Good Spirits News

AUGUST 27, 2024

The classic Negroni has a storied history from its Italian origin in 1919, when the renowned Count Camilo Negroni asked bartender Fosco Scarselli to strengthen his favorite cocktail – the Americano – by replacing soda water with a splash of gin. Wherever you celebrate Negroni Week, Campari reminds you to please do so responsibly.

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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. Cleveland Browns: Brown Cocktail - equal parts gin, light or dark rum and dry vermouth.

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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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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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The Liquor Thing

APRIL 18, 2020

What is Gin? Gin is a kind of distilled, colorless to a pale yellow and flavored alcoholic drink, made from distilled fermented grains and other botanicals, with a predominant juniper flavor, comes with a pine-like flavor. History of Gin The name Gin comes from the French name for the juniper berry, Genever.

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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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Australian Bartender

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

At its core, its a Gin Sour, but what makes it stand out is the addition of fino sherry. 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. Swap in a sherry cask gin (a la Four Pillars) and double down on that bold, nutty flavour. Modern classic?

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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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VinePair

APRIL 2, 2025

Lately, eaux de vie are cropping up on cocktail menus at hotspots like Bar Snack in New York (in a puckering, salad-inspired Negroni co-starring nectarine and basil eau de vie) and The Snug in San Francisco, where a private barrel Sazerac features apple brandy, sage, Opal apples, Demerara, Peychauds and aromatic bitters, and absinthe.

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