Chilled Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2024

De’Qustay Johnson Expertise: Whiskey, Vodka, Tequila, Rum, Wine. William Santiago Orlando, Florida Expertise: Tequila, Mezcal, Rum, Gin. CRT certified as well as WSET Level 2 certified in both Wine and Spirits, cocktail educator, and spirit enthusiast. Elizabeth Lang Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Expertise: Rum. Expertise: Rhum/Rum.

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Chilled Magazine

JANUARY 4, 2024

Brandy , Liqueur Gran Duque D’Alba Solera Gran Reserva – “The Duque’s Side Car” Ingredients 1 3/4 oz Gran Duque d’Alba Solera Grand Reserva 1/2 oz Bauchant Orange Liqueur 1 oz Fresh Lemon Juice 1/2 oz Simple Syrup Preparation Rim a coupe glass with a lemon wedge. Strain over fresh ice in a wine glass.

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Chilled Magazine

JANUARY 8, 2024

Foubert, a farmer, and wine merchant in the Charente-Maritime department of southwest France, initiated her palate with brandy distilled from plums from his orchard. Despite her initial distaste her grandfather introduced her to another offering—an amber liquid he called Armagnac. I guess it’s what makes me a true French-American!”

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Drinkhacker

APRIL 9, 2024

The California operation launched last year with three spirits, a gin, a bourbon, and a rye. A somewhat brooding, “thinking-person’s” gin that will take some forethought and testing to properly cocktail with. Unsinkable Rye – This rye’s sourced from Kentucky and finished in Napa port wine barrels.

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Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 11, 2024

While every category of spirit and aperitif wine has grown and evolved in the past two decades, vermouth has shown a surprising stylistic shift. And contemporary producers are increasingly spreading their creative wings, and discovering the potential of this venerable aromatized wine. Vermouth came into fine focus in that conversation.

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Chilled Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The new, ANGOSTURA 200-Year Anniversary Limited-Edition bitters will be available for purchase in limited quantity at select national and regional liquor chains including Total Wine & More, BevMO, Specs and Binnys as well as online at Reserve Bar and Bourbon Concierge in October 2024. Garnish with brandied cherries.

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Chilled Magazine

APRIL 17, 2024

Founders Albert Peters, Edwin Pooley, and Edgar McClain began making fruit wine and brandies from the abundance of fruit in the region, taking only a brief hiatus to make industrial alcohol for the war effort. Big Gin was created by bartenders for bartenders.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

By embracing the practice of distillation on lees — where the yeast remains in the wine during distillation — Rémy V is able to capture the complexity of the grapes, resulting in a spirit that is as fresh as it is aromatic. It balances the botanical notes of gin. It adds complexity to a vodka drink. So for me it’s really easy to enjoy.

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Australian Bartender

MARCH 12, 2025

Daydream cocktails feature flavours including Cazadores Blanco tequila, apricot brandy, strawberry gum distillate, raspberry syrup, illegal mezcal, whites, and lime. For the more lucid dream state there is the Escape, a blend of Four Pillars olive leaf gin, St Germain, Palo Santo vodka, simple syrup, lemon, and egg whites.

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Cocktails with Suderman

DECEMBER 29, 2023

So after some experimentation, I settled on a simple mulled wine, with honey, brandy, citrus, and spices. Cocktails 101 Basic mulled wine is very easy to make. You just mix some spices into wine and heat the mix. A Negroni is spirit (gin), sweetener (sweet vermouth), and bittersweet spices (Campari).

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Chilled Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Visitors from far and wide look forward to experiencing not only the healing powers of the mineral water in Saratoga, but they also enjoy indulging in the refreshing qualities of a drink in the pubs, restaurants, and wine bars of the Broadway District and sprawling along Caroline Street. Gin , Liqueur Last Words Ingredients 3/4 oz.

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Cocktails with Suderman

DECEMBER 22, 2023

For the season, there are few better drinks than the Brandy Alexander. It’s an exceptionally simple cocktail, just three ingredients — brandy, creme de cacao, and heavy cream — shaken and strained into a glass, with a bit of nutmeg dusted on top. Happy Friday, and happy holidays. But nevermind this imposition.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

When the VinePair team isnt busy working at HQ, were in the field doing what we do best: scoping out the best cocktails, wine, and beer in the five boroughs. Has Snack Bar is located in the extremely narrow yet inviting space that used to house Gem Wine on the Lower East Side. Here, banchan are the stars.

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Spiritz

AUGUST 27, 2024

Although the new rationalised slabs for liquor officially took effect on 27 th August, wine merchants reported that the new rate cards were still pending, and no liquor had been supplied under the revised pricing structure. Given the large number of items that need to be approved, it will take about a week for the system to stabilise.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 2, 2024

A Taste of Treviso’s Heritage A short one-hour drive from Venice, Treviso is Italy’s Prosecco capital and the wine region where La Marca is made. The brand is proud to represent over 4,500 local grape growers to produce what has become one of the most loved sparkling wine brand in the U.S. It’s an elegant autumn welcome in a glass.

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Drinkhacker

MAY 17, 2024

While selections like white wine and cold beer are obvious, numerous cocktails abound which feel tailor-made for summer sipping. He devised the cocktail to accompany shellfish, with a gin-based spirit mixed with fruits and spices. RS Gin and Tonic 2 oz. tonic water 1 wedge lime Build the drink over rocks, gin first, then tonic.

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VinePair

JULY 8, 2024

The company has strong roots in the wine world — it’s the largest wine marketer in the U.S. The company announced its entrance into the super-premium gin category earlier this year with an agreement to be the exclusive U.S. importer of Condesa Gin, and it invested in luxury tequila company Tequila Komos in 2022.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Michael Nauer, beverage director, Homemakers Bar and 50/50 Gin Club , Cincinnati “The Jack Rose. Shaken apple brandy, good pomegranate grenadine, and lemon. Apple brandy can be underwhelming on its own, but in a Jack Rose it screams, um… apple! We make a pot and build a solera of spice and brandy additions each day.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 26, 2023

While it is true that the bubbles hold up more than fine on their own, Champagne cocktails can really take the wine to new heights. The low-ABV cocktail takes on a sweet and herbaceous edge, a delightful complement to the dry sparkling wine. The liqueur was allegedly chosen to recreate the color of the region’s beloved red wines.

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PubClub

DECEMBER 8, 2023

If you don’t know what to get off the libations menu, Cityscape’s signature drink is the Buzz Bar alcoholic popsicle, which is submerged in a glass of sparkling white wine.

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A Bar Above

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Sapphire Martini Ingredients: 1 oz Bombay Sapphire Gin 1 oz Blue Curacao 1 oz Lemon Juice 1 oz Lillet Blanc Directions: Combine all ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice, and shake for 5-7 secs. Strain into a Nick & Nora glass or wine glass. Strain into a rocks glass with a “diamond cut” large ice cube.

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The Whiskey Wash

JULY 21, 2024

In this book, Thomas states the recipes for a Brandy Sour and a Gin Sour. One such variation was the addition of a red wine float, for which an unnamed bartender in Chicago claimed credit in 1883. Boston Sour vs. New York Sour A red wine float is a layer of red wine that is added to the rest of the already mixed ingredients.

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Cheers

JANUARY 3, 2024

The expansive and well-curated selection of spirits includes high-end and imported mezcals, tequilas, piscos, gins and rum. The bar boasts natural wines from Chile, Argentina, Spain and California. Cavaña’s Caña Parchita cocktail, with Oaxacan aguardiente, bajan rum, passionfruit, coconut ancho chile, lime.

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Spiritz

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Founder & MD of Maya Pistola Agavepura, Rakshay shares that his team source agave from the Deccan Plateau, aging and blending it in Goa using exbourbon, new American, and ex-red wine barrels so that all the flavour is imparted from the barrels and no extra flavour or colouring is required.

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Barina Craft

JANUARY 25, 2024

Cincinnati Bengals: Bengal Tiger - the namesake is a tawny, red brandy drink while an original recipe adds black licorice stripes to an orange vodka cocktail that could be a spooky sip on Halloween too. Cleveland Browns: Brown Cocktail - equal parts gin, light or dark rum and dry vermouth.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

You probably know it from the fine wines in Jerez, Spain, and you’ve probably noticed that it’s become something of a trend these days in distilled spirits. It’s a mantra that countless tropical cocktails are built upon, but today’s multifaceted drink sees the unlikely appearance of gin and sherry in the mix. Well, for Zacapa No.

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The Whiskey Wash

APRIL 12, 2024

Held by the Wine Country Network, the 2024 Denver International Spirits Competition took place in Broomfield, CO, between March 2nd and March 10th, 2024. The distillery has so far released a wheated bourbon, a low rye bourbon, and London dry gin, and (of course) the Copper Sky Distillery Switch Rail Single Malt.

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A Bar Above

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Delicious craft cocktails to serve in a highball glass: Gin and Tonic Vodka Sodas Cuba Libre Copyright A Bar Above Nick & Nora Glass My personal favorite, the Nick and Nora glass , has a thin stem and bell-shaped bowl mostly intended for spirit-forward, stirred drinks.

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Cocktails with Suderman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

When you think about Negroni variations, you probably think about Negroni-class drinks that swap out the gin for a different base spirit. All you have to do is add fortified wine/vermouth and bitter liqueuer/amaro. We’re going to close out with one of my favorite lesser-known Negroni riffs. Put it in everything! Everything! )

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VinePair

MARCH 13, 2024

That phenomenon eventually gave way to the advent of the flip in 1874, which was first documented as a shaken cocktail with a whole egg, sugar, brandy or gin , and garnished with nutmeg. Dean Swift Credit: Guinness For fans of mulled wine , Hot Toddies , and Irish Coffees , the Dean Swift has entered the hot cocktail conversation.

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Marketview Liquor Blog

JULY 12, 2023

If you’re unfamiliar with this versatile wine, don’t worry — we’ve got you covered. Whether you’re a seasoned sherry wine drinker or a complete novice, you’ll find something new to discover. What Is Sherry Wine? Sherry wine is a fortified wine that originates from the Jerez region of southern Spain.

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Marketview Liquor Blog

JULY 12, 2023

If you’re unfamiliar with this versatile wine, don’t worry — we’ve got you covered. Whether you’re a seasoned sherry wine drinker or a complete novice, you’ll find something new to discover. What Is Sherry Wine? Sherry wine is a fortified wine that originates from the Jerez region of southern Spain.

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The Whiskey Wash

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

We have always taken an innovative approach when crafting our spirits by using a modern scientific understanding of the gin and whisky making process and fine tuning it along the way. Wine casks, port, and even marsala have been used to lend their summer fruit characteristics in a way that was very rare until recently.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Its experimentation knows no bounds, boasting a vast selection of spirits and liqueurs like California Shochu, Dry Rye Reposado Gin, Green Chile Vodka, and this Spiced Pear Liqueur. George Spirits is one of our nation’s oldest craft distilleries. Better yet, pour it up on the rocks with nothing more than an orange twist.

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Cocktails with Suderman

JANUARY 5, 2024

— Negronis and also enjoy taking existing ingredients and finding tasty new ways to use them …we’re going start with an easy, fun, riff on everyone’s favorite three-ingredient bittersweet cocktail, the Negroni that builds on last week’s big-batch mulled wine recipe. So many recipes! It’s virtual vermouth.

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The Cocktail Lovers

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Here’s why… Our products are Savoia Orancio, a delicious, new aperitivo and the first to be made with an orange wine base. While beautifully reimagining what a premium pink gin can be is Shivering Mountain. Innovative and inspirational are the words that spring to mind when we think about the contents of this week’s episode.

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VinePair

JANUARY 9, 2024

Line’s gimmick is that they make a great deal of what they sell from scratch, including an array of fruit wines they cheekily call “Why-ins.” The drink is then finished with the more prosaic store-bought Fords Gin and Campari. These they serve alone and mixed into cocktails.

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