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PUNCH
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Luxury cocktail ice made from glaciers or imported from other countries is inspiring climate dread among concerned drinkers and bartenders.
PUNCH
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Luxury cocktail ice made from glaciers or imported from other countries is inspiring climate dread among concerned drinkers and bartenders.
Imbibe Magazine
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
If you’re a home bartender who loves watching cocktail videos on YouTube and Instagram, then you’re probably already a fan of The Educated Barfly’s Leandro DiMonriva. The actor-turned-bartender has been producing videos on how to make cocktails at home, including everything from cocktail history to tips and hacks, since 2017. Before that, he worked at Cole’s French Dip , the home of award-winning bar The Varnish , in LA for a decade.
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Chilled Magazine
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
Just in time for Mardi Gras, Hotel Lucine’s bar team and founder of Half Step , Chris Bostick, have created the Lucine Hurricane! Ahead of the celebrations next month, revelers are welcomed at the revitalized 1960s motor court to kick off their festivities at two restaurants – American “fine-ish” restaurant, The Fancy, and all-day dining space, The Den, as well as the largest beachfront rooftop bar in Galveston.
VinePair
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Picking the best bourbon of all time is objectively impossible. Ask five bourbon fans, and you’ll get dozens of answers, along with enough footnotes and asterisks to rival the King James Bible. But narrowing it down to a handful is a more accessible task. Us whiskey nerds have a much easier time picking our favorites than a singular pour. Ask someone what’s on their Mount Rushmore of bourbon, for example, and after deliberation, they’ll likely come back with something parsable.
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PUNCH
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Mexico City’s Tlecān reimagines tascalate—a Maya drink made with maíz, cacao, achiote and water—as a bright and earthy mezcal cocktail.
Imbibe Magazine
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
For Jorge Riera , the headline-making, French-heavy wine lists he created for New York City’s Frenchette aren’t especially new—for him. “I’ve been doing this for about 20 years, [with] the same approach,” he says of his experience creating lists for some of the city’s most wine-trend-setting restaurants, including Contra, Wildair , Ten Bells , and 360.
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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Online popularity contests count as a sort of social function, right? USAToday’s 10Best.com regularly runs a variety of craft-beer focused competitions and there are a wide array of Midwestern contenders for the awards currently being discussed. Obviously these are for bragging rights only, but for any brewery operating in the midst of winter in a category-wide downturn, any reason to impel a visit would be welcomed, I’m sure.
PUNCH
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
American whiskey is absent at many top bars. The spirit played a role in the cocktail renaissance, but it's now often left behind. Here's why.
Imbibe Magazine
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Is this Imbibe 75er a pastry chef or a bartender? And is he Michael George or (his preferred name) Daddy Long Legs? For George/Long Legs, it’s all one and the same. A Chicago native and Le Cordon Bleu graduate, he headed straight out after graduation for the kitchens at an Alaskan resort, turning out trays of desserts for hungry visitors to Denali. He followed the seasonal work circuit to a ski resort in Park City, Utah, and bounced around the service industry until a manager offered him a way t
Chilled Magazine
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Established in 2018 by Laurent Berriat, Oliver Hidier, and Stephane Aussel, Spiritique stands as a distinguished French spirits brand, born from the collaborative efforts of three seasoned industry professionals. In its inaugural year, Spirtiique introduced Yu Gin later introducing Yu No, a non-alcoholic alternative to Yu Gin. For those seeking a tasty mocktail, Yu No can be incorporated for its fresh yuzu flavors along with the other botanical flavors used in the original spirit.
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VinePair
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Of the many styles of pizza served in the United States, the large, hand-tossed thin crust of New York-style pizza and the gooey, bulky pies of Chicago’s signature deep-dish are historically the most iconic. But following a major uptick in pizzerias specializing in crunchy-crusted squares, Detroit-style pizza is finally having its moment in the national spotlight.
PUNCH
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
This is the best top-shelf liquor, from tequila to whiskey, according to bartenders who recommend these spirits for cocktails.
Imbibe Magazine
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Tasting through the rum world can be an extended expedition. Each island in the Caribbean has its own port of call, offering intriguing looks into the island’s unique take on the spirit. Now, there’s a new rum excursion with a number of stops on the itinerary: Ten To One Five Origin Select Rum. Ten To One founder Marc Farrell introduced this latest permanent addition to the portfolio on February 1, composed of rums from five Caribbean nations.
Chilled Magazine
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Established in 2018 by Laurent Berriat, Oliver Hidier, and Stephane Aussel, Spiritique stands as a distinguished French spirits brand, born from the collaborative efforts of three seasoned industry professionals. In its inaugural year, Spirtiique introduced Yu Gin later introducing Yu No, a non-alcoholic alternative to Yu Gin. For those seeking a tasty mocktail, Yu No can be incorporated for its fresh yuzu flavors along with the other botanical flavors used in the original spirit.
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Happy Wednesday, y’all! Lots of good/interesting beers and other beverages are coming our way in the coming months if these labels are any indication (and they usually) are. Also, someone’s making a beverage in “honor” (I guess?) of the Chicago Rat Hole. Premium Subscribers can scroll down to find out who that is. Plus: an interesting collab from Horus Aged Ales and a Michigan brewer, a new lager from a not-very-lager-y Ohio brewery, plus some very chill vibes from a coup
PUNCH
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
A perfectly round citrus coin, a cleaved cherry, a circular jelly cutout perched atop a cube of ice—at today’s top bars, geometric minimalism is the new visual language.
VinePair
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Americans love to drink, but when it comes down to what they love drinking most, the answer will probably always be beer. With well over 9,000 operational breweries across the country — and over $6 billion worth of suds imported — data from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) shows that a whopping 6.5 billion gallons of beer was consumed in the U.S. in 2021.
Chilled Magazine
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
In Raising the Bar: Choose Your Own Adventure, industry professionals discussed the ins and outs of bar management, including staff retention, getting the most out of your liquor representative and supplier relationships, and the various aspects of bar ownership. Panelists included Emma Alexander, a traveling consultant, mentor, and spirits cocktail competition judge; Robin Wolf, a bar owner, certified spirits professional, certified sommelier and cicerone, mentor, and expert in locally focused
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
As we mentioned briefly at the end of last week’s email, AB InBev shrank its footprint even further at the end of January, just five weeks after shuttering Goose’s Clybourn taproom, and half a year after offloading a bunch of brands to Tilray. First, A-B’s Golden Road announced the closure of their Sacramento taproom. (The quote from the president of the Sacramento Brewer’s Guild in that second story is ice cold.
Drinkhacker
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Waco’s Balcones Distilling recently celebrated its 15th anniversary, and to mark the occasion it, what else, released a new whiskey. Cataleja is a new, limited edition single malt that head distiller Jared Himstedt says is “one of the most complex and unique whiskies we’ve made.” Here’s how Cataleja, Spanish for spyglass, is produced.
VinePair
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Football season is in full swing, and Sunday gatherings are a cornerstone of the sport. For those who love the game (or anyone who’s really into well-produced TV commercials), there’s nothing quite like rushing to the living room to gather around the plasma screen and hanging with friends over the many food options that go hand-in-hand with game day.
Chilled Magazine
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
We step inside the mind of George F. 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. Sailors came up with two methods to be sure they weren’t being scammed out of the ethanol content of their daily tot o’ rum as ship officers would dilute to stretch stores; (1) add gunpowder and ignite with a magnif
Just Drinks
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Scotland intends to increase minimum alcohol pricing per unit of alcohol from 50p to 65p from 30 September 2024.
Drinkhacker
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
The latest rum brand to move upmarket is the Dominican Republic’s Brugal, which recently dropped its first ultra-premium limited edition release, the first in a new line of rums called Colección Visionaria. The idea here: use a new “Aromatic Cask Toasting technique” to infuse barrels with an unexpected but complementary flavor — in this case, chocolate: Brugal rums are 100% Dominican, and this collection is no exception.
VinePair
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Ska Brewing in Durango, Colo., annually collaborates with Venture Snowboards on a Ska-themed snowboard that might feature its logo, dapper skeleton mascot, or a new beer. In January, brewery president and cofounder Dave Thibodeau hit the slopes with a Ska snowboard that outlived its advertised beer: Moral Panic, a bone-dry brut IPA that debuted in 2018 and disappeared in late 2021.
Chilled Magazine
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
After returning from an outing, we entered the ballroom with tables set for tasting and lunch. Moderator Bernie Lubbers presented a gift from Heaven Hill, a Bartender’s Backpack manufactured by Cocktail Kingdom, was at each of our seats. While we marveled at the generous gift, we noticed immediately the tab had the “Bottled-in-Bond” engraved on the leather.
Spiritz
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor (LG) VK Saxena has said that the Delhi government’s counsel misled the Delhi High Court by delaying the submission of a list of conforming and non-conforming wards in the city prepared in 2022, ahead of the implementation of the now-scrapped excise policy of 2021-22. In a communication to Delhi’s Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal, the Delhi’s LG said that the Committee submitted its report on18th August 2022.
Drinkhacker
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Suerte has emerged as a solid choice for 100% agave tequila, a Highlands offering with a fairly straightforward, balanced approach — and reasonable pricing. If you want to break away from the usual trio of expressions, consider this newish release from the brand — Suerte Blanco at “still strength,” a cracking 52% abv. There’s not a lot of mystery here — this is really just a high-proof version of Suerte’s unaged tequila.
VinePair
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
The airport in Florence, Italy — the gateway to Tuscany’s gorgeous wine country — is getting some grape-related upgrades. Renowned architecture group Rafael Viñoly Architects is constructing a new terminal that will include six hubs for arrivals and departures, a large public “piazza,” a new light rail system that will link the airport to the city center, and of course, a rooftop vineyard.
Chilled Magazine
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
The group of bartenders boarded the bus at the Brown Hotel for the short ride to La Bodeguita de Mina, a Cuban-themed restaurant. Designed to replicate the feel of Cuba in the 1950s, we looked forward to trying food made with recipes passed down from family members. Katy Wallace, National Brand Ambassador for Amber Beverage Group, greeted us as we entered a room in the back of the restaurant, set up and waiting for our arrival.
The Whiskey Wash
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
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Drinkhacker
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Heaven Hill’s second Barrel Proof release of its Bernheim wheat whiskey almost eluded us late last year, but we finally uncovered our sample just in time for the presumed arrival of the third release, which is expected this month. It’s bottled at a slightly higher proof than A223, but otherwise there’s no real difference in production, the blend a mix of whiskeys aged 7 to 9 years from a mash of 51% wheat, 37% corn, and 12% malted barley.
VinePair
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
There always seems to be something new going on in the bourbon world. Thanks to young distilleries making their debuts to fresh and innovative expressions from legendary brands, each trip to the neighborhood bottle shop carries the potential to deliver a new delight. The promise of discovery makes the bourbon category exciting, but it can also make things a bit overwhelming, even for the most seasoned tippler.
Chilled Magazine
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
How to Make Your Guest Drunk on a Story so that Next Time They Come for More? An usual title, indeed. However, Anastasia Taracor, a product placement person for shows such as The Morning Show and Succession, uses her 15 years of brand placement to illustrate her point. She explains people go to movies and bars to escape, be entertained, or appreciate the aesthetics of a bar.
Spiritz
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
The net profit of Radico Khaitan rose by 22.73 percent to reach Rs 75.15 crore in the quarter ended December 2023 as against Rs 61.23 crore during the previous quarter ended December 2022. The company’s sales rose by 46.55 percent to reach Rs 1160.91 crore in the quarter ended December 2023 as against Rs 792.15 crore during the previous quarter ended December 2022.
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