The Whiskey Wash

MAY 15, 2024

Then banana flambéed, coconut… Then some high-end wine (great old Pomerol – no, not just any merlot)… Then chicory… Then lots of pineapple liqueur, Malibu, old Muscat wine. Raisins, quince jelly, very old rum. In 2018, one came to auction and failed to attract any bids. Bold, coating… Gets then quite smoky, with some mocha.

Bottling

Good Spirits News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The reserve rums in the blend were aged in oak barrels with varying levels of toast. Then the rum was additionally aged in Tawny 10 Port wine barrels for a period of time before bottling. The Dominican sugarcane used for the rum was harvested from Barceló’s own cane fields. Available February 13, 2024 nationally.

Rum

Good Spirits News

AUGUST 2, 2024

SRP $279) Buzzard’s Roost Bottled in Bond Bourbon This bottled in bond bourbon was distilled in Lawrenceburg, Indiana in fall 2018 with a mash bill of 51% corn, 45% wheat, and 4% malted barley. The rums then were transported to France via ship where they were double aged in used oak barrels.

Brandy

Good Spirits News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Angel’s Envy Triple Oak Triple Oak joins the brand’s Signature Series which also includes the Port Wine Barrel finished bourbon released in 2011 and Caribbean Rum Cask finished rye released in 2013. SRP $59.99) Octomore 15.1 The Octomore series from Bruichladdich features super heavily-peated single malt whiskies.

Whiskey

The Whiskey Wash

MAY 3, 2024

The San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2024 In this year’s competition, there were 787 Double Gold medal winners across all categories including bourbon, whiskey, gin, vodka, and liqueurs. MannCave Distillery is located in West Virginia and was founded in 2018. One to watch?

Whiskey

Good Spirits News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

(SRP $510) GOSLINGS FAMILY RESERVE OLD RUM RYE BARREL FINISH First introduced in 2003, Family Reserve Old Rum is a blend of aged rums originally produced for members of the Gosling family. HARVEST CREAM This bourbon cream liqueur is made with Traverse City’s XXX Straight Bourbon. Only 400 cases were produced.

Tequila

Good Spirits News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

This vatting was then finished in casks from BCS’s 2018 Tale of Two Islands Rum, a Jamaican rum which was matured in peated Islay single malt barrels. Here, BCS blends Indiana straight bourbons (aged 5, 6, and 9 years) with Maryland straight bourbon aged 5 & 6 years. It was bottled at cask strength.

Tequila

Bar Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2024

EDITION successfully developed the first Punch Room for The London EDITION in Fall 2013, catapulting itself to the top of the international cocktail scene, and the concept was then expanded to Shanghai and Barcelona in 2018, Madrid and Tampa in 2022, and Rome, Singapore and Ginza in 2023.

Bar

Tales of the Cocktail

MAY 13, 2024

Enlisting special guests to help guide the tours, Wayne (Author of And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails and frequent spirits contributor for The Atlantic, Imbibe Magazine, PUNCH, The Daily Beast , and Garden & Gun ) and co. Futures Lab The Future of A.I.

Speed Rack

Tales of the Cocktail

MAY 13, 2024

Enlisting special guests to help guide the tours, Wayne (Author of And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails and frequent spirits contributor for The Atlantic, Imbibe Magazine, PUNCH, The Daily Beast , and Garden & Gun ) and co. Futures Lab The Future of A.I.

Speed Rack

VinePair

APRIL 22, 2024

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. The three cocktails featured baijiu stirred up with a variety of beers and ingredients like Chinola Passion Fruit liqueur, parsnip, yuzu, and jujube.

Liquor

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

Imbibe Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

For example, a cocktail’s base spirit can be no greater than 1 1/2 ounces, and added liqueurs and modifiers must still keep the total alcohol quantity below 2 1/2 ounces. “I This is due in large part to a young population eager to rise within the industry, and the state’s notoriously strict liquor laws.

Liquor License

Drinkhacker

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

For more top gift ideas check out the archives and read our 2023 , 2022 , 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , and 2008 holiday guides. For more solid picks, see our most recent top 10 rums list. Épices Créoles ($35) is another luxe bottling available for a song.

Alcohol

Good Spirits News

APRIL 6, 2025

The Flure brand was created in 2018 byLeon Meijers and Alfred Sendee, two Dutch entrepreneurs and is sold in more than 20 countries, including the Netherlands, Switzerland,France, UK,Germanyand recently the US. Very easy going, drinkable and less of a rum substitute than we expected.

Alcohol

Good Spirits News

MARCH 27, 2025

He has also triumphed in a number of competitions, including being awarded Chicago’s Patrn Perfectionist in 2018. Additionally, in 2018 she won the Italicus Bar Artist of the Year and in 2019 she bagged the US World Class Bartender of the Year awards.

Bartending

VinePair

JANUARY 9, 2025

Price: $37 / 750 mL bottle Ritual Zero Proof Established in 2019, Chicago-based Ritual Zero Proof currently offers non-alcoholic whiskey , gin, tequila, rum , and aperitif alternatives. oz bottle or $60 / 12-pack 8 oz cans Giffard France-based Giffard has been producing liqueurs and cocktail syrups since its founding in 1885.

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