PUNCH

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The 10 best mezcal brands to try if you’re new to the spirit, from Banhez to Rezpiral, who are trying to preserve regional traditions.

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OCTOBER 17, 2024

There’s no denying India Pale Ale’s popularity among American drinkers. Brewed in numerous substyles, the category has won over beer lovers with its hop-forward profile and tropical fruit flavors. And while the sheer number of bitter brews on the market right now might be an annoyance to some , the IPA isn’t likely to fall out of favor any time soon.

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The Whiskey Wash

OCTOBER 17, 2024

There is no shortage of different cask finishes in the whisky industry. From Oloroso sherry to red wine casks, whisky enthusiasts with a penchant for adventure can journey through many different finishes to find their favorites. If you haven’t yet explored all of these different finishes, never fear. Below I have put together a list of whiskies with unique cask finishes, some of which are new and novel, and some that have had an unrivaled impact on the whisky industry.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

This feature is part of our 2024 Next Wave Awards. Tequila Ocho doesn’t have a celebrity tie-in. It doesn’t bottle its juice in ornate, art-festooned bottles destined for a second life as a vase. Its name doesn’t pay tribute to some ancient legend or vague element of Mexican culture. Instead, it references the distilled batch sample that co-founders and agave legends Carlos Camarena and Tomas Estes decided to bottle after painstaking experimentation.

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The Whiskey Wash

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Jim Beam has announced the release of a new holiday expression, just in time for the festive season. Jim Beam Winter Reserve offers a seasonal flavor profile that is perfect for the cooler winter months. In keeping with the brand’s traditional affordability, Jim Beam Winter Reserve is now available for purchase with an RRP of $24.99. You can purchase your bottle via ReserveBar , Total Wine , Binny’s , and select retailers nationwide.

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Mix That Drink

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Candy Corn Moonshine is perfect for Halloween and fall tailgating. It mostly tastes like the candy, but with a kick and that moonshine flavor, too.

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Just Drinks

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Just Drinks attended Arena's Spirits Strategies and Innovation Conference to explore how the industry is navigating a tough market.

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Drinkhacker

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Last year we encountered Cierto’s Private Collection tequilas and came away impressed. The price points are high, but from the blanco to the extra añejo , the tequilas showed a beautiful, bold character and complexity, and one of them made it onto our top tequila list for the year. This year, we are back with the brand to try their more exclusive lineup, the Reserve Collection.

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Just Drinks

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Pernod Ricard has agreed to offload a clutch of its Nordic brands to Royal Unibrew-owned Hartwall, including Finnish Minttu liqueur.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

This feature is part of our 2024 Next Wave Awards. When Reggie Leonard moved to Charlottesville, Va., in 2015 for a job at the University of Virginia’s School of Data Science, he didn’t know much about the city, or anyone in it. But he knew he needed to make friends and build a community. Recognizing his introverted tendencies, Leonard had committed before relocating to get outside his comfort zone.

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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

Just Drinks

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Pernod Ricard's financial chief Hélène de Tissot said the group expected "a more significant decline" for China in its FY25 than in FY24.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

This feature is part of our 2024 Next Wave Awards. “I am constantly looking for the intention of a classic drink and investigating what might have changed over time and how we can get back to that intention,” says Garret Richard, chief cocktail officer at Brooklyn’s Sunken Harbor Club since it opened in 2021. “That often requires looking at newer ideas to do so.

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Drinkhacker

OCTOBER 17, 2024

One thing the bourbon world needs more of right now are value pours. Not slow sipping bourbons with quality surpassing their MSRP (a real rarity these days) but bourbon that was always intended to be someone’s daily drinker or mixer and priced accordingly. Once upon a time, the industry catered almost exclusively to those customers. Well, Owensboro’s own Green River is resurrecting the lost art of middle shelf bourbon with its latest offering, 1885.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

This feature is part of our 2024 Next Wave Awards. It’s hard to think of a job in wine that Lee Campbell hasn’t had. From retail, to restaurant manager and sommelier, to wine director, winemaker, and more, she’s pretty much done it all. But it wasn’t always the career she envisioned for herself. While an undergraduate at the University of Virginia, Campbell thought she would pursue a political future and completed several internships on the Hill.

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Just Drinks

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Nestlé has cut its forecast for organic sales for the second time this year as consumer demand remains "soft" in still high food inflation.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The most prestigious wine region in the U.S. just announced its first new American Viticulture Area (AVA) in 13 years. Napa Valley, already home to 17 distinct AVAs, officially added Crystal Springs to its list on Wednesday. The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) took over four years to approve the AVA proposal, which its author, Steve Burgess, has supposedly been working on since 2005.

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Australian Bartender

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The Blend crowns Richard Liu and Sanjeev Sharma winners of the House of Suntory DOJO ‘HAKUtini’ Competition. True to its meaning of ‘a place to master the way’, the House of Suntory’s DOJO has done just that for their two champions of the recent HAKU Vodka Martini Competition. With members across Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, the DOJO program is a platform for bartenders to learn about Japanese bartending; not only the skills but also the philosophy behind it.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

This feature is part of our 2024 Next Wave Awards. In an industry ruled by old men who often work for a single legacy distillery their entire lives , Marianne Eaves has seemingly packed several full biographies into her 37 years — often as the only woman in the room. Her latest brand, Forbidden Bourbon, stems from the culmination of knowledge and skills gained from over a decade of toil for other people and companies.

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Mix That Drink

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The Zoo Station is a fun and flavorful drink that brings together Irish cream, amaretto, coffee liqueur, banana liqueur and cream for a deliciously indulgent experience.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

This feature is part of our 2024 Next Wave Awards. There’s no shortage of serious cocktail bars in New York City right now. At these many establishments, the builds are dialed, the vibes are curated, the menus are sharp. But at NoMad hideaway Shinji’s, there are more fantastical factors at play. Inside, you’ll find yourself submerged in a sea of whimsy, every surface alive with movement.

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Spiritz

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Spice Art at Crowne Plaza Greater Noida will be presenting the ‘Lost Recipes of Royal Cuisine’ festival, featuring the renowned Chef Rehman. From 21 st -31 st October, guests are invited to savour the exquisite flavours and rich heritage of India's royal kitchens. India's culinary history also includes a treasure-trove of recipes that once graced the tables of majestic palaces but have faded from modern menus.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

This feature is part of our 2024 Next Wave Awards. Most beer historians will tell you that the American brewing industry began to take shape when Germans and Austrians came to the New World, bringing their techniques and ingredients with them. But roughly 1,000 years ago, many Native American tribes were producing a low-ABV beer called Tiswin (also known as Tesgüino and Tejuino) made from fermented corn kernels or Saguaro cactus, depending on the region.

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Advanced Mixology

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Home bars are the heart of any party. They bring people together, create a focal point and double as a place to keep your guests satiated. Building one could be your next favorite home renovation if you know where to start. Consider some of the most popular home bar styles to determine how you’ll design around one of them for your household. 1. Mid-Century A mid-century bar will make everyone feel like they’re at a professional venue without leaving the space where you’ve already made so many me

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VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

This feature is part of our 2024 Next Wave Awards. Like the rest of the world, Garrett Oliver had plenty of time alone with his thoughts in the first half of 2020. With the country gripped by the pandemic and convulsing from the murder of George Floyd, he found himself pondering his own place in the American experiment. What was a brewery’s responsibility to the project of social justice?

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Spiritz

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The long anticipated wait for the industry is finally over.Spiritz Selection and Achievers' Awards will be held live on Spiritz TV and Spiritz's website, from 6 pm, on 18th October 2024. Stay tuned for a twilight of celebration of excellence of spirits, followed by a night of fun and gaiety.

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OCTOBER 17, 2024

This feature is part of our 2024 Next Wave Awards. On the busy stretch of Brooklyn’s Greene Avenue and the corner of Fulton Street, you’ll smell Theodora before you see it. Once you venture inside, the rest of the senses are ignited one by one. Spice-laced smoke drifts through the bustling, attractive space — “Mexico City-meets-Tel Aviv, and Tulum in the back,” as owner and head chef Tomer Blechman describes the decor — all set aglow by flickering candlelight and the open-fire kitchen’s domestic

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Nightlife City Guide

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Vita notturna Stoccolma: Club eleganti, gente alla moda e belle bionde sono gli ingredienti per il divertimento notturno della gelida capitale svedese. Scopriamo insieme quali sono le migliori discoteche e i pub dove trascorrere le vostre nottate! Vita notturna Stoccolma La capitale della Svezia offre molto, non solo dal punto di vista paesaggistico e architettonico, ma riguardo al divertimento notturno.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

This feature is part of our 2024 Next Wave Awards. Blake Riber got into the retail spirits business on a bit of a lark. The 39-year-old Jacksonville, Fla., native had been a mild-mannered accountant for his entire career, running the spirits blog Bourbonr on the side. Occasionally he sold private single-barrel picks to his growing audience and one in particular, a 6-year old wheated bourbon from craft distillery Wyoming Whiskey , blew his mind.

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Nightlife City Guide

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Nightlife Stockholm: Elegant clubs, fashionable people and beautiful blondes are the ingredients for nightlife in the freezing Swedish capital. Let's find out together which are the best discos and pubs where you can spend your nights! Nightlife Stockholm The capital of Sweden offers a lot, not only from a landscape and architectural point of view, but when it comes to nightlife.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

This feature is part of our 2024 Next Wave Awards. When Matt and Bryan Quigley graduated from college in the mid- and late aughts, respectively, the Pennsylvania natives got to work building their careers. For Matt, that meant pursuing a future in entrepreneurship; a few years after being recruited out of college to help launch franchise restaurants, he left to help develop business plans for budding owners to secure equity.

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Bar Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Leading independent drinks business, Global Brands, launches GATHER Gourmet Cocktails, a super-premium range of canned cocktails, available in five flavours. Launching across the UK on October 1st, GATHER combines classic cocktail flavours with an innovative, indulgent twist, designed to offer a sophisticated yet laid-back drinking experience. With premiumisation seeing a surge in popularity within the RTD cocktail category, GATHER’s launch is driven by the demand for both bar-quality cocktails

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VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

This feature is part of our 2024 Next Wave Awards. Erick Castro has carried several titles over his 20-plus years in the drinks industry. There’s co-founder of iconic San Diego bars Polite Provisions and Raised by Wolves, owner of cocktail bar-dive bar hybrid Gilly’s House of Cocktails, and brand ambassador. Host of the award-winning podcast “Bartender at Large” is on the list, too, along with co-founder of the popular industry networking event Bartender’s Weekend.

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Bar Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2024

A gin inspired by one of York’s most famous ghosts has reappeared in time for Halloween. York Gin Grey Lady takes its name from the Medieval ghost who reportedly haunts the city’s Theatre Royal. The friendly ghost is said to haunt the dress circle of the theatre. Mad Alice, York’s top tour guide, who knows everything there is to know about York’s ghosts, was on hand at the theatre to relaunch the gin.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

This feature is part of our 2024 Next Wave Awards. With its Mediterranean-inspired lineup of white wines, the Massican brand evokes the breezy, “La Dolce Vita” feeling of summer on the Italian coast. But despite its effortlessly cool appearance, the Napa Valley winery’s standout success is the result of years of tireless hard work and thoughtful planning by its founder, Dan Petroski.

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Bar Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Penrhos Spirits, the family-run artisan gin brand from Herefordshire, is proud to announce this week the launch of two new limited edition gin liqueurs. From Friday 18th October, consumers can enjoy 50cl Penrhos Blueberry Gin Liqueur and Penrhos Apple and Rhubarb Gin Liqueur, available from Amazon and the Penrhos Spirits website, priced at £18 and with an ABV of 20%.

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