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Review: Origen Holistic Spirits Specialty Vodka and Harmony Gin

Drinkhacker

The company is (thank God) not making whiskey or tequila but rather flavored white spirits, including vodka and gin. Origen Holistic Spirits Specialty Vodka – That’s the formal name, but it doesn’t really say “Specialty Vodka” on the label. We got them both and put them to the test.

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We Asked 12 Bartenders: Is It Ever OK to Ask for a Shaken Martini?

VinePair

In the immortal words of James Bond, “Vodka Martini, shaken not stirred.” Shaking a Gin Martini doesn’t allow you to savor the synergy of botanicals like stirring does — it stresses out the gin. Now, with a straight Vodka Martini , you could probably use the extra dilution if you’re having that kind of night.

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A Beginner’s Guide to Making Gin at Home

A Bar Above

Today, we’re talking about making your own gin ! Gin lovers , rejoice! Instead, we’re focusing on our very own bathtub gin ; honestly, it’s basically just infused vodka (not to be confused with flavored vodka). Copyright A Bar Above But wait, why would you bother to do all this and not just buy a bottle of gin?

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Guide to Gin (and Gin Cocktails)

Moody Mixologist

Gin is one of the most popular spirits and one of the most common liquors used in cocktails. From Prohibition era classics like the Bees Knees to the iconic Martini or the eternally refreshing Gin and Tonic , theres a gin cocktail for just about everyone. What is gin? Most gins are around 40% alcohol by volume.

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Is Craft Vodka Ready for Its Moment?

VinePair

About 15 years ago, the nascent craft spirits industry was awash in vodka. A few distillers did make vodka from whole ingredients, including West Virginia’s Smooth Ambler , which used the same mash bill as its wheated bourbon. “We Vodka usually sells because it’s well priced or well marketed and ours was neither.”

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Bartenders, Celebrate National Absinthe Day with T.A. Breaux, Research Scientist, Creator of LUCID and Jade Absinthes

Chilled Magazine

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. When we first reintroduced genuine absinthe in 2007, it was largely a vodka world. Experiment!

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Review: Abstinence Non-Alcoholic Cape Floral Gin and Spritzes

Drinkhacker

Based in South Africa, Abstinence Spirits makes a variety of non-alcoholic spirits and ready-to-drink products, with a heavy focus on various NA gins. Tons of citrus on the nose here, with a hearty but secondary floral quality underneath, definitely rose-adjacent. It’s clearly vinegary, but not overwhelming in sharpness.

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