PUNCH

JULY 12, 2024

With Evil Malört, one bartender is making the polarizing, Chicago-born liqueur worse with ingredients like cuttlefish ink and peppers.

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Imbibe Magazine

JULY 29, 2024

It’s a steamy afternoon in Jalisco’s Valle de Tequila when I pull up to Cantaritos El Güero in the village of Amatitlán. I had spent the morning in the agave fields of a local palenque , watching the jimadores at work. I even tried my hand at wielding a coa —a sharp, flat hoe used to cut the spines from agave plants. After such physically demanding, sweaty work, the time seemed right for liquid refreshment.

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Chilled Magazine

JULY 1, 2024

To celebrate the arrival of the sunny season, SMOKE LAB Vodka is serving up a menu of original and refreshing cocktail recipes, ripe with the flavors of summer, that pair beautifully with the distinct Indian flavor inspired SMOKE LAB Vodka profiles including SMOKE LAB Saffron, SMOKE LAB Aniseed, and SMOKE LAB Classic. Staying on trend, each of the four inspired cocktails are named for rock and roll classics and created by SMOKE LAB National Mixologist and Industry expert, @paulalukas27.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

JULY 19, 2024

A few notable things as we head into the weekend… We shared a few brief updates about this previously, but is/was brewing took to Reddit recently to confirm that they’re opening a taproom later this summer. That taproom will be located at 5121 N. Ravenswood, aka the former home of Urban Brew Labs and Metropolitan Brewing. It’s only midsummer but we’re already thinking about Black Friday.

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BarLifeUK

JULY 3, 2024

Cocktails In The City: Bedford Square Garden – July 11th-13th; August 8th-10th; September 5th-7th Cocktails In The City (CITC) returns to London next week, with the first of three weekend mini-festivals held during the Summer months. Each weekend sees 20-odd top-notch bars create pop-up experiences (there are too many hyphens in that sentence) in the beautiful Georgian surroundings of Bedford Square Garden.

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Imbibe Magazine

JULY 31, 2024

During the height of summer, when iced drinks just aren’t enough to cut through the heat, up the chill factor by turning your favorite libations into boozy popsicles. Here are a few of our favorites to pass around at backyard parties or to relax with poolside. Cocoa Blast Pops The rich flavors of chocolate and coconut are blended with bourbon and a tart kick of cherries for a creamy and decadent treat.

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Chilled Magazine

JULY 21, 2024

The Pornstar Martini is making a strong comeback as the must-try cocktail of Summer 2024! This cocktail is known for its eye-catching design, raunchy name, and delicious flavor combination. It is typically served with a splash of champagne or a champagne shooter and provides a unique drinking experience. Absolut Vanilla Vodka and Passoa Liqueur offer a rich, fruity base, with passion fruit puree adding a tropical twist.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

JULY 26, 2024

Some genuinely unfortunate news from Averie Swanson, owner of Keeping Together , the beer brand founded in Chicago that’s working to open a space in Santa Fe, NM. This week she reported something stunning : “Our brewhouse equipment supplier notified us that they were closing—we won’t be receiving any finished equipment and won’t likely be able to recover our money.

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VinePair

JULY 30, 2024

A red wine is the sum of several important factors. Terroir, grape varietal, weather, and the vintner’s skill conspire to create a sumptuous beverage that shares a color but varies wildly elsewhere. This diversity makes drinking red wine fun, and any pour of something new and unfamiliar can double as a mini-adventure filled with enticing flavor possibilities.

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PUNCH

JULY 30, 2024

The 24 best Daiquiri cocktail recipes, including the classic and the Hemingway Daiquiri, plus frozen, clarified and Campari-spiked riffs.

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Imbibe Magazine

JULY 17, 2024

If you’ve ever run an internet search for a cocktail recipe, there’s a good chance you’ve come across one from The Educated Barfly. What started as a YouTube series from actor-turned-bartender Leandro DiMonriva on the history and craft behind classic cocktails has transformed into an ever-expanding encyclopedia of bartending expertise. Since publishing his first video in 2017 (on the quintessential Gimlet , of course), DiMonriva’s passion for cocktail culture and scholarship have helped turn The

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Chilled Magazine

JULY 17, 2024

Summer is a great time for lighter, refreshing beers. And while it’s tough to beat the appeal of a classic pilsner or hoppy, piney IPA, one of the best choices for the summer months is a refreshing, balanced wheat beer. In the most basic sense, a wheat beer is a top-fermented beer that’s made with a higher percentage of wheat as opposed to the usual barley.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

JULY 31, 2024

Happy Wednesday! Strap on those trainers and warm up for a long training run, we’re getting sweaty for… The New Illinois Beer Label of the Week: Goose Island has been a Chicago Marathon partner and providing finishers with special Marathon labeled-beers for years, but this is the first time in a long time where they’ve offered a special 312 recipe for runners.

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VinePair

JULY 15, 2024

Despite global wine consumption trailing behind that of beer and spirits, wine isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Despite pervasive doom and gloom regarding the future of the industry, the beverage remains a cornerstone of culture all over the world, especially in nations that have produced it for eons like France and Italy. Outside Europe, consumption remains relatively high, especially here in the United States where Americans down an impressive 935 million gallons every year.

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BarLifeUK

JULY 29, 2024

Lucy George of Lucky Liquor Co in Edinburgh will represent the UK at the Stauning Drinks Kollektive global final Lucy George in action Last week ten bartenders from all over the UK gathered at The Seed Library in Shoreditch for the Stauning Drinks Kollektive UK final. Each competitor was given ten minutes to present the drink that had seen them selected from a huge, nationwide field of entries, for a judging panel that featured BarLifeUK, former World Class ambassador Jack Sotti, Mangrove whisky

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PUNCH

JULY 18, 2024

Craft beer breweries once looked down on Budweiser and Coors for using rice in their beers. Today, craft rice lager is trending. Here's why.

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Imbibe Magazine

JULY 14, 2024

The bracing combination of blanco tequila, fresh lime, and Topo Chico has sated West Texas ranchers and the people who drink with them for generations. In recent years, the refresher gained national prominence and inspired inventive riffs at bars and restaurants across the country. From green tea infusions to chili-spiked sotol variations, here are three next-gen Ranch Waters to take for a spin.

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Chilled Magazine

JULY 9, 2024

Discover the artistry behind the perfect vodka cocktail with the Chilled 100 Bartenders as they craft unique and exquisite creations using Chopin Vodka. Renowned for its exceptional quality and smooth taste, Chopin serves as the ideal canvas for our talented bartenders. When making this cocktail, I turned to the simple Vodka & Cranberry, also known as the Cape Cod.

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Guys Drinking Beer

JULY 29, 2024

We had no idea what beer or food would be served at a recent Scratch Brewing Beer Dinner at The Beer Temple. and it turned out incredible: The post Beer Temple, Scratch team up on remarkable dinner appeared first on Guys Drinking Beer.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

JULY 24, 2024

Howdy, all — thanks for joining us for another Label Wednesday. The number of labels I’ve packed in for Premium Subscribers this week has us pushing the limits of what Substack can send, so let’s get straight to… The New Illinois Beer Label of the Week: Sure looks like Alter Brewing is carrying on the Morton Salt partnership that moved to them last year with their Pure Joy “hazy IPA gose blend” beer.

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BarLifeUK

JULY 31, 2024

Kabuki prize draw entry deadline: Midnight, Friday 9th August, 2024 Click to view fact sheet full size Birmingham-based bar operator and drinks company Spirits Of Anarchy have collaborated with sake expert and trainer, Samuel Boulton, to create and release Kabuki Peach Sake. Samuel describes the new liquid as bridging the gap between a classic sake and a liqueur like Plum sake or Yuzushu: “ The latter are always more popular because they’re sweet but they lack any sake flavour.

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PUNCH

JULY 10, 2024

Sommeliers and wine professionals at top New York City restaurants like The Four Horsemen and Claud share how they price their wine lists.

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Imbibe Magazine

JULY 1, 2024

Originally hailing from the Moluccas archipelago (aka “The Spice Islands”) in eastern Indonesia, pandan has been a staple ingredient of Southeast Asian cuisines for centuries. More recently, pandan has contributed its flavor and deep verdant color to pastries and dishes across Instagram. Herbaceous, nutty, and underscored with a fragrance of vanilla, pandan naturally lends itself to a host of cocktail applications, and its slender, blade-like leaves add dramatic flair as a cocktail garnish.

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Chilled Magazine

JULY 1, 2024

What better way to enhance your Independence Day celebrations than with a delicious blend of tastes as dazzling as the fireworks that light up the night sky? Check out the 4 recipes below, each from craft distillers, that are ideal for any event you find yourself at! This prohibition era cocktail really is the ‘bee’s knees’ and a super simple way to add a spring in your step!

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Just Drinks

JULY 25, 2024

An explosion at Becle's Casa Cuervo Tequila distillery in the town of Tequila, Mexico has claimed six lives.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

JULY 17, 2024

Before we jump into the labels, I thought I’d do something a little different this week. My birthday is this week, and I figured it was as good a time as any to try something I’ve never done before. Until now, I’ve never discounted our Premium Subscription tier, which allows you to get a look at all the super-fun beer labels I pull each week from around the Midwest, as well as early access to select stories and, hopefully soon, an increased number of exclusive posts like beer r

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BarLifeUK

JULY 10, 2024

The Peche ‘Barchive’ project goes live on August 1st, 2024.

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PUNCH

JULY 25, 2024

We asked eight of America’s best bartenders to submit their finest recipe for the Gimlet—then blind-tasted them all to find the best of the best.

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Imbibe Magazine

JULY 26, 2024

Right about the time July crests and begins descending into August, summer’s novelty starts to wear off. Sure, I’m still delighted each morning to step outside in shorts and a linen shirt, feeling the mix of sunny warmth and ideally a cooling breeze on my skin. But summer gets serious right about now, requiring the heavy hitters of refreshment to be broken out for service.

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Chilled Magazine

JULY 2, 2024

Whether you’re looking for a low-ABV libation or wanting to spice up some soda-centric cocktails, Sorel has created your new go-tos for summer entertaining. Rum Sorel & Soda Ingredients 1 part Sorel 2 parts Club Soda Preparation Combine Sorel & club soda in glass of choice with ice, garnish with citrus. Rum Sorel Mule Ingredients 1 Part Sorel 2 Parts Dry Ginger Beer* Squeeze of Lime Preparation In glass of choice, fill 3/4 of the way with ice; add Sorel; squeeze one lime wedge and drop i

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Mix That Drink

JULY 10, 2024

With a base of white rum and lime juice, the Mojito is reminiscent of the Rum Swizzle and Daiquiri, but the mint adds a wonderful layer of refreshment.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

JULY 15, 2024

As if you needed more evidence that the American Midwest is a pretty great place to be a craft beer drinker, here are the nation’s top ten breweries, according to the 2024 U.S. Open Beer Championship : 1. Third Eye Brewing — Ohio 2. Monday Night Brewing – Georgia 3. Sun King Brewery – Indiana 4. O.H.S.O. Brewery Gilbert – Arizona 5.

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The Whiskey Wash

JULY 8, 2024

In partnership with BlockBar, Glenfiddich Distillery is releasing a rare 1985 cask bottling, with just 150 bottles estimated to be yielded from the cask. The whisky, which will be auctioned via NFT platform, BlockBar also comes with a VIP distillery experience and an overnight stay at a William Grant & Sons house on Glenfiddich ’s estate. According to a brand press release, the lot is estimated at £750,000-£1,200,000.

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