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6 Hot Toddys with a Twist!

Chilled Magazine

Happy National Hot Toddy Day! In this chilly weather, what better way is there to warm up than inside with a hot cocktail? Hot Toddys are a classic and the recipes below have some twists you won’t want to miss out on this season. Scotch , Whiskey Oban Hot Toddy Ingredients 4 oz. Water 1 Tea Bag (your preference) 1.5 oz. Oban 14 Year Old 0.5 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice 0.5 oz.

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Tamarind Is Everywhere for a Reason

PUNCH

Here's how to use tamarind in cocktail recipes and nonalcoholic drinks, from a tequila sour to a zero-proof cooler.

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3 Rum Cocktails Perfect for Winter

Chilled Magazine

Everybody loves a winter cocktail but depending on what side of the country you’re in, drinking pleasures might be opposites. On the West Coast, you may have to trek for hours up to the mountains to find some semblance of a white winter wonderland. SoCal and NorCal, for example, tend to have sun-filed winters so you will rarely be in the mood for a hot toddy of some sort.

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Taste Test: Nonalcoholic Beer

Imbibe Magazine

It wasn’t long ago when nonalcoholic beer options in the U.S. left much to be desired. Fortunately, U.S. craft brewers, and even macro brewers, have since followed the lead of German brewers who were the first to release worthwhile alkoholfrei offerings. In fact, the fast-growing category of nonalcoholic beer now includes NA alternatives in most beer styles.

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Food & Beverage Industry Report 2024

Driven by a diverse and exciting ecosystem of passionate, ambitious, and often young entrepreneurs, the Food & Beverage (F&B) sector is a highly competitive environment full of immense challenges and exciting opportunities. Expert Market’s 2024 industry report, sponsored by Toast, is informed by a survey of 522 U.S. food and beverage professionals, from restaurant owners to food service managers, providing insights into the real-time challenges and opportunities within the industry.

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Industry Trends You Won’t Want to Miss in 2024 According to Experts

Chilled Magazine

We have been reporting expert predictions from bartenders, bar owners, brand ambassadors, executives and the like all month with a simple goal—To find out what spirits we’ll be pouring in 2024. One obvious trend has emerged which shapes what we’ll be drinking in the years to come—the popularity of authenticity. This real interest in knowledge and expertise is sought out by everyone nowadays—it’s knowing what we’re drinking, where it came from, and learning all about a brand’s story from an exper

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Taste Test: Nonalcoholic Beer

Imbibe Magazine

It wasn’t long ago when nonalcoholic beer options in the U.S. left much to be desired. Fortunately, U.S. craft brewers, and even macro brewers, have since followed the lead of German brewers who were the first to release worthwhile alkoholfrei offerings. In fact, the fast-growing category of nonalcoholic beer now includes NA alternatives in most beer styles.

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This Week's New Beer Labels

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

Well, January is off to a bit of a slow start. Not a ton to share with you this week … but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing out there. We may have dipped back into December to find a label or two, and Premium Subscribers may be taking a side trip to a different state this week, but we still scoured the TTB site to bring you all this fun stuff to look at.

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The 30 Best Red Wines for 2024

VinePair

Dust off the decanter, make some room in the fridge, get out your corkscrew and stemware (or even your juice glasses), and get ready to pop some corks. It’s a new year and we’re eager to dive into the world of red wine — trying new bottles and revisiting some old favorites from the last year of tastings. Here at VinePair we try mountains of red wine every year and encounter so many different styles from juicy and chillable Gamay to tannic and earthy Bordeaux blends.

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Johnnie Walker partners with James Jean

Spiritz

Johnnie Walker has unveiled an intricate new Johnnie Walker Blue Label Lunar New Year Limited Edition bottle, whose design is created by one of the most influential visual artists in the world – Asian-American artist James Jean. The vivid design for the Year of the Dragon features an innovative and dynamic interpretation of 2024’s Zodiac animal, the noble Wood Dragon.

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How to Clean Wine Glasses: 6 Tips for the Perfect Polish

VinePair

Wine glasses are often the most delicate items in the kitchen, which can make washing them a daunting task. One wrong move can be costly and potentially dangerous, not to mention how pesky it can be to replace just one shattered glass in a matching set. Even without any major slip-ups, it can be just as annoying to find your clean glasses cloudy and covered in water spots after spending hours on the drying rack.

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Top 5 Ways to Optimize Your Loyalty Strategy

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

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Robust liquor tracking measures in Haryana called for

Spiritz

Haryana’s Deputy Chief Minister, Dushyant Chautala asks to employ a robust liquor tracking and trace processes to remove any possible irregularities in liquor operations in the state. During a review meeting regarding the track and trace system of the state excise department, he asked concerned officers to adopt a stringent track and trace system in liquor, in Haryana.

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Hilary Sheinbaum’s Picks

Dry Atlas

Hilary Sheinbaum is a journalist and the author of The Dry Challenge (HarperCollins) , a judgment-free guide to giving up alcohol for a month-long period. She started participating in Dry January, accidentally, in 2017 after she made a spontaneous bet with a friend on New Year’s Eve. The premise was to see who could go an entire month without alcohol.

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Whiskey Review: Highline Bourbon

The Whiskey Wash

Editor’s Note: This whiskey was provided to us as a review sample by the party behind it. This in no way, per our editorial policies , influenced the final outcome of this review. It should also be noted that by clicking the buy link in this review our site receives a small referral payment which helps to support, but not influence, our editorial and other costs.

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Blurring the Line

Dry Atlas

In 2024, the most prominent theme in drinking behavior will be a blurred line between alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. Why? Three related trends are converging, research firms are calling for an end to the “non-alc” distinction, and industry visionary Ben Branson (founder of Seedlip and Seasn ) is shouting the same sentiment from the rooftops.

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Brandy Cocktails We Love

Cheers

The holidays may be over, but winter has just started. Here are some warming brandy cocktails to brighten up the season’s chill. Print Bull’s Eye Rose Course Drinks Keyword amaro, Angostura bitters, apple brandy, Grenadine, lemon, Luxardo maraschino liqueur, plum vinegar, rye Ingredients 1 oz. Laird’s Apple Brandy ½ oz. Bull Run rye whiskey ½ oz. Pasubio Amaro ¾ oz. Lemon juice ½ oz. Grenadine 2 dashes Angostura

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Review: Eda Rhyne Rare Grain Rye Single Barrel and Fernet Barrel

Drinkhacker

Since they first started distilling in 2018, Asheville’s Eda Rhyne has built a portfolio of spirits unique among most craft distillers. Their first bottlings focused solely on amari instead of the more typical vodka and gin (although they got around to the latter eventually ). That approach was rooted in a desire to spotlight the Appalachian heritage of locally crafted medicinal spirits that in their opinion deserved as much, if not more, attention than moonshine.

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Attaboy NYC heads to Sydney & Melbourne for a January takeover at two of your favourite bars

Australian Bartender

After taking Caretaker’s Cottage to NYC to host the first EVER takeover at Attaboy NYC, the team at William Grant and Sons thought they needed to do the return leg! Celebrating 10 years of Attaboy, Sam Ross and Haley Traub will be hosting an invitation-only trade seminar and takeover event in Sydney and Melbourne. In Melbourne Sam and Haley will team up with the incredible Caretaker’s Cottage.

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Review: Barrell Bourbon New Year 2024

Drinkhacker

Another year down means another Barrell New Year batch to help us celebrate. Or forget. Usually, a bit of both. Barrell continues its everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach to this specialty blend, adhering closely to the 2023 playbook with a cornucopia of bourbons distilled in eight different states and spanning 5 to 15 years old. While the bourbons all appear to be distilled from the same locales as last year, that age range has crept up owing to the inclusion (presumably minimal) of 11-year

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Beam Suntory France begins trading

Drinks International

Beam Suntory France has officially begun operations and is directly responsible for the marketing and distribution of its portfolio in France. According.

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Campari completes bond-and-shares issue to fund Courvoisier deal

Just Drinks

Campari today (10 January) revealed the details of a share-and-bond offer carried out to fund the acquisition of Cognac business Courvoisier.

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Brands Report 2024: Mixers

Drinks International

Familiar faces continue to dominate although there has been a bit of a reshu­ffle for this category’s rankings.

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Tales of the Cocktail Foundation to Host Halfway to Tales on Jan. 22, 2024, in New Orleans

Tales of the Cocktail

New Orleans bartenders and members of the spirits industry are welcome to mark halfway until the July 21-26 Tales of the Cocktail ® event with a free afternoon of educational seminars and a town hall happy hour. NEW ORLEANS (January 11, 2024) – Join Tales of the Cocktail Foundation for Halfway to Tales, January 22, 2024–at Latrobes on Royal , located at 403 Royal Street in New Orleans–in partnership with Moët Hennessy.

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Alabama Fans Hope Nick Saban’s Retirement Goes Better Than That Of Bear Bryant

PubClub

Nick Saban leads a powerful Crimson Tide before a game. Photo: RollTide.com By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The GOAT is gone, off to Lake Burton and his boat, no longer on the sideline, at the podium or on the practice field for Alabama football. Nick Saban has retired and as reality slowly sinks in to replace shock, Alabama fans are sure hoping things go much better now than they did after the school’s other legendary coach retired Bear Bryant.

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Make Your Alexander With Rum

Cocktails with Suderman

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the Brandy Alexander , a three-ingredient classic that combines brandy with heavy cream and creme de cacao, for a milky, chocolate, dessert-like cocktail confection. But the Brandy Alexander wasn’t always a Brandy Alexander. At first, it was just an Alexander, and it was made with gin. The drink’s evolution suggests that, like virtually all other classic tipples, the Alexander is not just a specific cocktail, but a modifiable format, and that the easies

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Flower Fields At Carlsbad Ranch 2024 Dates, Ticket Prices And Events

PubClub

The Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch are a colorful springtime showcase in San Diego. Photo: Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch One of the top things to do in San Diego is go to the Flower Fields At Carlsbad Ranch. Beautful, colorful flowers are laid out like an inviting bouquet, and activities such as tractor wagon rides and live music add to the atompshere.

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Tales of the Cocktail Foundation to Host Halfway to Tales on Jan. 22, 2024, in New Orleans

Tales of the Cocktail

New Orleans bartenders and members of the spirits industry are welcome to attend this free day of educational seminars and town hall for the New Orleans drinks industry. NEW ORLEANS (January 11, 2024) – Join Tales of the Cocktail Foundation for Halfway to Tales, January 22, 2024, at Latrobes on Royal, located at 403 Royal Street in New Orleans, in partnership with Moët Hennessy.

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Smackfest Events Releases 2024 Schedule, Including Its Signature Beach Volleyball Tourmanent

PubClub

A team shows the spirit of the event during Smackfest in Hermosa Beach, CA. Photo: PubClub.com Smackfest Events, the Los Angeles South Bay Beach Cities’ fun-time party event company, has releaesed its schedule for 2024. This includes its signature event, the team-themed beach volleyball touranmemnt known as Smackfest, which in 2024 will be celebrating its 29th year.

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Are Young People Just Swapping Vices?

Dry Atlas

More and more Americans are beginning to view even moderate drinking as harmful to health. According to Gallup’s latest data , 52% of those 18 to 34 think so, up from 34% five years ago. This perception is in line with reports that younger adults are drinking less. Those who drink are less likely than they were in the past to say they had an alcoholic drink within the past seven days—an indication of being a regular drinker.

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Premier Foods launches McDougalls Vegan Jelly to help operators provide inclusive menus

Bar Magazine

Premier Foods has just launched McDougalls Vegan Jelly into the foodservice sector, which has been officially certified by the Vegan Society. With research showing that around 1.4 million people in the UK are following a vegan diet*, this addition to the McDougalls range offers an inclusive dessert product for chefs to work with. McDougalls Vegan Jelly comes in three flavours—orange, strawberry and raspberry – and has a two-hour setting time.

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Hong Kong’s Budding Non-Alc Scene

Dry Atlas

Hong Kong is known for its vibrant nightlife and “work hard, play hard” ethos. Stroll down its historic Peel Street on any given weeknight and you’ll find scores of office workers blowing off steam over a pint or G&T. In Lan Kwai Fong, the city’s legendary party district, there’s no shortage of rooftop bars and pumping nightclubs. If you look closely, though, you’ll also notice the beginnings of a non-alc wave that’s already sweeping other hubs like London and New York City.

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Barfection launches new training programme with The Drinks Trust supported by Kingsland Drinks?? 

Bar Magazine

Drinks and hospitality charity The Drinks Trust is expanding its Develop offering with a new education programme with Barfection, an organisation dedicated to empowering disengaged and underprivileged individuals and unlocking their potential in the drinks and hospitality industry.     The new ‘Barfection Academy’ programme will be powered by Kingsland Drinks – as part of its long-standing support of The Drinks Trust and its goal to help build a better drinks industry – and will offer fund

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Q&A with Jen Batchelor, Founder of Kin Euphorics

Dry Atlas

Kin Euphorics founder Jen Batchelor grew up in Saudi Arabia, where her dad’s moonshine-fueled house parties showed her how drink can bring people together. But, as she came to see alcohol itself as a disconnective force, she set out to redefine the drinking ritual. With Kin , she’s created a functional beverage brand that empowers people to deepen their connection to others and self—without the downsides of booze.

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BrewDog staff to see pay cuts as brewer confronts “trading loss”

Just Drinks

Bar staff based outside of London are to be given nearly 5% less from 1 April, as BrewDog adopts the UK National Living Wage.

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Hilton Announces Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2023 Earnings Release Date

PubClub

MCLEAN, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HLT) will report fourth quarter and full-year 2023 financial results before the stock market opens on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024, followed by a conference call at 9 a.m. EST. Christopher J. Nassetta, president & chief executive officer, Hilton, and Kevin Jacobs, chief financial officer & president, global development, Hilton, will discuss the company’s performance and lead a question-and-answer session.

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Marchesi Antinori sets up US import subsidiary

Just Drinks

Marchesi Antinori, the Italy-based wine supplier, has set up its own subsidiary to import wines into the US, its largest overseas market.

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