Australian Bartender

JUNE 24, 2024

The story which I had always heard was one made famous by Stanley Clisby Arthur, author of 1937 book ‘Famous New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix ‘Em’. Meanwhile, another New Orleans based businessman was importing brandy, specifically Sazerac-du-Forge et Fils cognac. Either way, the split base Sazerac is an excellent drink.

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The Whiskey Wash

JULY 21, 2024

In this book, Thomas states the recipes for a Brandy Sour and a Gin Sour. One such variation was the addition of a red wine float, for which an unnamed bartender in Chicago claimed credit in 1883. The Whiskey Sour surged in popularity during Prohibition, which is as ironic as the publishing of a cocktail recipe book in 1922.

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Drinkhacker

JANUARY 4, 2024

I enjoyed the Orchard Sazerac, made with ELLC Mondrian rye, Burnt Faith British brandy, Kanpai plum, Capreolus 1000 Trees eau de vie, honey, and absinthe, but found it to be driven more by smoke than anise notes. Plenty of imbibers were happy to sip on wine or beer in lieu of the more adventuresome cocktails on tap.

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Drinkhacker

MAY 17, 2024

While selections like white wine and cold beer are obvious, numerous cocktails abound which feel tailor-made for summer sipping. But in general, a sangria involves a wine mixed in a pitcher with sweet fruits (usually citrus or berry) and a touch of sugar. Add wine and brandy and stir well. But which are best? Aperol 3 oz.

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The Whiskey Wash

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Pulling from the archives, we have integrated some of our oldest whiskeys with a selection of beautiful wine and wood finishes, both from our home near Willamette Valley and from coveted winemaking regions around the world.” more years in Calvados (a refined apple brandy) casks from Normandy, France.

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Spiritz

AUGUST 16, 2024

Water from the snow-capped Himalayas is used in the making of the rum, which is blended in sal wood casks using Indian methodologies, and further bottled using the solera system, which is a process for ageing liquids like wine, beer, vinegar and brandy by blending different ages and vintages together to create a consistent quality.

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VinePair

JUNE 18, 2024

Then he put his ideas down on paper in his James Beard Award-winning book “ Liquid Intelligence ,” which outlines how to use everything from gravity to milk to seaweed to render a liquid clear. After pouring it from the tap he finishes the drink with a red wine float.

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VinePair

JANUARY 9, 2024

Line’s gimmick is that they make a great deal of what they sell from scratch, including an array of fruit wines they cheekily call “Why-ins.” The Oaxaca Negroni features homemade vermouth made entirely from Greek wines, while the Mayans Punch contains homemade tepache, coffee distillate, and passion fruit cordial.

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SevenRooms

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Here are some ideas to get your mixologists’ inspiration flowing: Egg nog Mulled wine Cranberry old-fashioned White Christmas Martini Non-alcoholic Christmas punch 4. You can also add special offers and upgrades during the online booking process to drive prepaid revenue. Allow the young (and young at heart) to decorate their dessert.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Mix, who co-owns pan-Latin cocktail bar Leyenda in Brooklyn and literally wrote the book on Latin American spirits, has long championed the Peruvian grape distillate both as a versatile cocktail component and as a neat sipping spirit, and for good reason. For one, like other grape-based brandies, Pisco has a season.

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Cocktails with Suderman

DECEMBER 29, 2023

So after some experimentation, I settled on a simple mulled wine, with honey, brandy, citrus, and spices. Cocktails 101 Basic mulled wine is very easy to make. You just mix some spices into wine and heat the mix. And that template can guide a mulled wine as well. I’m a cocktail guy, not a wine guy.

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The Whiskey Wash

MAY 9, 2024

This book is considered one of the foremost works on scotch whisky, bringing the secrets of the Scottish Highlands to the wider population, and educating the public about the water of life. Whisky: The New Brandy? Brandy was, for a long time, the preferred drink amongst the upper classes of England.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Shaken apple brandy, good pomegranate grenadine, and lemon. Apple brandy can be underwhelming on its own, but in a Jack Rose it screams, um… apple! We make a pot and build a solera of spice and brandy additions each day. There is something very nostalgic about it, and it’s a great way to use a day-old bottle of red wine.”

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It’s generally accepted that whisky distilling began in Scotland by way of monks who arrived on the isle, didn’t have wine grapes, and started using grain mash to make spirits. By the 1880s, phylloxera had wreaked havoc on wine, brandy , and Cognac production, so Scotch was poised for a boom. Upon his return to the U.K.,

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VinePair

JUNE 6, 2024

Owner Harry McElhone credits the drink to American writer Erskine Gwynne in his 1927 book “ Barflies and Cocktails ,” but fails to mention how it’s served. At some point bourbon supplanted brandy, egg white and sometimes red wine were added, and a rocks serve became common. Given its origins, it’s an obvious coupe candidate.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 5, 2023

A 160-Year Heritage “Only after working in London was Jerry Thomas inspired to write ‘The Bartender’s Guide,’ the first book to contain cocktail recipes,” explains Jared Brown, cocktail historian and master distiller at Sipsmith Gin. “He The journey to the top has not been without its ups and downs. The drinking class in the U.K.

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Barina Craft

MARCH 28, 2023

Some mixologists suggest that the French 75 was first made with brandy, not gin, which would certainly be more in line with the tastes of the French. 5 As for being made with brandy, the “75” drink recipe was first made with brandy and gin. French 85 - brandy based along with other similar drinks listed as French 125.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Since the drink was so powerful — with a blend of three types of rum, apricot brandy , falernum liqueur, grenadine, lime, and pineapple juice — Beach was known to only serve two per customer, which only made it all the more appealing. Reiner had discovered the cocktail in an old book, and set out to perfect it.

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The Cocktail Lovers

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Here’s why… Our products are Savoia Orancio, a delicious, new aperitivo and the first to be made with an orange wine base. Innovative and inspirational are the words that spring to mind when we think about the contents of this week’s episode. While beautifully reimagining what a premium pink gin can be is Shivering Mountain.

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Drinkhacker

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

You’ll find most of these products available from our retail partners at Flaviar , Caskers , Total Wine , Frootbat , and Wine.com. You can also search multiple stores at wine-searcher to find the best prices on all these products and more from shops across the internet. Brandy – Hennessy Master Blender’s Selection No.

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Cocktails with Suderman

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

In this edition of Cocktail Questions … A reader question about port wine. Recipes for three different port wine cocktails, including a newsletter original with Cynar. Send your pithy, clear question to me at cocktailswithsuderman@gmail.com My researcher/editor and I both love port wine. And a fellow newsletter writer.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Although this story sounds promising initially, writer William Grimes notes in his book Straight Up or On the Rocks: The Story of the American Cocktail that Flanagan was actually a fictional character. As Wondrich writes in his 2007 book Imbibe! Thats right.

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The Whiskey Wash

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The Origins of Cognac Cognac, a drink synonymous with French heritage, traces its origins to brandewijn, or brandy. This spirit was first created in the 16th century when Dutch traders visiting Poitou began distilling French wines to preserve them for transport and trade across Europe.

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VinePair

MARCH 3, 2025

With all due respect to its delectable attributes, sherry feels like the ultimate also-ran in the wine sector: a perennially hyped next big thing while never actually cashing in. But now, in this bizarro world of popular drinks trend roulette, its sherry wines production method not the product itself that is currently circling the wheel.

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Cocktails with Suderman

DECEMBER 20, 2024

In his 1940s cocktail manual, The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks , he noted that the drink usually consisted of cream, crème de cacao, and crème de menthe, but sometimes blackberry brandy was added to the mix. As essential as his book remains, the majority of his recipes require restructuring to balance.

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Barina Craft

MARCH 24, 2025

Its a simple two part drink composed of scotch whisky and almond flavored liqueur that the IBA lists in the sweet after-dinner category along with the Brandy Alexander , the Golden Cadillac and the Porto Flip among others. Zorba - Greek brandy wine and amaretto. Cocktail’s History Connected To Ties With The Mob?

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VinePair

MARCH 17, 2025

Sherry, the fortified wine from Jerez in southern Spain, is a divisive topic among drinkers. While the liquids intensely savory and saline characteristics arent for everyone, sherry does have a dedicated following thats patiently waiting for the fortified wines moment in the limelight. But what about the sherry?

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VinePair

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Table Of Contents Why You Should Trust VinePair How We Taste How We Compiled This List The 50 Best Spirits of 2024 Why You Should Trust VinePair VinePair conducts dozens of tastings throughout the year for our Buy This Booze product guides, highlighting the best bottles and expressions across the world’s most popular wine and spirits categories.

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A Bar Above

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

It is made from infusing a base alcohol (grape brandy, neutral spirits, or wine) with a proprietary blend of herbs, roots, flowers, and spices. In the middle ages, monks swapped wine for alcohol; by the 1800s, amaro was being sold in pharmacies and hawked by peddlers as a health tonic across Italy. Buzz Harry Craddock to get in.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Let’s face it: Brandy isn’t exactly hot right now. But when it comes down to it, brandy is just distilled wine made from grapes, apples, pears, and the like. Pisco, found in Peru and Chile, is unaged brandy made from grapes, so it’s clearer in color compared to aged versions.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 2, 2024

“The Savoy Cocktail Book” is one of the most important tomes in the world of cocktail literature. Published in 1930, the book was compiled by bartender Harry Craddock, who served as the head bartender at the Savoy Hotel’s American Bar in London for over a decade. With almost 800 recipes, there’s bound to be a few duds in the bunch.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

A cocktail book is the smartest holiday gift. That’s because you can find a book to complement the niche personality of practically anyone on your shopping list without breaking the bank. A book is light enough to squeeze in your suitcase if you’re traveling this season. It’s easy to wrap. Price: $16.07 Price: $16.07

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Drinkhacker

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

If youre a fan of pre-Prohibition cocktails, youll see a vast number of recipes that contain either brandy or Cognac. Before whiskey became the common base spirit, people often made their Old Fashioneds with brandy. Cognac is a type of brandy, but not all brandy is Cognac. I think we are missing out, though.

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Barina Craft

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Douglas:  So I used to go to a strip club in Cape Town when I was writing in my book Cocktails: Shaken and Stirred. So when I got to London and released my book, I opened myself a bar called the Townhouse. Ben:  I think I’ve got a bottle of their cherry brandy somewhere behind my bar here. Ben:  Right. Ben:  Yeah.

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Bartender.com

APRIL 10, 2025

Invest in a Reliable Bar Cart for Convenient Storage A reliable bar cart offers convenient storage for essential tools and ingredients, making it easier to craft cocktails like Tom Collins or brandy-based drinks. Look for carts with features such as removable trays for easy cleaning and built-in holders for wine bottles or glasses.

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