PUNCH

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

“Fruit bat,” “amaroulette,” “dirty dump.” The language developed behind the bar today has come a long way since the age of Jerry Thomas. Here, a non-exhaustive guide to the modern lexicon.

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

If you’re a home bartender who loves watching cocktail videos on YouTube and Instagram, then you’re probably already a fan of The Educated Barfly’s Leandro DiMonriva. The actor-turned-bartender has been producing videos on how to make cocktails at home, including everything from cocktail history to tips and hacks, since 2017. Before that, he worked at Cole’s French Dip , the home of award-winning bar The Varnish , in LA for a decade.

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Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Whether you’re toasting to a partner, celebrating with friends, or having a moment of self-love, these cocktails provide the perfect accompaniment to any way you choose to celebrate the Day of Love! Check them out below. Gin , Liqueur French Jasmine Tonic by Chambord Liqueur Ingredients 3/4 oz. Chambord Liqueur 1 1/2 oz. Fords Gin 6 drops Jasmine Water 3 oz.

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A Bar Above

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Tired regular date nights? Looking for a creative idea for spending time with your significant other beyond traditional game nights, dance lessons (not for those with two left feet, let me tell ya), or ignoring each other during movie night with a bottle of wine? Copyright A Bar Above Look no further than our brand new Date Night Gift Box – an “inside-the-box idea” that guides you through crafting 2 delightful cocktails, all while enjoying some quality time with your loved one for a

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Today, we’re bringing you an exclusive first look at this year’s Craft Beer Week pint glass, courtesy of the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild. We understand that a lot of y’all have begun collecting each year’s respective glass, so without further ado, behold this year’s theme: “Adventure Crafted in Illinois.” The ICBG is working with their Associate Member partners at Boelter Beverage for Illinois Craft Beer Week’s “Pint Day 2024 ” Each ic

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BarLifeUK

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Beesou Spring In Bloom Entry Deadline: March 31st, 2024 It may be February and a little chilly outside, but the buds and blossoms are waking up, which means that Spring, and cocktail competition season, will soon be with us. This brings us nicely to the first comp of 2024 to appear on BarLifeUK. It, like the year, is brand new, and we are very excited to be involved with this one because the liquid is delicious, a versatile modifier, and bound to inspire some first rate cocktails.

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

When 2022 Imbibe 75 Place to Watch Nobody’s Darling opened in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood, it was amid a dwindling number of queer-centered spaces nationwide. Undeterred, co-owners Angela Barnes and Renauda Riddle knew that they wanted to create a bar that was not only welcoming and safe but truly joyous. It wasn’t long before the accolades began to roll in, including a James Beard Award nomination for Outstanding Bar Program, and the bar found the enthusiastic embrace

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Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Ole Smoky Distilleries continued reign as the most visited distillery in the world for 2023. According to on-premise traffic counters, the four Ole Smoky Tennessee distillery destinations welcomed more than FIVE million visitors last year, topping all their largest competitors by significant industry margins. Ole Smoky’s The Holler in Gatlinburg welcomed 2.2 million visitors, The Barrelhouse in Gatlinburg welcomed 1.1 million visitors, Pigeon Forge’s distillery, The Barn, welcomed 1.3 million vi

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A Bar Above

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Hey, friends! We’re excited to unveil our latest gem at A Bar Above: the citrus zester! This nifty tool extracts that exciting flavor of citrus easily & quickly. What is a Lemon Zester? A zester is a kitchen tool dedicated to extracting the flavorful oils and zesty tang from citrus fruit. It’s kind of like a cheese grater but made specifically for citrus peel.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Tomorrow, over a hundred people will be gathering for the brew day of Vibes Since 1920 , a collaborative beer slated for release in March for Women’s Month. All of them have been gathered together for a project that’s the brainchild of Charolette Converse that will see 113 women, non-binary or trans participants (as of publish time) joining together to not just make a one-off beer, but to create a community to “network, educate and inspire their fellow women in the craft beer i

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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

BarLifeUK

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Brew//LDN: 25th – 27th April 2024, Southbank, London SE1 Despite having an edgy, modern name that was obviously created by a branding agency to say ‘this isn’t the Great British Beer Festival, no socks and sandals here’, Brew//LDN sounds like quite a good craic. The festival has been around for a while, but this year the organisers have added some dedicated trade sessions, which is nice, and these sessions are free, which is even nicer.

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PUNCH

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

We asked 10 of America’s best bartenders to submit their finest recipe for the Negroni—then blind-tasted them all to find the best of the best.

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

When Kavé Pourzanjani and Ray Sakover were both working at the Manhattan bar The Polynesian, pre-pandemic, they began talking about opening their own tropical bar. But they wanted to avoid the usual South Seas cliches and imagery that have made tiki a controversial topic in recent years. They needed a new theme. Their counterintuitive alternative? Demonology, the occult, and “otherized gods from other cultures.

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Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

There is no better time to celebrate the classics then right now! Mix an adventurous and aromatic take on the Old Fashioned using Fierce & Kind’s award-winning spirits. “In honor of the cocktail, The Old Fashioned earned its name from the first recorded use of the word ‘cocktail,’ describing a simple yet elegant mix of spirit, sugar, water, and bitters.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Picking the best bourbon of all time is objectively impossible. Ask five bourbon fans, and you’ll get dozens of answers, along with enough footnotes and asterisks to rival the King James Bible. But narrowing it down to a handful is a more accessible task. Us whiskey nerds have a much easier time picking our favorites than a singular pour. Ask someone what’s on their Mount Rushmore of bourbon, for example, and after deliberation, they’ll likely come back with something parsable.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

We’re going to do something this week that I don’t think we’ve ever done before. Now that the news is in the world about Three Floyds introducing a line of ready-to-drink cocktails , I figured it would be a good time to pull back the curtain and show everyone the things that Premium Subscribers got to see back in November when these emerged via the TTB in not just Indiana, but Missouri as well.

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Malt

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Au revoir. The post Malt on the Rocks first appeared on Malt.

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PUNCH

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The undying obsession with letting wine “breathe” has moved beyond dedicated gadgets to recruit everything from milk frothers to Vitamixes.

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Recently I had to go on a last-minute road trip across the country, from LA to Boston. And, as luck would have it, an hour before I hit the road, a bottle of Tequila Ocho Añejo Barrel Select Widow Jane 2024 landed on my doorstep. It’s the second collaboration between Tequila Ocho and Widow Jane Distillery, and it launched this month. (The first collab was a reposado aged for about eight weeks in bourbon barrels.

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Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Celebrate National Margarita Day (2/22) with Gran Coramino and the Hibiscus Margarita made with Gran Coramino Cristalino tequila, lime juice, hibiscus syrup and more. Not your usual Margarita, this one has some floral elements that will make you feel like it’s a warm spring day. Want to enjoy it in-person, the cocktail can be found on the menu at Shanklin Hall in Washington D.C.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

One would assume that the countries that drink the most wine in the world would remain pretty enthusiastic about the beverage, but this year, that doesn’t seem to be the case. Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) recently released its 2024 State of the U.S. Wine Industry Report , sharing current data on wine trends, including a list of the top 10 countries that consume the most wine.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

First up: A quick correction. Monday’s email incorrectly stated that Byron’s Hairy Cow Brewing was relocating to Box Elder, South Dakota. This was incorrect. They are opening a second location in South Dakota, as one does. Thanks to everyone who reached out to clarify the situation, and I am certainly not the only one to have been confused by the original story: Regardless, GDB management regrets the error.

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Drinkhacker

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

As the weather warms up, a young man’s fancy turns of course to lighter fare, with gin one of the most essential pieces of the springtime cocktail puzzle. We sampled plenty of outstanding gins over the last year, and with this feature we profile the greatest hits of 2023. Need more picks? Check our top gin lists from 2019 , 2020 , 2021 , and 2022.

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PUNCH

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

6 cocktail recipes offering a modern take on 1970s disco drinks, from the Godfather to the Rusty Nail to the Chartreuse drink, Swampwater.

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Distilled spirits can be thought of as a perfect convergence of agriculture, art, and engineering. For mezcal expert Chava Peribán, life has taken him through each of those stations. “I studied industrial design, but I realized early on that I didn’t want to spend my life making models of chairs, cars, or jewelry,” Peribán says. “I was more interested in the manufacturing side of things.

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Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

We invite you to embark on a sensory journey with Smoke Lab Saffron’s exclusive cocktails created by Chilled 100 member and Smoke Lab Brand Ambassador Paula Lukas. Each sip a harmonious blend of aromatic saffron notes and carefully curated ingredients. Sherry , Vodka , Whiskey Surrender Ingredients 1 1/2 oz Smoke Lab Saffron Vodka 1 oz Suntory Toki Whisky 1 oz Lustau Fino Jarana Sherry 2 dashes Bittermens Elemakule Tiki Bitters 3 dried rosebuds - garnish Preparation ombine liquid ingredients in

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Of the many styles of pizza served in the United States, the large, hand-tossed thin crust of New York-style pizza and the gooey, bulky pies of Chicago’s signature deep-dish are historically the most iconic. But following a major uptick in pizzerias specializing in crunchy-crusted squares, Detroit-style pizza is finally having its moment in the national spotlight.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Welcome to another New Label Wednesday with fresh looks at new beers from Minnesota to Missouri, over to Ohio and all spaces in between. Substack says I’m already pushing the limit on email length here so let’s get straight to… The Illinois Beer Label(s) of the Week: I rarely include labels that come to us via a brewery’s newsletter but if Hop Butcher is honoring Tom Freaking Skilling with his own beer as we celebrate his retirement next week, then dammit, we’re goi

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Drinkhacker

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Ready for a new ultra-ultra-premium vodka? Check out Belvedere 10, “an all-new luxury vodka of true liquid brilliance.” The vodka is distilled from organic diamond rye grown on a single field in Poland and is rested for 10 months after distillation before bottling. It’s that bottle that’s likely to draw your eye first and foremost: It’s an opaque, white, faceted bottle that stands 16 inches tall, designed to evoke the facets of a diamond.

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PUNCH

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Luxury cocktail ice made from glaciers or imported from other countries is inspiring climate dread among concerned drinkers and bartenders.

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Like a chef in the kitchen with a new ingredient, bartenders take no small amount of delight in experimenting with a new cocktail component. The Ancho Reyes chile liqueurs (both the original Ancho Chile , released in 2012, and the Verde in 2016) have become industry favorites for crafting complex drinks, as our own recipe gallery can attest. But brands like to experiment as well, and in November the Ancho Reyes Barrica Chile Ancho Liqueur hit shelves as the first barrel-aged expression of the or

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Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

An unequivocally sophisticated experience, Chivas XV is best enjoyed in an elevated Gold Rush cocktail made with three simple ingredients. Scotch Chivas Gold Rush Ingredients 2 parts Chivas XV 1 part Honey Syrup (*2 honey: 1 hot water) 1 part Lemon Juice Preparation Pour ingredients into a shaker filled with ice; shake until well chilled, strain into a glass over a large ice cube.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Putting unorthodox ingredients and adjuncts into beer is nothing new. Pumpkin beer has marked spooky season since the early ‘80s and the pastry stout boom of the mid-2010s saw everything from brownies and marshmallows to coffee and ancho chiles get added to brews. Most of the time, these bonus ingredients do more to allure the reluctant drinker than to deter.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Here’s an update we’re happy to see: After many months of waiting, Demo Brewery has finally announced an opening date. They’ll throw open the doors for a Grand Opening weekend on March 29th and 30th, about 60 weeks after originally posting their approved brewer’s license. Good things take time. Looks like a nice space, too ! Elsewhere, Industry Ales also appears to be coming along, and we’ve got updates below on the new spaces for both Homewood Brewing and Burn̵

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Drinks International

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Having worked for three decades as head distiller of Diageo’s Don Julio, maestro tequilero Enrique de Colsa has partnered with The Lost Explorer to create its first tequila line.

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