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We Celebrate 90 Years of Hood River Distillers with President and CEO David Ballew

Chilled Magazine

With the purchase of Clear Creek Distillery in 2014 and Captive Spirits in 2016, the company now offers a portfolio of brands that span every level on a liquor store shelf, and nearly every spirit a cocktail bar would need. Big Gin was created by bartenders for bartenders.

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10 Things You Should Know About New Riff Distilling

VinePair

In the 1980s at 24, he was teaching high school English when his father asked for his help operating a small local liquor store called Liquor Outlet. A few years later, Lewis was the owner of the Liquor Outlet, which had since expanded to six stores and was rebranded as The Party Source.

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For Craft Spirit Distillers, a Dark Mood Is Simmering

VinePair

Their spirits have enriched and diversified cocktail bars and liquor stores, and the industry as a whole has reset consumer expectations for flavor and authenticity. The question they’re tackling, Holman says, is, “How can we work to modernize local liquor laws so that these small craft distilleries can thrive and survive?”

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The Top 10 Bourbons & Whiskeys According To The North American Bourbon and Whiskey Competition

The Whiskey Wash

Founded in 2014 by the Wine Country Network, the American Bourbon and Whiskey Competition is an annual double-blind tasting competition for bourbons and whiskeys from across North America. Having grown up around spirits, she carries on her family’s legacy with the distillation of high-quality bourbons, gins, and vodka.

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How London Claimed the Global Cocktail Crown

VinePair

explicitly defining the term as a “a stimulating liquor composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters.” During the “ Gin Craze ” of the mid-1700s, some 15,000 sipping shops sprang up across the city. Many archivists point to an 1806 news column out of Hudson, N.Y., He included many recipes he discovered while here.”

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Could Now Be the Time for Baijiu to Shine?

VinePair

When asked to think about the world’s most popular spirit, American minds will likely drift to liquors like vodka or whiskey , maybe even rum if they’re being ambitious. In 2014, he published his first book, “ Baijiu: The Essential Guide to Chinese Spirits ,” and later met Bill Isler and Matthias Heger while delivering a talk on the work.

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With Vintage Spirit Stocks Dwindling, Collectors Turn to Recently Discontinued Bottlings

VinePair

There is a case of Hepple Gin, the British spirit that was once part of the bar’s house Martini ; there are four cases of Beefeater Gin , two of the 47 percent ABV version and two of 44 percent ABV; there are two cases of Elijah Craig 12-year-old bourbon; and two bottles of Evan Williams Single Barrel bourbon.

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