Good Spirits News

JULY 14, 2024

Since launching in 2013, Blue Chair Bay has taken it upon itself to recreate just about every Caribbean-inspired flavor under the sun. The citrus character is subtle and slightly pith-like in bitterness, while the rum itself is only lightly sweetened, making this more mixable in cocktails.

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Chilled Magazine

APRIL 17, 2024

In 2013, Hood River Distillers purchased Lucid Absinthe Supérieure, the first genuine absinthe made with real Grand Wormwood to be legally available in the United States. From value to premium, amaro to whiskey, Hood River Distillers has it all, with liquid credentials that keep customers coming back for more.

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A Bar Above

APRIL 27, 2024

(Editor’s Note : This article has been updated from a 2013 version.) Mainly, I notice an added bitterness that wasn’t as apparent in the stirred version. In these two glasses, I have exactly the same cocktail: 2 oz Maker’s Mark 1oz Punt y Mes sweet Vermouth 2 dashes Angostoura Bitters I’m going to go through the same exercise.

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VinePair

JUNE 25, 2024

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 Cocktail Lovers

JUNE 11, 2025

And 2013 was our first time on the World’s 50 Best Bars list. A Daiquiri, but with an addition of a little bit of rum agricole and two or three dashes of aromatic bitters. People were like, “wow, what is that?” ” The evolution of our menus has been really important. The guests have evolved too.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 2, 2024

And as recently as 2013, a number of craft brewers around the world banded together to mark Feb. With hops, the general rule of thumb is that during the early wort boiling stages of brewing, brewers will add their bittering hops, as the longer, hotter boil will extract a hop’s more bitter attributes.

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VinePair

APRIL 1, 2024

The brand received a Best Whiskey medal in 2023 for its 2013 Bourbon and a 2022 Gold medal for its limited-edition 50-year Armagnac. An inviting American twist on traditional European herbal liqueurs, this aromatic spirit offers layered bitter, floral, and herbal notes and a long, bittersweet finish.

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Barina Craft

JANUARY 25, 2024

New York Jets: Manhattan - along with Brooklyn has the highest concentration of fans according to a 2013 Facebook study. This drink is basically an Income Tax cocktail minus the bitters. The “Brunonian” is equal parts bourbon and dry vermouth with a couple dashes of orange bitters.

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Good Spirits News

AUGUST 27, 2024

Since its inception, Campari’s bitter, distinctive taste and unmistakable, vibrant red color have been at the heart of the iconic Negroni. As the only branded ingredient in the official Negroni recipe by the International Bartenders Association, there truly is no Negroni without Campari.

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VinePair

JULY 19, 2024

With its light bitterness, Surfside Peach Tea walks on the sweeter side without knocking your teeth out. Owl’s Brew White Tea & Watermelon Founded in 2013 by two tea experts, Owl’s Brew’s lineup of hard teas and tea-based canned cocktails are designed for the purists.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Sip this one neat to enjoy its full potential, or mix it with some sweet vermouth and bitters for the Manhattan of a lifetime. As such, the barrels containing this bourbon were laid down that same year, then dumped in 2013 and reserved for the 25th anniversary of the dual acquisition.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 3, 2023

When you talk to someone in the bar or booze industry about “Hey Bartender,” Douglas Tirola’s 2013 documentary chronicling the 21st century rebirth and rise of the American cocktail scene, one specific quote from the film is likely to be mentioned. The rest of this story should be read at maximum volume.)

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Cocktails with Suderman

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

One of the most popular articles I’ve ever written was a 2013 piece for Slate that was essentially a deconstruction of three-act structure , and in particular the “beat sheet” laid out by the screenplay guidebook Save the Cat. So many stories seemed schematic rather than organic, organized primarily to hit formulaic beats.

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Drink Me

AUGUST 23, 2023

A style first made popular by brewers from California and the Pacific Northwest, American amber ale is a descendant of English pale ale or strong bitter. Where to Buy Hop Head Red Introduced in 2013 by Green Flash Brewing Co. , Deep herbal and citrus hop aromas balance out the malt, and it’s call capped off by a clean bitterness.

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The Whiskey Wash

APRIL 3, 2024

Serge Valentin’s Tasting Notes on the Karuizawa 1964 48 Year Old Number One Drinks For Wealth Solutions #3603 Serge Valentin of WhiskyFun sampled the Karuizawa on February 14th 2013, and had this to say: “ This magnifico bottle was just launched on Feb 13 in Warsaw. Bitter chocolate in the aftertaste (tannins, but no worries).

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VinePair

OCTOBER 8, 2024

A classic sour construction of spirit, sugar, and citrus, the Pisco Sour also calls for a foamy head of egg white stained with a few dashes of Angostura bitters. Pisco exports experienced a volume dip in 2020 due to the pandemic and another tiny step back in 2023 along with many other segments of the global spirits industry.

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VinePair

AUGUST 14, 2024

RateBeer named Hill Farmstead the top brewery every year from 2013 through 2020, and by the end of the decade, most of the beer world simply took it as an immutable fact that this was the best brewery in the world.

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The Whiskey Wash

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

The multi-award-winning Parliament’s other accolades include a silver medal from the International Wine & Spirit Competition (2013), and a double gold medal from the San Francisco World Spirits Competition (2022). Where Is The Glendronach 21 Year Old Produced? A spirit still at The Glendronach Distillery.

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Imbibe Magazine

JUNE 11, 2025

Done well, a subtly bittered kölsch is complex enough to curry favor with seasoned drinkers accustomed to intense IPAs, while also familiar enough to nudge mainstream lager lovers into a flavorful new direction. The next new notion might be an old one: kölsch, an approachable ale that’s an elegant study in equilibrium and restraint.

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Imbibe Magazine

AUGUST 26, 2024

Made with Alphonso mangos native to Bhatt and Pandya’s shared home region of Gujarat, India, the cider has added hops that replicate biting into bitter mango skin. He collaborated with spice company Diaspora Co. Terroir isn’t just this Eurocentric concept,” Bhatt says. Know what else is fruity and juicy?

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Imbibe Magazine

JULY 1, 2024

Named for his mother, Cuvée de Carol 2013, a Brut Nature, had stayed on lees 90 months. Left to right: Parés Baltà Winery’s Els Pujols Estate; Parés Baltà winemaker Marta Casas stomps Macabeo grapes; a cluster of Macabeo grapes destined for Cava. “My My grandfather used to harvest those grapes for bulk wine,” says Cusiné. “We

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VinePair

JUNE 30, 2025

Smithwicks still produces its flagship red ale to this day, though in 1965 it was purchased by Guinness (now owned by Diageo), and in 2013 production was moved from Kilkenny to Dublin. Despite the multitude of names to describe the beer, hazy IPAs are recognizable for their creamy mouthfeel, mild bitterness, and robust juicy fruit flavors.

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VinePair

JANUARY 17, 2024

At Booker and Dax in 2013, my first day of work in the cocktail world saw me using a double beam scale to balance centrifuge rotors full of lime juice. Born from his love of bitter lemon soda and as a way to use up spent oranges that had been used for garnishes, the drink is constructed around a soda-style syrup.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 6, 2023

At the beginning of 2023, we hosted a beer dinner featuring the brewery, and we learned that when they opened in 2013, they were told that they would never make it because they didn’t place a heavier focus on IPAs (they didn’t even have any).

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VinePair

MARCH 13, 2024

From the day that bar opened in 2013, there was a populist tap room on the ground floor, where bartenders pulled pints and sold Scotch eggs, and an elite cocktail parlor on the second floor that served elegant bowls of punch and pre-Prohibition drinks. I like to drink and eat a lot of different stuff, and I don’t imagine I’m the only one.”

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The Liquor Thing

APRIL 18, 2020

In British Royal Navy gin was used as an additive to decrease the bitter flavor of quinine, which was used to prevent malaria of England's sailors. In 2013 gin became popular worldwide with new brands. He manufactured a much cleaner and pure spirit than ever before. Gin consumption came down in the 20th century.

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Dry Atlas

DECEMBER 13, 2023

We’re talking late 2013, early 2014. I started making individual flavor bitters that were 0.0% When we did the majority exit [to Diageo], I picked the bitters project back up with more learning, understanding, and focus. What’s going on in cocktail bitters? It was an afterthought. What’s out there?

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Drinkhacker

JANUARY 25, 2025

A rose sparkler made from 100% baga grapes in Portugal’s Bairrada region, this 2013 is a current vintage, though the 2014 is also available now. A fade-out of grated orange rind, slightly bitter, concludes the experience. Probably the most unique wine I’ve had in the last year. And quite a bargain.

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Australian Bartender

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

That dry, nutty hit balances out the citrus from the lemon juice and orange bitters, with a bit of sugar syrup to round it all off. Off-duty bartenders love this one Tim Philips even told us back in 2013 that it was the only drink to feature on every single M&H London menu. Nutty, dry, fruity this drink has it all.

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Drinkhacker

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The bar Scotch (they write it in all caps but we follow AP capitalization guidelines here) at The Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh opened in 2013 and has gradually built a reputation as a watering hole constructed with some of the finest drams in all of Scotland (all caps, to be sure).

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Drinkhacker

JANUARY 31, 2025

We reviewed the 2013 vintage in 2016.) 2014 Avignonesi Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG – This 100% sangiovese wine has some age on it, a well-oxidized quality that features notes of old wine, blood orange peel, and a gently bitter pinch of powdered gentian. What does a whole lot of additional age do to this classic sangiovese?

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

MAY 5, 2025

Stupid Sexy Flanders : Nice to see this memorably-named beer still getting love from Sun King - I first had it way back at FoBAB in 2013. Go for Go: Illinois’ biggest winner this year was Go Brewing , taking home two medals in the NA Specialty and Hoppy NA Beer categories. A dozen years later, it’s still medaling.

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Cheers

MARCH 13, 2025

Crafthouse Cocktails, founded in 2013 by Joly and restaurateur Matt Lindner, boast the same premium spirits and high-quality ingredients that Joly uses behind the bar. Overproof Rum with lime and bitters. For example, the Pineapple Daiquiri combines Planteray Stiggins Fancy Pineapple Rum and O.F.T.D.

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The Whiskey Wash

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Thanks to a social media blitz and nationwide marketing campaign, sales grew to $63 million in 2013 and a whopping $130 million in 2014, an average annual growth rate of about 184%. Instead of much spice or heat in the finish, theres just a grim metallic bitterness. According to Statista.com, Fireball sold around 7.2

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The Whiskey Wash

JANUARY 26, 2025

These are seasoned outdoors for nine months by the cooperage to remove the bitter tannins. For four days in February 2013, this strength was reduced but the backlash was so strong that Makers reversed its decision. The distillery rotates every 525-pound barrel by hand. Most larger distilleries automate this process.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The bitter irony of the Ukraine war is that most of it is being fought over areas in the countrys southeast that, before the war, tended to speak Russian rather than Ukrainian and often shared more with Russia and its Soviet past than with western Ukraine. Artwine is a more complicated story.

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VinePair

JANUARY 9, 2025

We found that alcohol-free bitter aperitifs are often the most convincing, as their botanical-driven profiles are more easily replicated than other spirits categories. The former is a near-perfect replacement for bitter red amaro, delivering bitter grapefruit peel, orange blossom, and gentian root flavors.

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