PUNCH

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The best rye whiskey brands under $50, from Sazerac to Rittenhouse. These affordable bottles are versatile for cocktails or sipping neat.

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Chilled Magazine

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Kiss summer goodbye and sip into the new season with the limited-edition Emperor Kraken Lipstick & Rum Set ! The Kraken Rum is partnering with Black Moon Cosmetics on the beauty & booze collab you didn’t know you needed. Available now, the Emperor Kraken Lipstick & Rum Set ($37.99) features a uniquely dark, liquid to matte metallic lipstick in a blackened olive gold shade, accompanied by a bottle of The Kraken Gold Spiced Rum.

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Imbibe Magazine

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Just because you’re well past trick-or-treating age doesn’t mean you have to miss out on Halloween treats. Especially now that you can make sweets for yourself. Here are a few grown-up treats—like coffee lollys, beer caramels, and spirited marshmallows—to share this Halloween season or keep all to yourself. Ale and Pretzel Caramels Malty ale infuses these sweet and salty pretzel caramels.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 8, 2024

“What’s good here?” is a question bartenders get often, but the answer is usually conditional. If the bar is particularly busy it doesn’t make sense to offer something complicated. If the customer seems finicky it isn’t wise to expand their tastes too far, lest you end up with a request for a remade drink. And although there might be a solid list of house cocktails to choose from, there persist some cocktail classics, wild concoctions, and underrated favorites that bartenders wish their customer

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Mix That Drink

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The Oh My God cocktail is so named because that's what one might tend to say after tasting it. It's a pretty wonderful flavor, blending pineapple, peach and apple together.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Adam recently discovered Jason Hackett, a.k.a. “ Prime Mutton ,” a social media influencer who travels from pub to pub and judges whether or not each establishment’s draft Guinness pour is good or not. More specifically, he judges whether or not the pint is “a real creamer.” This discovery arrives on the coattails of several other recent Guinness-centric social media sensations.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Interpreting modern art can be a challenge, and unfortunately, a museum employee in the Netherlands interpreted one installation as garbage that needed to be thrown away. Intentionally modeled to mimic two discarded, dented beer cans, “All The Good Times We Spent Together,” was designed by French artist Alexandre Lavet and is currently on display at Lisser Art Museum (LAM).

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Drinkhacker

OCTOBER 8, 2024

It’s round 3 with Milam & Greene’s Unabridged , a cask strength blend o’ bourbons from Kentucky, Tennessee, and Texas. There’s nothing particularly new about the approach of this annual release. A sell-out at the recent Kentucky Bourbon Festival, this blend takes 49 barrels of six different whiskeys and puts them all together a little something like this.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Since launching in 2007, Josh Cellars has become the fastest-growing premium table wine brand in the U.S., with case sales increasing from just 1,200 per year to over 5 million in 2023. The brand is also on track to have another fantastic year in 2024 — not without help from the viral Josh memes that gripped the internet in January. What’s driving Josh’s success?

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Sculpture Hospitality

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Nobody said running a restaurant is easy. Between managing staff , keeping customers satisfied, and ensuring the kitchen operates like a well-oiled machine, it can feel like you’re constantly juggling a dozen different things.

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Speaker: Lauren Barash, Vice President, Brand Marketing

In an ever-evolving industry, building and retaining loyal customers is critical to the success of any restaurant business. Join Lauren Barash, VP of Brand Marketing at Full Course, as she delves into the world of restaurant loyalty programs, and reveals the top five essential strategies to optimize your approach! This webinar will explore: Loyalty trends and what you should be focusing on 📊 Actionable insights and ideas to help you develop the most powerful and effective loyalty program

VinePair

OCTOBER 8, 2024

High West’s most anticipated release of the year is here. A Midwinter Night’s Dram Act 12 dropped on the Utah-based distillery’s site October 8. The line, first released in 2013, is inspired by Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and has become a cult-favorite and a staple for the colder months. This year’s expression is made from High West’s Rendezvous Rye expression, aged in new charred American oak, finished in Ruby and Tawny Port barrels, and bottled at 98.6 proof.

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Cheers

OCTOBER 8, 2024

This vodka-based cocktail gets its orange hue from carrot juice. Print Jack The Ripper Course Drinks Keyword carrot, orange liqueur, vodka Ingredients 1 oz. Vodka ½ oz. Raw carrot juice ½ oz. Bauchant orange liqueur Instructions Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a shot glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.

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Mix That Drink

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The Sand Dance cocktail is mellow and slightly sweet. It blends whiskey with cherry brandy and cranberry juice to make a drink that's perfect for relaxing and unwinding.

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The Whiskey Wash

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Knob Creek Bourbon has revealed that the Knob Creek 18 Year Old has returned to the brand’s portfolio. The expression was initially introduced to the range in 2022 as the oldest Knob Creek release to date. Now, the 18 Year Old is back for a limited time only. The bourbon is aged for twice as long as Knob Creek’s flagship expression, making it a rich, layered, and complex dram.

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Cheers

OCTOBER 8, 2024

We reached out to some of the influential women in beverage alcohol today to learn more about their backgrounds, inspirations and role models, and what it means to be a leader in the industry today. Here’s our interview with Kathie Durbin, director, Montgomery County Alcohol Beverage Services on Gaithersburg, MD. How did you get into the beverage alcohol business?

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VinePair

OCTOBER 8, 2024

On Tuesday, Jim Beam subsidiary Booker’s Bourbon officially launched its third batch of the year. According to the brand , the Master’s Distiller’s Batch was named in honor of a group of distillers that Fred Noe, seventh-generation master distiller of The James B. Beam Distilling Co., came to admire greatly in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. “This group was made up of legends like my dad, Booker Noe, and some of his peers at other distilleries during this time,” Noe said in a press release.

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Cocktails with Suderman

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Let’s take one more moment to consider room-temperature cocktails. The primary use cases for room-temperature cocktails come from situations where you don’t know if you’ll have the ability to control a cocktail’s temperature: Camping or other outdoor events; a dinner at friend’s house where you want to bring a cocktail but it’s not possible or appropriate to take up kitchen space; a party at your own house where you want to pre-batch cocktails and have guests

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Bar Magazine

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The extended list, which features 12 new entries, is a precursor to the live reveal of The World’s 50 Best Bars 2024 on 22 October in Madrid With two weeks to go before the announcement of The World’s 50 Best Bars 2024, sponsored by Perrier, the extended list of bars ranked 51-100 has been revealed for the eighth year. The annual list is decided by a voting panel comprised of more than 700 independent drinks experts, renowned bartenders and educators alongside award-winning drinks writers and co

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Nightlife City Guide

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Sports tourism is an exciting way to enjoy your favorite sporting events or activities while exploring cities around the world. Beyond simply watching a game, it offers the opportunity to experience local culture and history and participate in a variety of sporting activities. Here we present five perfect cities to visit for sports enthusiasts. What should you consider when choosing the best city for sports tourism?

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Bar Magazine

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Be Inclusive Hospitality launches its fifth Elevate Mentorship Scheme for restaurant founders from Black, Asian and other ethnic minority backgrounds to help unlock access to hospitality expertise. OpenTable today announces a partnership with Be Inclusive Hospitality , a social enterprise and nonprofit organisation, which works to advance racial equality and representation within the UK hospitality industry.

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Just Drinks

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Soft-drinks producer Fritz-Kola has expanded its production network to include a bottling plant outside of Germany for the first time.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Every year, Ivy Mix holds out hope that Pisco’s moment has finally arrived, that this is the year that we’ll finally experience a “Summer of Pisco.” And year after year, she’s disappointed. Mix, who co-owns pan-Latin cocktail bar Leyenda in Brooklyn and literally wrote the book on Latin American spirits, has long championed the Peruvian grape distillate both as a versatile cocktail component and as a neat sipping spirit, and for good reason.

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Just Drinks

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Thatchers is set to appeal the High Court’s decision to dismiss its trademark lawsuit against Germany-headquartered retailer Aldi.

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Spiritz

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Longitude 77, the first-ever Indian single malt from the house of Pernod Ricard India, is set to strengthen its roots in the Indian market with its launch in Punjab. The brand's entry into Punjab offers seekers of authentic, contemporary Indian luxury a memorable experience which was marked by a launch event at the 10 th anniversary of EYP Creations, the biggest Punjabi Artist management agency across the country having expertise managing Punjabi artist like Parmish Verma, Jassie Gill, B Praak,

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Just Drinks

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Brown-Forman is a winner in the Product Launches, Marketing, and Innovation categories in the 2024 Just Drinks Excellence Awards.

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The Whiskey Wash

OCTOBER 8, 2024

What Makes The Remnant Cask So Special? Anyone of you who has spent enough time in whisky will have heard about every single cask variant you can think of. A cask, a butt, a port pipe, a barrique, a quarter cask, etc. But when have any of us ever come across a remnant cask? Now as a vessel used for overflow from filling runs, it could have contained numerous different styles of distillate that were required for different things, especially given Port Ellen ’s closing and reopening in the thirtie

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Just Drinks

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Freixenet Copestick (FXC) is set to handle the distribution of Bodega Argento’s wines in the UK after striking a deal.

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The Whiskey Wash

OCTOBER 8, 2024

One of the most sought-after bottles of single malt scotch whisky in the world is coming to auction. Meeting Art, located in Vercelli, Italy, is offering the Bowmore 1966 Samaroli Bouquet in its next auction, starting October 19th. The Bowmore 1966 Samaroli Bouquet is widely regarded as one of the best bottles of scotch ever produced. It was bottled by the legendary Silvano Samaroli and has since commanded incredible prices on the secondary market, thanks to its rarity and reverence amongst whi

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Just Drinks

OCTOBER 8, 2024

UK-based Salcombe Distilling is looking to “capitalise” on its international markets following a crowdfunding raise.

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Spiritz

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Piccadily Agro Industries Limited, the makers of the much awarded and 1 st triple cask Indri single malt, has announced the launch of its first travel retail exclusive ‘City Series’ with the debut Oloroso-Sherry single cask expression, exclusively crafted for Bengaluru Duty Free. This travel retail exclusive single malt whisky is specially made, designed, and bottled for Bengaluru Duty Free, celebrating the city in every bottle.

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Just Drinks

OCTOBER 8, 2024

China has imposed “provisional anti-dumping measures” on the imports of brandy from the EU.

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Drinkhacker

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Fierce & Kind is a new whiskey operation working out of San Diego. But unlike many producers these days, it has a specific mission: to make whiskey that is “deliberately crafted to be approachable and drinkable for both whiskey beginners and connoisseurs.” These are young whiskeys — nothing I tasted is older than 2 1/2 years of age — but you wouldn’t know it from just about anything in the drinking experience.

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Bar Magazine

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Mount Gay, the world’s oldest running rum distillery with a legacy spanning over 320 years, introduces the second release of its ground-breaking Single Estate Series, the 24_02_Vt18d2. Crafted by Master Blender Trudiann Branker, this second release continues the terroir driven series, with a blend of rums produced from the 2018 Mount Gay Estate sugar cane harvests in St Lucy, Barbados.

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