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From Peat to Mesquite, American Whiskey Gets Fired Up

Imbibe Magazine

Whiskey Del Bac , a craft distillery founded in 2011, makes single malts richly smoked with mesquite, a flavor that co-founder Stephen Paul calls “the signature aroma of the desert Southwest.” An unassuming industrial park off Interstate 10 near downtown Tucson is the birthplace of some of the most flavorful whiskey in America.

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A New Standard: 5 Balcones Cocktails That Showcase American Single Malt Whisky at Its Best

VinePair

One distillery at the forefront of the movement for official recognition of American Single Malts (ASM) is Balcones, a craft distillery owned by Diageo thats been producing whisky since 2009 and creating single malts since 2011. Add whisky, pecan syrup, and bitters. Ingredients 1.5 Stir until glass is chilled. Ingredients 1.5

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The French Blonde

Cheers

This gin-based cocktail, which first appeared in Saveur magazine in 2011, has been heating up recently — it’s rumored to be Taylor Swift’s favorite drink! Fresh grapefruit juice A few dashes lemon bitters Instructions Combine ingredients in shaker. . Elderflower liqueur 1 oz.

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Scotch Whisky Legends: Strathisla 1965 Year Old Gordon & Macphail Bottled 2004

The Whiskey Wash

Lots of resins and propolis, pine needles and dried herbs, bitter oranges, mastic candies and olive oil. Bitter chocolate, strong honey, herbal sweets. I have trawled the auction sites, and the earliest 1965 that I can find a concrete record of sale for was bottled in 2011. Mouth: ah, now it’s closer to the 30yo.

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Celebrating 15 years of Baba Au Rum with 15 questions for founder Thanos Prunarus

The Cocktail Lovers

Then in 2011 we launched two new categories, like the Manhattan, and hot winter cocktails, such as Blazers and Hot Butter Rums. A Daiquiri, but with an addition of a little bit of rum agricole and two or three dashes of aromatic bitters. With every menu we’ve created something new. That was back in 2010.

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The Mount Rushmore of IPAs, According to 8 Beer Experts

VinePair

In that time, we’ve seen the beer industry go from malty English IPAs to dank West Coast options — teeth-chatteringly bitter double and then triple and even quadruple IPAs — to softer, fruitier, and hazier New England-style options. This beer is so deliciously balanced with malty, biscuity undertones, and zippy pine bitterness.

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The Evolution of the IPA, from 19th Century England to Now

VinePair

More bitter, piney, aromatic, and crisp than its British counterpart, Liberty Ale was reputedly hopped solely with Cascade hops, a variety that Oregon State University’s USDA breeding program introduced in 1972 and would go on to become the flagship hop of the West Coast IPA substyle. Thus, we got both Deschutes’ Conflux Series No.

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