The Cocktail Lovers

JUNE 8, 2024

It’s World Gin Day on 8th June, so what better reason to crack open not one, but two bottles of tasty gins? Our first is Citadelle Rouge from France, the other is Garden Swift, a deliciously crafted gin lovingly made in the Cotswolds. The post Two gins, sake cocktails and Giulia Cuccurullo– new podcast!

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Good Spirits News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

A Most Noble Water presents an entirely new history of gin. Researched and written by award-winning drinks historians Jared Brown and Anistatia Miller, it shatters the whole notion of a Dutch origin and revisits English gin’s German antecedents and definitively English origins.

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Spiritz

DECEMBER 22, 2023

When Varun Jain, CEO and Founder, Smoke Lab, decided to launch a unique sipping gin, Mohulo for the Indian market, he knew he would be charting a new and trailblazing path. As such, the gin needed to have something very authentic, something very different. Mohulo gin is a limited release of 2,000 cases worldwide.

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Boozist

APRIL 21, 2019

Gin, closely followed by tequila, is the spirit that most people don’t like. ” “My grandpa drank gin.” I drink coffee, not tea, and whiskey, not gin.” There are a handful of […] The post Summer Reading: Gin Books to Cure Your Hatred of Gin Cocktails appeared first on Boozist.

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Chilled Magazine

JULY 22, 2024

This sophisticated mix of gin, Campari, Cointreau, and dry vermouth pays tribute to Lucien Gaudin, a legendary French fencer and Olympiad gold medalist. Another close relative is the Boulevardier, which swaps gin for bourbon, offering a richer, warmer twist on the Negroni’s composition. The Cocktail: A Tribute in a Glass.

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Imbibe Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

8-pack Books Spirited Women: Makers, Shakers, and Trailblazers in the World of Cocktails Through stories, recipes, and illustrations, writer Sammi Katz and illustrator Olivia McGiff profile 55 groundbreaking women of the drinks world. Her new book offers family stories, historical notes on African brewing, and more than 80 recipes.

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Imbibe Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Fallen Angel The once-forgotten Fallen Angel cocktail from The Savoy Cocktail Book pairs gin, lime, and crème de menthe together in great harmony. Golden Ghost In this Bijou cocktail riff, mezcal and tequila step in for gin, while crème de cacao and génépy add layers of sweetness to the mix.

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Cocktails with Suderman

MAY 24, 2024

When internet nerds and bartenders started to rework and rethink old drinks around the turn of the century, little attention was paid attention to the two-ingredient stalwarts of the corner bar that, after reading Michael Ruhlman’s excellent Book of Cocktail Ratios , I have come to think of as “and” drinks. Rum and coke.

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A Bar Above

MAY 28, 2024

Gin fan: Our resident bartender, Rob, often reaches for Drumshanbo gunpower gin. Photo courtesy of Macmillan/Media Lab Books (Product stock photo) THE GIFT OF KNOWLEDGE: COCKTAIL BOOKS A recipe book full of delicious cocktails just waiting to be made is the great, cheap gift for a bookworm Dad who loves stirring up his own drinks.

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Just Drinks

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

In the six months ended 30 September, the Blackwoods Gin maker booked £393,000 (£510,662) in revenue, a 37.8% drop on the year prior.

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Barina Craft

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Will Rogers Cocktail Toasts A Man Who “Never Met A Man He Dident [ sic ] Like” The Will Rogers cocktail is a namesake drink with gin, vermouth, orange juice and curacao. Will Rogers Cocktail: 1 oz Orange Juice 1 oz French Vermouth 2 oz Plymouth Gin 4 dashes Curacao Measure ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice.

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The Cocktail Lovers

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Listen to our brand new episode on your favourite podcast channel or direct right here… Sensualism is courtesy of our book choice, The Maison Premier Almanac: Cocktails, Oysters, Absinthe, and Other Essential Nutrients for the Sensualist, Aesthete and Flaneu r. Garnish with a cherry tomato and a crack of black pepper.

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The Cocktail Lovers

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Each book in this wide-ranging series shares an insider’s view; taking a look at the history, bars, people, stories and, of course, cocktails from fascinating destinations around the world. First up, we start from home with London Cocktails: An elegant collection of over 100 recipes from A to Zed by Felipe Schrieberg.

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Chilled Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2024

William Santiago Orlando, Florida Expertise: Tequila, Mezcal, Rum, Gin. Beverage curator for NBC’s Today Show, nationally recognized mixologist, author of the acclaimed cocktail recipe book “Brunch God,” founder of Brunch God NY and operates venues in New York City. Host of Liquid Legacy podcast. Sarah Karl St.

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The Cocktail Lovers

MARCH 28, 2024

Plus a whole heap of bar, book and product goodness… Our inaugural episode of the season is pretty damned special, it’s the first one where you can watch as well as llisten in to our featured interviewee. Strain into a chilled Nick and Nora glass and garnish with a lime wheel.

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Imbibe Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Named after the World War I field gun, the sparkling cocktail was around in some form or another for years before it was published in The Savoy Cocktail Book in 1930. It’s a simple three-ingredient drink but the gin (or cognac) with Champagne make it perfect for celebrating Repeal Day.

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A Bar Above

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Tiki Cocktail Book & Tiki Glasses Surprise your closest friends who are standing by you on your wedding day with some really cool cocktail recipes. Pair a set of hurricane glasses or tiki mugs with a tropical cocktail book for your own customized, fun gift box. Photo by Gianluca Riccio via www.unsplash.com 1.

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A Bar Above

DECEMBER 21, 2023

DIY mocktail books abound, such as the famed Aviary Restaurant’s Zero, A New Approach to Non-Alcoholic Drinks. INSPIRED FLAVORS: COCKTAIL BOOKS THAT EXPLAIN FLAVOR PROFILES Aristotle said, “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” These books helped me to understand flavor pairing. I started with gin.

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The Cocktail Lovers

AUGUST 2, 2024

This is where our book choice comes in. It’s The Ice Book – cool cubes, clear spheres and other chill cocktail crafts, with expert tips from the King of Ice, Camper English. And at this time of year, more than ever, we all need to be on top of our ice game. Staying with things on the cooler side brings us to our guest.

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VinePair

AUGUST 9, 2024

From here, it didn’t take long for a riff on the Americano to arrive, swapping out the soda water for a more boozy take with gin, creating the beloved Negroni. Miraculously, over 60 years later, the family recipe book was rediscovered, prompting Luxardo to begin distilling Bitter Bianco again.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

If I were a Wisconsinite today, I’d be pretty excited for the prospect of a New Glarus gin, a New Glarus corn whiskey, or maybe getting a New Glarus brandy for my future Old Fashioneds. (I’m Illuminated Brew Works has their Halloween party on Saturday , and then hosts a Boozy Book Fair at noon on Sunday.

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The Cocktail Lovers

MARCH 28, 2024

Plus a whole heap of bar, book and product goodness… Our inaugural episode of the season is pretty damned special, it’s the first one where you can watch as well as llisten in to our featured interviewee. Strain into a chilled Nick and Nora glass and garnish with a lime wheel.

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The Cocktail Lovers

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Missed booking a table for Valentine’s Day? It’s a winner, not only well-priced – a bargain at £55 per head, including the extremely quaffable Emma Spritz (Renais Gin, Chablis wine, elderflower, lemon juice and soda water) as your welcome drink. Book up at restaurants.co.uk Amen to that!

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The Cocktail Lovers

JANUARY 11, 2024

Our two product reviews are a case in point: First we go all regal and head over to Highclerc Castle where they make a gin based around 10 botanicals found in the castle’s Victorian orangery and monk’s garden, then we pop the cork and bust out a fabulous alternative to Champagne and sparkling wine – REAL Peony Blush fermented tea.

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Chilled Magazine

JULY 9, 2024

“Baijiu is the world’s most popular distilled spirit by both value and volume, so any spirits education that doesn’t include it is woefully incomplete—and a lot less fun,” says Derek Sandhaus, co-founder of Ming River and author of two books about baijiu, including most recent, Drunk in China.

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Chilled Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2024

I also enjoy relaxing with a good book, especially ones about the history of spirits and mixology.” It’s well-stocked with a variety of high-quality spirits, including gin, whiskey, tequila, and rum. Traveling is another passion of mine—exploring new places and discovering local flavors always inspires my mixology.

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Chilled Magazine

MARCH 3, 2024

Like the events which gave gin the nickname “mother’s ruin” in the mid-1700s London, absinthe’s reputation was tarnished by unscrupulous profiteers who made cheap, adulterated, and dangerous imitations, marketed primarily to poor alcoholics. The original “Savoy Cocktail Book” (1930) includes dozens of cocktails that call for absinthe.

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The Cocktail Lovers

JULY 4, 2024

We then crack open another bottle with an equally surprising story: it’s the world’s first clear lassi gin from the husband and wife team behind the Crazy Gin Co.

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The Cocktail Lovers

MAY 10, 2024

On the agenda, our pick of products… The first is Ramsbury Raspberry and Wildflower Honey Gin, a delicious, summery spirit highlighting ingredients sourced from the Ramsbury Estate. But before we catch up with the terrific trio we have some business to tend to, in the form of our usual reviews.

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Cocktails with Suderman

MAY 10, 2024

But it works surprisingly well into Martini - or Martinez -esque drinks, adding an herbal-sweet undertone to the core gin/vermouth combo. Bookish cocktail enthusiasts know these drinks reasonably well: They all have entries in modern recipe books and online cocktail guides. They are not obscure, exactly.

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Cocktails with Suderman

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

It’s an equal parts drink made with ingredients that just about every bar that can keep its doors open has on hand: gin, sweet vermouth, Campari. The first decision, then, is which gin to use. You don’t need a high-end, collector’s unicorn-type gin here. How hard could it be? So many recipes!

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VinePair

JANUARY 12, 2024

Like the Fog Cutter , Polynesian Spell, and Singapore Sling , the Saturn is a tiki classic made with gin. In a drinks genre more or less dominated by rum cocktails, gin plays a close second to the molasses and cane-based spirit, providing an unlikely but perfect botanical companion to any cast of fruit juices and syrups thrown its way.

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Bar Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Party planners can secure an exclusive ‘early bird’ ticket for the first masterclass on Tuesday, 19th November at just £25 per person, plus booking fee. Following sessions will be available for the regular admissions price of £35 plus booking fee with limited tickets available. for those who may not wish to drink alcohol.

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The Cocktail Lovers

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Talk about a true London icon, this is the home of Beefeater Gin, where they’ve been making their incredible gin to the same recipe since the 19th century. Some guests signed up for specific sessions, others like Jazzey a psychologist from Miami, booked up for the entire two days.

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The Whiskey Wash

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Whisky Books Buy The Whisky Distilleries of the United Kingdom on Amazon for £36 (currently 10% off!) There’s an impressive selection of books available from authors like Dave Broom , Michael Jackson , and Alfred Barnard , covering everything from whisky’s origins to distillery-specific stories and styles across countries.

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Good Spirits News

MAY 21, 2024

SRP $99) JUNIPERO SMOKED ROSEMARY GIN Junipero Smoked Rosemary Gin is the first extension of Junipero Gin, an American craft gin first produced in 1996 in San Francisco by Hotaling & Co. Like that expression, this Smoked Rosemary Gin is produced in copper pot stills. Distillery.

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Dry Atlas

MARCH 6, 2024

A few years ago, I found myself holding a book older than the United States of America. It’s a fascinating book that includes instructions for “how to extract a milky white substance from the rays of the moon” and “viper wine is made thus.” I was at a restaurant in the Meatpacking District with Ben Branson, founder of Seedlip.

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