The Cocktail Lovers

APRIL 11, 2025

Begonias make an extraordinary gin At their edible flower workshop we met Sylvia Barodi and Marco Rivera, founders of tastee.it. Better still they have turned their attention to producing a gin as Sylvia explained. Then Marco, my husband, wanted to try putting our begonias into a gin. A very floral gin Be!Gin

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VinePair

JUNE 11, 2024

Among the biggest myths in beverage alcohol is that vodka is a flavorless, odorless spirit. But not all “neutral” vodkas are created equally. First, a word on how VinePair compiled the 2024 edition of our annual vodka roundup. Here are the 20 best vodkas to drink right now.

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A Bar Above

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Table of Contents : Join the Sober October Challenge Benefits of Not Drinking Alcohol 3 Custom Mocktail Recipes Other Non-Alcoholic Drinks Final Thoughts It’s my favorite time of year! Sober October is a fantastic way to take a break from alcohol, reset your drinking habits, and discover a bunch of delicious non-alcoholic drinks.

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Chilled Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2024

Monin Winter Recipes Gin , Sparkling Wine Winter 75 Ingredients 1 oz. Dry Gin 0.5 Vodka Tiramisu White Russian Ingredients 1 1/4 oz. Vodka 3/4 oz. Non-Alcoholic Cran-Peary Shrub Ingredients 0.5 Citrus flavors can be enhanced by classic and seasonal spices! Fresh Lemon Juice 0.5 Monin Winter Citrus Syrup 6 oz.

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Imbibe Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

And making it a cinch, says Rodriguez: Add chopped-up peppers to high-proof alcohol, let it sit for a few hours, and taste frequently until the preferred heat is reached. Stone Fruit Liqueurs Make liqueurs with cherries, peaches, or plums by adding the fruit to alcohol (vodka, gin, or rum) and letting them infuse.

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Chilled Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2024

Implement a cocktail menu that uses different spirits, such as vodka, gin, rum, tequila, and whiskey and different flavor profiles. Offer Non-Alcoholic/Mocktail Options Low or no ABV drinks are becoming popular with the increased trend of healthy consciousness. Alcohol-free cocktails do not have to be cloyingly sweet or boring.

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Chilled Magazine

JANUARY 1, 2024

In 2023, we witnessed a rise in conscientiousness regarding alcohol consumption, a revival of simple pleasures, robust experimentation with flavors, and the continued elevation of modern cocktails. Customers are now better at identifying and communicating their needs and wishes. Nevertheless, the momentum remains after that.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

About 15 years ago, the nascent craft spirits industry was awash in vodka. A few distillers did make vodka from whole ingredients, including West Virginia’s Smooth Ambler , which used the same mash bill as its wheated bourbon. “We Vodka usually sells because it’s well priced or well marketed and ours was neither.”

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Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Manska for an analytical look at the Quest for the Best—Spirits Drinkers Drink, But Don’t Know Things Proof or ABV: Proof can denote approximate alcohol content of any spirit although it is commonly associated with whiskey and originated with rum. If 57.15% was 100 proof, wouldn’t 200 proof be 114.30% alcohol? An error of 14.3%ABV?

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Chilled Magazine

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

We are continuing to develop our portfolio as a total beverage company, including in the growing alcohol ready-to-drink market,” said James Quincey, Chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company. The global benchmark for alcohol beverage volume (ABV) is 5% but will vary depending on the market.

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Imbibe Magazine

JUNE 10, 2024

Alaska serves Buffalo Trace and Aviation Gin, while Delta features Du Nord Foundation Vodka among its offerings. Meanwhile, Virgin Atlantic shakes up its own cocktail, the Virgin Redhead , with Aviation Gin, fresh lemon juice, strawberry liqueur, and raspberry purée. “When we go to Japan, they offer sake.”

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Chilled Magazine

MARCH 3, 2024

Like the events which gave gin the nickname “mother’s ruin” in the mid-1700s London, absinthe’s reputation was tarnished by unscrupulous profiteers who made cheap, adulterated, and dangerous imitations, marketed primarily to poor alcoholics. When we first reintroduced genuine absinthe in 2007, it was largely a vodka world.

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Chilled Magazine

APRIL 17, 2024

Founders Albert Peters, Edwin Pooley, and Edgar McClain began making fruit wine and brandies from the abundance of fruit in the region, taking only a brief hiatus to make industrial alcohol for the war effort. Big Gin was created by bartenders for bartenders. What is next for HRD?

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Dry Atlas

MARCH 6, 2024

Thankfully for us, Ben was inspired to create not a better viper wine but rather the world’s first non-alcoholic distilled botanical spirit. Most of us know what gin tastes like, so even if you’re never tried a non-alc gin , you can imagine what one might taste like—and you can probably figure out how to use it to make a non-alc G&T.

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PubClub

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

But sometimes, you have to conquer your fears, so I accepted an invitation to attend a cocktail tasting featuring my most intimidating alcohol: gin. Mine involves gin. This is a classic martini using Fords Gin. Photo: PubClub.com A fountain of martinis is gin lovers heaven. I was scared. And I liked it.

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A Bar Above

DECEMBER 28, 2023

While alcohol consumption is up during the holidays, it may be time to rethink your relationship with alcohol for the month of Dry January. For some people (such as regular drinkers who maybe partied a little too hard in December), it’s abstaining from alcohol through the entire month of January in order to reset.

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Mix That Drink

JUNE 11, 2025

Home / Cocktails / Gin Recipes / Ten Strike Drink Recipe A classic cocktail highlighting Pernod’s anise and gin’s botanicals, balanced by orange bitters. Gin adds a layer of botanicals—mostly juniper, but there can be hints of citrus, coriander, or other herbs depending on the gin you use. Perfect for pre-dinner sipping.

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A Bar Above

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Traditionally, a regular gin Martini is a blend of gin and dry vermouth , garnished with a twist of lemon or an olive. The proportions of gin to vermouth in this classic version can vary depending on personal taste, but a common liquor to vermouth ratio is 2:1. Will it be a traditional gin Martini or a vodka Martini ?

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Dry Atlas

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Gin Monday Gin I have tried so many gin alternatives… I hated gin as a drinker, but as a sober mom, a quality G&T tastes like cheating in the best way possible. Monday Gin tastes like gin. To those people, I ask: “what is that you like/liked about vodka?” Because vodka doesn’t taste “good.”

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VinePair

JUNE 12, 2025

Vodka may well be unique in the alcohol world in that the less flavor an expression has, the more it will likely appeal to the category’s majority fan base. And, naturally, this being the vodka category, there’s plenty of fancy packaging on show — but in this case, you can be sure that the liquid inside lives up to the billing.

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Imbibe Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Here we’ve rounded up a few of our favorite creamy beverages, from alcohol-free yogurt coolers to savory and tangy cocktails. Alcohol-Free Banana and Coconut Smoothie Dark chocolate and toasty coconut elevate this smoothie to dessert status.

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A Bar Above

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Table of Contents : Join the Sober October Challenge Benefits of Not Drinking Alcohol 3 Custom Mocktail Recipes Other Non-Alcoholic Drinks Final Thoughts It’s my favorite time of year! Sober October is a fantastic way to take a break from alcohol, reset your drinking habits, and discover a bunch of delicious non-alcoholic drinks.

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Advanced Mixology

OCTOBER 14, 2024

They also think about alcohol. Drinking is common at college events and social gatherings, and many students choose to consume alcohol as part of the experience. Why Choose Non-Alcoholic Options? Before discussing the alternatives let's take a look at why pupils choose non-alcoholic drinks.

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VinePair

JUNE 10, 2025

Although he didn’t live to see it, his philosophy is perhaps most evident in Nikka’s gin and vodka, both introduced in 2017. Nikka Coffey Gin & Coffey Vodka — What Does “Coffey” Mean? The alcohol vapor is then run through a rectifier, which cools and liquefies it. Quite the opposite, in fact. A Coffey still.

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Cheers

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Print Young Hearts Course Drinks Keyword elderflower liqueur, lemon, orange bitters, Simple syrup, strawberry, vodka Ingredients 1 strawberry 1 ½ oz. Broken Shed Vodka ¾ oz. Print Spritz into Love Course Drinks Keyword Aperol, lemon, sparkling berry lemonade, vodka Ingredients 1 oz.

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Mixologists

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Imagine muddling fresh strawberries with a hint of mint, releasing their fragrant juices into a sparkling gin cocktail. Rhubarb's unique tang, reminiscent of tart apples and cranberries, adds a refreshing twist, perfect for a spritz or a rhubarb-infused gin.

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A Bar Above

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Add a personal touch by flagging your own favorite cocktail recipe or adding a mini bottle of alcohol to the gift. This torch can be used for smoking alcoholic beverages and food, so if your buddies like to cook, all the better! And if you like making bitters, gift your DIY bitters with our brand new bitters bottles !

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Dry Atlas

MARCH 20, 2024

Roddy, you launched Spirits of Virtue before the recent rise of alcohol alternatives. I had a confectionery company, worked in soft drinks, and then I was approached by another company making ingredients for Prosecco—the alcoholic version. He asked, “Dad, why do you drink gin and tonics?” I’m a serial entrepreneur.

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Good Spirits News

JULY 14, 2024

Amethyst Non-alcoholic Spirits and Burnt Church Distillery have been preparing for summer – which means for many, especially in the Lowcountry, cooling off and keeping refreshed. Amethyst Non-alcoholic Spirits are not an alternative to alcoholic beverages, they are a unique, approachable product unto themselves.

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Spiritz

MAY 19, 2024

This is fuelled by the rise in disposable incomes and also the initiative to try out new products, especially in the alcoholic beverages category. India's burgeoning middle-class and increasing number of air travellers are indeed significant factors shaping the growth of alcoholic beverage categories in the global travel retail (GTR) sector.

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Cheers

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Spruced Up Spritz: A vivid green sip mixing Hendrick’s gin, Midori liqueur, La Marca prosecco and seltzer. Triple Berry Sleigh Ride Shooter: Smirnoff vodka, blackberry, cranberry, lemon and strawberry sugar. Triple Berry Sleigh Ride Shooter: Smirnoff vodka, blackberry, cranberry, lemon and strawberry sugar.

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Spiritz

AUGUST 15, 2024

There is an increasing percentage of young professionals across India for whom premiumisation takes top billing when it comes to the choice of alcoholic beverage. Just as with many premium category alcoholic beverages available across the world, soju has its own story.

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The Bartender Company

JANUARY 16, 2024

Drinking alcohol is a time-honored tradition going back thousands of years. What if you don’t want to drink alcoholic spirits, or are concerned about developing an addiction to alcohol? What if you are “sober curious” and enjoy the flavor profile of spirits but don’t want to drink alcoholic spirits for health reasons?

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Casual Mixologist

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Some of our favorites arepeach and mint in bourbon, strawberry and basil in gin, or jalapeno and mango in tequila. Use either vodka or high-proof grain alcohol that youll sweeten and dilute post-infusion. Cocktails: batch a cocktail before infusing to get an even smoother, more complex drink in your glass.

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Dry Atlas

APRIL 24, 2024

In the expanding world of alcohol alternatives, non-alcoholic spirits have emerged as a sophisticated choice for those seeking to savor the ritual and taste of a cocktail without the alcohol. Today, the non-alcoholic spirits market is booming, providing a range of flavors for enthusiasts everywhere. They’re right.

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Cheers

DECEMBER 12, 2023

As brand crossovers continue into the alcohol space , Doritos today unveiled a collaboration with the flavor company Empirical : Empirical x Doritos Nacho Cheese Spirit. This limited-release smells and tastes just like the real thing, the companies say, bringing the flavor of these nacho cheese chips into the spirits aisle.

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Advanced Mixology

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Are you looking for alcoholic beverages with less carbohydrates? The top 13 keto-friendly alcoholic beverages have been compiled by Advanced Mixology so you can drink prudently! If you aren’t informed about what kinds of drinks you can order or make at home, alcohol can ruin your ketogenic diet. Someplace is five o’clock, right?

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