VinePair

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Liqueurs are some of the most versatile and valuable players in the drinks game. That said, there are many liqueurs on the market that are cloying, unbalanced, or just plain odd. Keep reading for VinePair’s best liqueurs to gift this holiday season. Some are mere experiments that should have never left the drawing board.

Liqueur 105

Liqueur Aperitif Digestif Infusions 105

Drinkhacker

APRIL 12, 2025

This collection spans six distilleries across five states, with each expression being non-chill filtered, bottled at cask strength, and free from added colorants. Nocino is a liqueur made by steeping unripe black walnuts in alcohol, then adding simple syrup and spices to make a thick, wintery drink. The whiskey is aged for 3.5

Brandy 95

Brandy Whiskey Tequila Simple Syrup 95

Chilled Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Limited to just 120,000 bottles globally, this exclusive release promises to elevate cocktail experiences around the world. Garnish with brandied cherries. Stirred over craft ice. Top with splash of champagne.

Bitters 130

Bitters Concierge Mixology Rum 130

Good Spirits News

JULY 8, 2024

In 2019, Copperworks acquired brandy casks from Cadiz, Spain, and we filled one with gin. Product Details: 239 bottles produced (750ml), 50% ABV (100 Proof), $49.95 (+ tax and shipping) To purchase online: [link]. This special cask finished gin has been a long time in the making,” said Co-Owner and President Jason Parker. “In

Brandy 98

Brandy Gin Craft Beer Beer 98

Cocktails with Suderman

OCTOBER 23, 2024

It added absinthe and maraschino liqueur to the basic three-ingredient Old Fashioned template. Indeed, that’s how the original Improved Whiskey Cocktail was written up — as a variation on the Improved Brandy Cocktail, the recipe for which appeared on the previous page. This is not my preferred neat sip of brandy.

Brandy 64

Brandy Bitters Liqueur Whiskey 64

Cheers

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Ingredients such as apple brandy, pear liqueur and wintery spices add seasonal flair for drinks you can enjoy long after the ball has dropped and the holiday decorations are put away. cocktails 1 bottle Laird’s 7 ½ Year apple brandy 1 bottle St. George spiced pear liqueur 12 oz.

Brandy 111

Brandy Mixologist Liqueur Muddling 111

VinePair

APRIL 1, 2024

For the dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of bottles stocked in your local liquor store or loaded on the virtual shelves of online retailers, a medal can be a make-or-break moment. cuts through the noise and helps that particular bottle stand out. But a gold emblem that proudly declares, “I’m a winner, baby!”

Bottling 105

Bottling Rum Bitters Vodka 105

Cocktails with Suderman

MARCH 7, 2025

These are the highly talented people, and the bottles, that you want to have around at all times. Apple brandy is the cocktail kingdom’s friendliest spirit. It’s a brandy that drinks like a fruity, autumnal whiskey, and it pairs well with almost anything. They are sometimes peculiar, with unusual personalities.

Aperitif 59

Aperitif Bitters Liqueur Brandy 59

Cocktails with Suderman

MARCH 22, 2024

For the last month or so, we’ve been looking at simple Old Fashioned-style cocktails made with sweet liqueurs at a 4:1 (spirit:liqueur) ratio. These drinks comprise a lesser-known subcategory of cocktails that sits somewhere between the Manhattan and the Old Fashioned — the Liqueur-Sweetened Old Fashioned, or LSOF.

Brandy 114

Brandy Liqueur Bitters Bottling 114

Cocktails with Suderman

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In this newsletter, I have written the following columns: Put Cynar in Everything The Case for Apple Brandy The Case forBénédictine So it stands to reason that it should be possible to craft a delicious cocktail that combines all three ingredients — and ideally, only those three ingredients. It was not as easy as I expected.

Brandy 59

Brandy Inventory Bitters Liqueur 59

Good Spirits News

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

This release is a blended spirit composed of 9-year-old straight Kentucky bourbon and 11-year-old Tennessee whiskey from a bourbon mash aged in re-charred barrels, finished for 3-6 months in peach brandy barrels from George Washington’s distillery at Mount Vernon. In any case, it has a lovely and assertive whiskey perfume.

Brandy 71

Brandy Whiskey Bottling Liqueur 71

VinePair

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Eleven such tiny distilleries comprise the Obstbrennerweg, serving sips of clear brandies and vibrant liqueurs you’ll never find elsewhere — these working farmers who distill on the side rarely distribute their spirits beyond Nordrach. Also known as sunchoke, the earthy root is popular with local distillers, who call it Topinambur.

Liqueur 119

Liqueur Brandy Gin Bar 119

Cheers

JUNE 26, 2024

Print Sunset Paradise Course Drinks Keyword butterfly pea flower tea, cranberry, lime, orange juice, peach brandy, tequila, Triple sec, vodka Ingredients ½ oz. Peach brandy 1 ½ oz. Lime juice Vodka float Instructions Combine peach brandy, orange juice, triple sec, lime juice and tequila and shake.

Simple Syrup 98

Simple Syrup Mixologist Vodka Muddling 98

VinePair

APRIL 5, 2024

Listen Online Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Sebastian Tollius’s Rye Manhattan Recipe Ingredients Angostura Bitters: 4 dashes (precision dasher) or 2 dashes in regular bottle 2 ½ ounces Michter’s rye 1 ounce Carpano Antica sweet vermouth Garnish: brandied cherry Directions Add all ingredients to a mixing glass with ice.

Brandy 100

Brandy Bitters Whiskey Liqueur 100

Drinkhacker

MARCH 28, 2024

“There’s something to be enthralled by everywhere we look, and this time I was captivated by historical recipes for indulgent stone fruit spirits, eau de vies, peach schnapps, and cherry liqueurs that were in vogue in the 1900s,” said Lesley Gracie. “I Let’s crack the bottle. Sounds perfect for summertime.

Gin 116

Gin Brandy Liqueur Bottling 116

Cocktails with Suderman

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In previous years, this newsletter has always featured a Thanksgiving cocktail: First, there was the Thanksgiving Sour , a basic brandy sour made holiday friendly by an infusion of apple, cinnamon, and other spices. And at some point during the process, she usually asks me for a bottle of liquor. Some years it’s brandy.

Brandy 52

Brandy Whiskey Liqueur Simple Syrup 52

Good Spirits News

OCTOBER 25, 2023

This unique spirit has been aged 2 years in an American White Oak Barrel, then matured for another 2 and a half years in a freshly harvested Apple Brandy barrel. 750mL: Barrel # 2073 bottled at 59.5% 750mL: Barrel # 2073 bottled at 59.5% Made in limited quantities, this rare spirit is made for celebrating special moments.

Brandy 52

Brandy Digestif Whiskey Bottling 52

Cocktails with Suderman

AUGUST 16, 2024

This year, for example, we have looked at a handful of drinks involving apricot booze — both liqueur and brandy. Where repeat ingredients are concerned, it also makes things easier for readers, who can get multiple uses from a single bottle of liquor. The themed approach has several advantages. So many recipes!

Tiki 104

Tiki Rum Bitters Liqueur 104

VinePair

APRIL 17, 2024

We received one bottle of everything that year: Lot B 12-year, 14-year Rye, plus the big dogs, Pappy 15, 20, and 23. The p **g contest of who can have the most bottles or the craziest allocation isn’t alluring. And once the bottles are in-house, how does one turn them into drinks that allow their contents to shine?

Simple Syrup 111

Simple Syrup Bartender Bartending Bar 111

Drinkhacker

JANUARY 4, 2024

The focus here is on English products, including local producers of liqueurs, coffee, soda, and even sake made in the UK. I enjoyed the Orchard Sazerac, made with ELLC Mondrian rye, Burnt Faith British brandy, Kanpai plum, Capreolus 1000 Trees eau de vie, honey, and absinthe, but found it to be driven more by smoke than anise notes.

Bar 111

Bar Live Music Live Music Rum 111

A Bar Above

MARCH 1, 2024

Photo by Adam Wilson via www.unsplash.com For example, if you work on a busy Friday night and you know that you’re likely to go through 4 bottles of Ketel One, then your par for Ketel One would be 4. You can generate a “par” level for every bottle that you carry behind the bar – or you can simply focus on the fast moving products.

Inventory 130

Inventory Bar Barback Barback 130

VinePair

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Despite its popularity, there are still many misconceptions about vermouth, one of the most common being that it’s some type of amaro or liqueur. That’s because its ABV and conventional usages are more in line with a liqueur than what it actually is: a fortified and aromatized wine.

Aperitif 98

Aperitif Liqueur Wine Cocktail Culture 98

VinePair

JUNE 20, 2024

Rather than building it over ice, ditch the glassware altogether and mix it right in your bottle of Topo Chico. Simply crack the bottle open, take a quick chug, and replace the missing liquid with tequila and a squirt of lime juice. To lower the ABV, swap out the raspberry liqueur for raspberry simple syrup.

Highball 98

Highball Simple Syrup Gin Tequila 98

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. Store in refrigerator to cool.

Simple Syrup 121

Simple Syrup Gin Rum Tequila 121

Good Spirits News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Everything that goes into a bottle of TRÄ•KÁL grows wild in the Chilean Patagonia. GSN’s Remarks: We are always on the lookout for new and unusual spirits and liqueurs, and this one really intrigued us. TRÄ•KÁL is a botanical spirit that doesn’t fit into traditional categories.

Aperitif 68

Aperitif Brandy Liqueur Liquor 68

Drinkhacker

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Located in Post Falls, Idaho, Up North Distillery distills whiskey and brandy, but also honey spirit. The Idaho mead comes off a Carl pot still at 170 proof before being bottled without age or entered into a barrel. Whether the honey spirit is bottled unaged or with barrel maturation, all offerings are bottled at 8o proof.

Brandy 104

Brandy Liquor Vodka Bottling 104

Good Spirits News

MARCH 1, 2024

It’s bottled at a barrel proof of 125.2 Here, she was inspired by stone fruit spirits, eaux de vie, peach schnapps and cherry liqueurs which were fashionable in Paris in the early 1900s. Then the rum had an additional finish in once-used French Limousin oak apple brandy casks. proof (62.6%

Rum 75

Rum Brandy Whiskey Liqueur 75

Barina Craft

MAY 31, 2023

Yellow Parrot Drinks Elixir Of Long Life From Wormwood Perch The Yellow Parrot Cocktail is a potent drink mixed with equal parts absinthe, apricot brandy and yellow Chartreuse. Yellow Parrot Cocktail Recipe: ¾ oz absinthe ¾ oz yellow Chartreuse ¾ oz apricot brandy Shake well and strain into a cocktail glass.

Brandy 52

Brandy Simple Syrup Gin Liqueur 52

The Whiskey Wash

JULY 27, 2024

Since then, the distillery’s portfolio has expanded to feature experimental cask finishes – such as Blue Peak – and single barrel bottlings. Originally known for distilling German-style fruit brandies and liqueurs, the distillery recently expanded its horizons and began distilling American single malt whiskey.

Whiskey 98

Whiskey Stout Brandy Rum 98

Good Spirits News

AUGUST 2, 2024

Bottled at 107 proof, it’s available at select US retailers beginning July 2024. Bottled at 103 proof, just 1800 bottles were produced. Bottled at 103 proof, just 1800 bottles were produced. Aged for 5 years, it’s bottled at the required 100 proof. SRP $21.99/1L)

Brandy 75

Brandy Tequila Rum Bottling 75

VinePair

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

With Rose Mary’s Croatian-Italian focus, that house-made infusion fits perfectly alongside imported bottles of slivovitz and plenty of customers who love it. But according to the restaurant’s beverage director, Kyle Davidson, that might be a very different story somewhere else. “I It wants to carry through in a cocktail.”

Cocktail Culture 111

Cocktail Culture Bitters Rum Promoter 111

Cocktails with Suderman

DECEMBER 8, 2023

And then we’re going to use that as a template for making something a little more modern, a little more familiar to contemporary cocktail geeks, and — probably — a little easier to make for those of you who don’t keep bottles of port around the house.

Brandy 64

Brandy Liquor Bartender Bartending 64

The Bartender Company

MAY 5, 2022

A few years later, the first known written recipe for a sour appears in The Bartender’s Guide , which featured recipes for three different sours: A brandy sour, a Santa Cruz, and a gin sour. As mentioned earlier, some sour cocktail recipes use a liqueur or red wine to add both sweetness and tang to the finished drink.

Simple Syrup 52

Simple Syrup Brandy Liqueur Bartender 52

VinePair

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In some cases, a vodka imbued with a little flavoring can even be a bartender’s friend, whether that flavoring comes straight out of the bottle or through something fancy like an infusion. I use it at The Golden Swan in the Dorothy Day cocktail alongside Clear Creek Pear Brandy, GE Massenez Golden 8 Pear Liqueur, St.

Vodka 98

Vodka Bartender Bartending Head Bartender 98

Bar Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2023

French style brandy, Bardinet, is celebrating the latest addition to its range – Bardinet Inspirations – with a decadent new series of cocktails, each re-creating the flavours of iconic French desserts ‘in a glass’. Bardinet Inspirations is bottled in 70cl, ABV 37%. This sour-style drink is offset with a delicious sweetness.

Brandy 52

Brandy Digestif Highball Mixology 52

VinePair

JANUARY 9, 2024

And Barro Negro produces and bottles Med Liqueur, the orange liqueur it puts in its Margaritas. A large clear cube acted as a raft for a single dark cherry, which was handpicked in July and cooked with caramel, brandy , and bourbon. The cocktail drank as advertised; it was a perfect after-dinner drink.

Cocktail Culture 105

Cocktail Culture Rum Craft Cocktails Bar 105

Good Spirits News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

After the bourbons were married, the blend was bottled at a cask strength. Bottled at cask strength, it’s available in late October in stores with online availability beginning December 1, 2024. Each bottle will bear Villanueva Quintana’s signature and batch number. It’s bottled at cask strength of 103.8

Whiskey 71

Whiskey Rum Brandy Bottling 71