Cathead Honeysuckle Blackberry Collins
If Charleston, SC's James Beard Award-winning Hominy Grill is serving local Cathead Vodka cocktails, you know that's what you want in your glass. Executive Chef David Uecke created this drink to...
View ArticleHow To Properly Make An American Gin & Tonic
House Spirits Distillery has come into its own since Christian Krogstad co-founded the operation with Lee Medoff in Corvallis, Oregon in 2005 — later moving to the heart of distillery row in Southeast...
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What The Hell Is Colorado Whiskey? For One Distiller, The Answer Is Complicated.
For anyone who has a basic familiarity with liquor, describing TinCup whiskey is a piece of cake. Amber-colored, it has a sweet opening flavor, which segues into a spicy middle and a sharp, woody...
View ArticleWelcome To Craft Beer & Spirits Week 2015
These are good times for discerning drinkers. According to the Brewers Association, a trade group that helps support small and independent American brewing, craft brewers produced 22.2 million barrels...
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St. George Spirits Is America’s Craftiest Distillery
Welcome to Craft Beer & Spirits Week, when we take a look at some of the passionate producers, bars and people helping make our world a more spirited place. Since its founding in 1982, St. George...
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Canadian Whisky Takes A Dark Turn. For The Better.
Welcome to Craft Beer & Spirits Week, when we take a look at some of the passionate producers, bars and people helping make our world a more spirited place. For us Canadians, the end of the popular...
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High West’s David Perkins Has Something To Say To Those Who Think There’s No...
High West Distillery proprietor David Perkins chuckles when asked about Utah’s prohibitive liquor laws. “You realize that the liquor laws everywhere are pretty screwy, right? We don’t have the monopoly...
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The Man Who Pumped NYC’s Tunnels Post-Sandy Now Makes Great Whiskey
Tim Ferris (right) with a member of his emergency undersea salvage rescue team. (Photo: Defiant Marine.) Tim Ferris is a man of multiple passions, all of which depend on water. His main gig is as the...
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Who Really Made Your Favorite Small Batch Rye Whiskey?
In a move that surprised many craft spirits aficionados, the respected industry magazine Whisky Advocate recently named MGP Ingredients its Distiller of the Year. Right now, you’re probably wondering,...
View ArticleHow to Buy Bourbon Like You Know What You’re Doing
Ah, bourbon. Is there ever a time when it’s not appropriate? It’s what you want on a cold night before a roaring fire (or rattling radiator). And it’s just as satisfying on a hot summer day mixed into...
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An Ancient Tradition Returns: Making Absinthe in Switzerland
In the bright green hills of Boveresse on the border of Switzerland and France, down a sleepy street lined with cobblestones, in an old, dusty house, you will find Philippe Martin quietly distilling...
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