VinePair

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

There are so many different bottles of gin on liquor store shelves these days, and most are flavored with a wide range of botanicals. was created by distiller Ryan Christiansen and beekeeper Todd Hardie in 2011. Jack O’Brien, also from Maine, chose to incorporate a savory element by using black garlic vodka and toasted sesame orgeat.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

They doubled down on developing products they thought would appeal to the flavored vodka-loving ‘echo boomer’ generation,” says Tammy Coxen, a Michigan-based spirits educator. It had been her liquor of choice for nearly the entire life cycle of the brand, and she typically enjoyed it as a Ciclón and Coke. For true O.G.

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VinePair

APRIL 22, 2024

When asked to think about the world’s most popular spirit, American minds will likely drift to liquors like vodka or whiskey , maybe even rum if they’re being ambitious. When Derek Sandhaus moved to Chengdu, Sichuan’s capital city, in 2011, he fell in love with the spirit, and the raucous culture surrounding its consumption.

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VinePair

AUGUST 9, 2024

While the lineup — which sold to Beam Suntory in 2011 — has since expanded to include several other cocktails, wines, vodka, and even salad dressings, we stuck to the OG Marg. Named after her sprawling estate in the Berkshires, the spirit is designed to fit into a niche not previously filled by other Bravo brands: brown liquor.

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VinePair

AUGUST 7, 2024

makes the liquor deal of the decade when it acquires all of National Distillers and Chemicals’ liquor portfolio. The bourbon industry was, at the time, nearly two decades into a glut period that saw most American drinkers bypassing brown spirits in favor of vodka , tequila , and, yes, peach schnapps. Beam Distilling Co.

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