VinePair

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

When describing the taste of Jeppson’s Malört , Chicago’s infamous wormwood-based liqueur, people tend to get creative. Even fairer: How did a liqueur so local and so infamous for how rough it tastes go so mainstream? It has the same kind of qualities like gentian liqueurs have. CH Distilling itself encourages such playfulness.

Digestif

VinePair

JULY 2, 2025

The amber “tonic,” a gin-based liqueur infused with a secret blend of citrus and herbs, was originally created by bar owner James Pimm as a digestive aid. The Pimm’s Cup cocktail, introduced in the following years, is typically now served as a warm-weather highball. Americans finally enjoy herbal liqueurs.

Liqueur

Cheers

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

When we opened in December 2018, we had 15 gins available — now we carry over 80 varieties and growing!” Gins play well with fresh herbs, fruits and produce so they’re a natural choice as a base for more refreshing, citrus-forward cocktails such as highballs, smashes and sours, says All Saints’ Weller. Brown-Forman Corp.,

Gin

VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

By 2018, Richard had been hired by culinary whiz Dave Arnold for the opening team at Existing Conditions. “I Or The Ginza Lights, a mashup between a Chu-Hi/Chūhai (shōchū highball) and a Wray and Ting (Jamaican rum with grapefruit soda). Drinks were sweetened with complex syrups rather than sugar or a liqueur.

Bartending

VinePair

JUNE 26, 2024

Those skills were put to the test in 2018 when Haley won the National Championship of Speed Rack , the country’s preeminent speed bartending competition. Credit: Jeff Brown Syrups are followed by modifiers — liqueurs and the like — and finally spirits.

Speed Rack