Imbibe Magazine

APRIL 2, 2024

On my first trip to San Sebastian, in Basque country, in 2010, I absolutely fell in love with the city, the culture, the food, the drink,” says O’Brien, a New York City–based wine and spirits importer, industry veteran, and developer of products, including Tximista vermouth. Which is crazy,” O’Brien says.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Mellow Corn is abundantly available across the country for damn near $12 a bottle. The bottled-in-bond corn whiskey even enjoys its own subreddit , a distinction no other Heaven Hill brand currently enjoys. Another showed how they drape their bottle in a velvet cloth reserved for a far pricier American whiskey. Peach and corn?

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VinePair

AUGUST 22, 2024

In New York, the cradle of the craft cocktail revival, Snaquiris purportedly first took off at cool kid bars like Suffolk Arms and Dutch Kills around 2010, and picklebacks a few years earlier at hipster dives in Brooklyn. Many gravitated toward bitter, quinine extremes as a byproduct of tasting spirits so often.

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VinePair

JULY 1, 2024

From 2010 to 2022, case sales skyrocketed from 9,000 to 390,000. 1860-1920: Bitter Liqueurs Enter the Market While the original “Spritzes” consisted of wine and soda water, the creation of bitter liqueurs changed everything. In the early 2000s, approximately 500 cases (around 6,000 bottles) of Prosecco were landing on U.S.

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The Whiskey Wash

JUNE 10, 2024

Made from the same mash bill as the brand’s 7 Year Old Rye, this whiskey is aged for three extra years, resulting in a deep and complex rye whiskey bottled at 100 proof. Fierce & Kind Limited Pride Release Straight (Gay) Bourbon Fierce & Kind celebrate Pride Month with exclusive bottlings. Happy Pride!

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The Whiskey Wash

JUNE 10, 2024

Made from the same mash bill as the brand’s 7 Year Old Rye, this whiskey is aged for three extra years, resulting in a deep and complex rye whiskey bottled at 100 proof. Fierce & Kind Limited Pride Release Straight (Gay) Bourbon Fierce & Kind celebrate Pride Month with exclusive bottlings. Happy Pride!

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VinePair

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Although the Francis Ford Coppola Winery brand wasn’t officially started until 2010, Coppola and family have been making wine since the late ‘70s. The sparkling wine, which clocks in at a wonderfully accessible $19 a bottle, is produced from the Prosecco DOC region in northeastern Italy between the Dolomites and the Adriatic Sea.

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VinePair

AUGUST 7, 2024

More bitter, piney, aromatic, and crisp than its British counterpart, Liberty Ale was reputedly hopped solely with Cascade hops, a variety that Oregon State University’s USDA breeding program introduced in 1972 and would go on to become the flagship hop of the West Coast IPA substyle. 2010: White IPA Deschutes Brewery Conflux Series No.

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VinePair

JUNE 9, 2024

Space & Rocket Center, the Huntsville Museum of Art, and as of 2010, Yellowhammer Brewing. Florida: a Stout From Angry Chair Brewing Cigar City Brewing’s Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout may be the most famous stout in the Sunshine State, but bottles are only available for purchase one day per year.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

All three Arizona-grown grains — corn, rye, and barley — are malted before distillation, and the resulting distillate is aged five years before being bottled at 100 proof. After aging, the bourbon is bottled at cask strength. The 2024 release is aged seven years and bottled at 64.2 percent ABV. But we’re picking an oddball here.

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Drinkhacker

MAY 17, 2024

RT Sangria 1 bottle of Gamay, Zinfandel, or Garnacha wine (note: it’s okay to go cheap here) 1/2 cup brandy 1/2 cup cranberry juice 1 tablespoon of sugar summer fruits of choice (start with lemons, limes, and oranges), quartered Vigorously mix the juice, sugar, and cut fruit together in a large container. -RT RT Old Fashioned 2 oz.

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Tales of the Cocktail

MARCH 22, 2024

Cris Dehlavi, a veteran CAP member since 2010, notes the remarkable evolution of the program over the years. Every step is one worth celebrating, and I am honored to be a part of the bigger picture.” – Kaleena Goldsworthy “I have been a CAP since 2010 and so much has changed! From its origins in big U.S. Paving the Way 1.5

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Cocktails with Suderman

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

You’ll need bottles of apple brandy and Scotch whisky. And it helps if you have a small mist/spray bottle on hand too. But the result — a fall-friendly, smoky-apple, honey-ginger sour topped with a delicate layer of warming bitter spice — is very much worth the work. What Can I Get You?

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Cocktails with Suderman

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Become a paid subscriber, and never miss a drink We’ll start with the weirdest flip I know of that has had some traction — the Death Flip, an earthy, herbal, bitter drink that uses some…well, let’s call them unexpected ingredients — specifically, Yellow Chartreuese and Jagermeister. So many recipes!

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A Bar Above

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

History of Amaro Amaro vs. Bitters Amaro Flavor Types of Amaris/Amaro Brands: Aperol Averna Campari Cynar Fernet-Branca Lucano Montenegro Nonino Last fall, I slipped into an oil-lamp-lit booth at Midnight Cowboy in Austin, Texas for a one-of-a-kind cocktail in the secret speakeasy. Table of Contents : What is Amaro ?

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The Whiskey Wash

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Its aged six years and bottled at 100 proof. In 2010, the Yellowstone Whiskey legacy was revived when brothers Steve and Paul Beam, descendants of both the Beam and Dant families, established Limestone Branch Distillery to honor their familys bourbon-making traditions. Limestone Branch also donates $1.50

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VinePair

OCTOBER 29, 2024

for over a decade, with case sales expanding from just 2 million in 2010 to over 16 million in 2020. Some bottles, like Crown Royal’s 23-year-old Golden Apple, fetch upwards of $250. To determine which bottles are the cream of the crop, we broke out our Glencairns and got to work. Price: $34.99. Price: $22.99. Tullamore D.E.W.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

These are all released under the Kirkland Signature label, the same house brand that appears on the retailer’s coffee, canned tuna, bottled water, and, yes, beers. wrote one man on the Costco subreddit , which has been deluged with fans touting bottles they’ve found at their local stores. They seemed to be going quick!”

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The Whiskey Wash

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Each bottle here represents not just exceptional whisky, but a fascinating chapter in Ardbeg’s contemporary history. Bottled at a formidable 57.1% The first batch sold out within hours, leading to subsequent releases in 2010, 2014, and 2015. Bottled at 49.9%

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Cocktails with Suderman

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Most of the time, when we think of a cocktail, we think of a contrasting arc of differing spirits and ingredients—the whiskey/vermouth interplay of a Manhattan, the tequila/Cointreau/lime chord of a Margarita, even just the basic spirit/bitters/sugar trio of an Old Fashioned. You can make a lot of good cocktails this way.

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