Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 4, 2024

It was originally made with gin, but soon migrated to brandy. The Brandy Alexander —made with brandy, white crème de cacao, and cream, shaken to a silken frothiness—was soon knocking on the door of the classic cocktail canon. Cream cocktails persisted through Prohibition—if anything, the ban helped promote them.

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Australian Bartender

JUNE 24, 2024

Meanwhile, another New Orleans based businessman was importing brandy, specifically Sazerac-du-Forge et Fils cognac. The story then goes that phylloxera, a root disease which crippled France’s wine and brandy industry, made cognac hard to come by and so the indigenous rye whiskey was substituted, eventually becoming the norm.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 8, 2024

For one, like other grape-based brandies, Pisco has a season. Even as the Peruvian government promotes Pisco abroad, at home distillates are subject to a hefty 18 percent tax from which many agricultural products are exempt. million for the industry last year. Roughly a third of those exports ended up in the U.S.

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The Whiskey Wash

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Scotch whisky placements have featured in scenes across the Bond film franchise, Bond’s preference for Macallan is evident in Spectre (2015) when a bottle of Macallan 18 Year Old is seen in 007’s apartment. In this scene, Doctor Leonard ‘Bones’ McCoy (Karl Urban) joins a melancholy Captain James T. Kirk, played by Chris Pine, for a drink.

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