffers planning to sip tomorrow before, during and after one of the most important meals of the year? Read on. “We’re heading to visit family in Idaho this Thanksgiving, and we’re…
Drink of the Week: Elizabeth Goutorbe “Cuvée Eclatante” Brut Champagne
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25 Days of Holiday Drinks, Day 1: Cranberry Spice
We’re kicking off our second-annual 25 Days of Holiday Drinks series with a bauble of a cocktail. Ginger-spiced and fizzy with cider, the drink gets its cranberry-colored blush from an Aperol base….