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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Spirits Competitions

The Whiskey Wash

In 2010, we founded the Denver International Beer Competition. Spirits are booming globally, and more distilleries and merchant bottled brands are coming online yearly. Staff needs to open boxes to make sure that bottles arrive intact. A small percentage of bottles arrive broken or leaking. Find out more here.

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The Treacherous, Untold Toll Bartending Takes on the Body

VinePair

Since the late ‘90s when he used to lobster claw bottles to speed-pour Long Island Iced Teas at TGI Fridays, he’s been hooked on the rush of delivering liquid happiness. Years of grabbing heavy bottles and shaking mixing tins had severely damaged the nerves in both hands, but like many bartenders, he soldiered through the pain.

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Are Bartender’s Handshake Shots Still Cool if They’re on the Menu?

VinePair

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. The bar’s $6 handshakes include the Chokes & Smoke (a.k.a. Cynar and Banhez mezcal), G.D.T.,

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The Trade Up: How Rémy V Upgrades Any Cocktail

VinePair

Initially launched in 2010 at 40% ABV, Rémy V has been refined to 35% ABV for its reintroduction. Her cocktail creations tend to evolve with the seasons, embodying the flavors and feelings of the moment. Her craft cocktail for Rémy V, “Second Summer,” was no exception. Rémy V is such a soft and pretty base,” she explains.

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Super-Premium Gin Has Struck a Chord With Millennial and Gen-Z Drinkers

VinePair

But those days appear to be firmly behind us, thanks to the craft cocktail revival of the early aughts, and the increasing popularity of drinks like the Martini and Negroni. percent in 2023, the super-premium segment (bottles that retail for more than $28.30) swelled by 16 percent. percent to reach just under 9.3

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Hipster Beer Is Dead. Long Live ‘Lifestyle’ Beer.

VinePair

By the fall of 2010, the hipster was, apparently, dead. A Sociological Investigation ,” published in n+1 in 2010. Hipster beer also existed as the antidote of craft cocktail and craft beer pretentiousness. Hipster beer also existed as the antidote of craft cocktail and craft beer pretentiousness,” she says. “I

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Where To Eat & Drink In Las Vegas During F1 Weekend

PubClub

The restaurant will also have guests celebrating like a champion while sipping from a 3-liter bottle of world-class sparkling wine Ferrari Trento, named the “official toast” of the premier racing series, priced at $499. The four-course prix fixe menu is priced at $90 per person. 22, through Sunday, Nov.

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