Drinkhacker

MARCH 17, 2024

For nearly a decade now, we’ve periodically covered the NHLC’s acquisition of single barrel American whiskey and tequila. Now, through a partnership with Bord Bia, Ireland’s Agency for Food and Drink, the Granite State is getting access to a wide selection of unique Irish whiskeys. A must try for fans of Irish pot still whiskey.

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Imbibe Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Fallen Angel The once-forgotten Fallen Angel cocktail from The Savoy Cocktail Book pairs gin, lime, and crème de menthe together in great harmony. Golden Ghost In this Bijou cocktail riff, mezcal and tequila step in for gin, while crème de cacao and génépy add layers of sweetness to the mix.

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Chilled Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2024

For example, if you are a tiki bar, then you want your menu to reflect cocktails, liquors, beers, and flavors that match a tropical and Caribbean theme, i.e. rums and frozen drinks. Implement a cocktail menu that uses different spirits, such as vodka, gin, rum, tequila, and whiskey and different flavor profiles.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In the mid-20th century, a Macy’s shopper could have left with bags full of not only ties and slippers, but gin and bourbon. And not just any gin or bourbon. Macy’s brand gin and bourbon. I was frankly stunned that this family-oriented store my parents often shopped at had its own brand of gin.

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The Whiskey Wash

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The Tennessee Whiskey Trail has welcomed Peg Leg Porker Spirits and Stable Reserve Distillery as two new members. Image credits: Peg Leg Porker Spirits and Stable Reserve Distillery The Tennessee Whiskey Trail has announced the addition of two new trail members: Stable Reserve Distillery and Peg Leg Porker Spirits.

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VinePair

APRIL 5, 2024

The United Kingdom has a strong claim as the world’s gin capital. The Dutch may have originated the spirit when they created genever, but the English people’s love for the stuff brought the juniper-infused liquor to new levels. But in recent decades, a host of new exciting gin destinations have emerged, including the good old U.S.A.

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A Bar Above

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Surprisingly, the origin word “mocktail” doesn’t come from a sober mixologist but instead from a 1979 Libbey Glass advertisement targeting both alcohol-drinkers and those who abstain from liquor. In your local liquor store and online, you’ll find a wide array of bitters. I started with gin. In the US, a beverage with less than.5%

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VinePair

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Bootlegged and diluted whiskey, bathtub gin, and backwoods moonshine were indeed all consumed in great quantities in the era’s underground bars and speakeasies. In the early 20th century, doctors and patients still believed that hard liquor had some curative properties. What Did Medicinal Whiskey Taste Like?

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A Bar Above

MAY 28, 2024

Throw in a bottle of his favorite liquor and a bar mat for a non-slip surface, a jar of cocktail cherries for garnish, or a cocktail smoker kit, and you have a complete gift! Gin fan: Our resident bartender, Rob, often reaches for Drumshanbo gunpower gin. Vodka connoisseurs : Grab a bottle of vodka from Loft & Bear.

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Chilled Magazine

MARCH 4, 2024

I have distribution in Louisiana, New York, Florida, Idaho, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and California, which means you can find Absinthia Absinthe there in bars and liquor stores. Ask your favorite bartender and liquor store owners to carry the products you like. Absinthe is a lot like gin, a distilled spirit with botanicals.

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Chilled Magazine

APRIL 17, 2024

With the purchase of Clear Creek Distillery in 2014 and Captive Spirits in 2016, the company now offers a portfolio of brands that span every level on a liquor store shelf, and nearly every spirit a cocktail bar would need. Big Gin was created by bartenders for bartenders.

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The Whiskey Wash

AUGUST 22, 2024

Flavored whiskey is a rapidly growing category. As whiskey producers gear themselves towards a younger market, hoping to appeal to Gen-Z drinkers, we have seen all sorts of flavors hit the market, from birthday cake to s’mores , there is a flavored whiskey to appeal to all tastes. Whether this is true is up for debate.

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The Whiskey Wash

MARCH 28, 2024

Founded in 2014 by the Wine Country Network, the American Bourbon and Whiskey Competition is an annual double-blind tasting competition for bourbons and whiskeys from across North America. So, today, let’s work our way through the top ten scorers in the American Bourbon and Whiskey Competition 2023.

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Cheers

DECEMBER 19, 2024

million 9-liter cases, according the Beverage Information Group 2024 Liquor Handbook. In addition to intense competition from tequila, domestic whiskey and the ready-to-drink (RTD) segments, brandy and Cognac had to contend with economic pressures, as inflation put a crimp in some discretionary spending.

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A Bar Above

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Now, don’t expect it to taste like actual liquor. Monday : With whiskey and gin alternatives, you can recreate many classic cocktails with Monday’s non-alcoholic spirits. Here are some of our favorite recommendations: Seedlip : This is the one we use the most at A Bar Above, including all of our company-wide meetings.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 21, 2023

It was a photo of a bottle of Beefeater Gin sitting on a shelf at a Maryland liquor store, showing an ABV of 40 percent. “I He went down to his liquor storage room and looked at his Beefeater bottles. It had been a marvelous gin at 47 percent. It had been a marvelous gin at 47 percent.

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The Liquor Thing

APRIL 18, 2020

What is Gin? Gin is a kind of distilled, colorless to a pale yellow and flavored alcoholic drink, made from distilled fermented grains and other botanicals, with a predominant juniper flavor, comes with a pine-like flavor. History of Gin The name Gin comes from the French name for the juniper berry, Genever.

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Drinkhacker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The pull quote on the back cover of Joel Harrison and Neil Ridley’s In Fine Spirits declares “The culture of enjoying quality spirits and liquors is in a new golden age.” It serves the book well, as it provides a welcoming framework ideal for beginners looking to dive into spirits for the first time (i.e.

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A Bar Above

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

If you want a more complete gift, it’s a nice touch to pair these with additional goodies like whiskey glasses for their favorite drinks (Old Fashioneds, anyone?), Photo by Egor Myznik via www.unsplash Infusing Barrels or DIY Infused Liquor This barrel is a really luxurious cocktail gift!

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Drinkhacker

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

It’s a 17 year-old single grain Irish whiskey, perhaps one of two dozen casks we’ve sampled so far that day. It’s the second-to-last day of a weeklong trip, the latest step in a partnership between the New Hampshire Liquor Commission and the Irish government’s Bord Bia. But its impact on liquor is undoubtedly outsized.

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Mixologists

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Start with the "holy trinity" of base liquors: vodka, gin, and rum. Then, add tequila and whiskey. For gin, Tanqueray 10 offers a citrusy profile. Rittenhouse Rye is a bold whiskey option. Highball Glass: For Gin & Tonic, Moscow Mule. Quality over quantity is crucial. Elegant and iconic.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In the 1980s at 24, he was teaching high school English when his father asked for his help operating a small local liquor store called Liquor Outlet. A few years later, Lewis was the owner of the Liquor Outlet, which had since expanded to six stores and was rebranded as The Party Source.

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VinePair

AUGUST 25, 2024

By the time pop music rolled around, singers were frequently crooning about the joys or woes of consumption, whether in the form of liquor, beer, or wine. But leave it to Snoop Dogg to pay homage to the juniper spirit in his 1994 smash hit “Gin and Juice,” name-dropping both Seagram’s and Tanqueray in back-to-back verses.

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The Liquor Thing

APRIL 23, 2020

Due to increased demand for hand sanitizers during the COVID-19 pandemic, liquor industries in the world are manufacturing hand sanitizers to overcome the shortage in public health institutions. JohnDistilleries is an Indian Liquor company that manufactures distilled beverages and the companies own flagship brand is Original Choice whiskey.

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Cheers

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

For instance, with The Freudian Sip from Rio’s Tequila Bar in Fort Lauderdale, FL, the peach color comes from the combination of mezcal, Liquor 43 and Aperol. Corporate beverage director Carla Lorenzo created the drink with Sipsmith gin, chamomile-infused amontillado sherry, lime, simple, guava and cucumber.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Ritual Zero Proof’s portfolio includes a non-alcoholic whiskey , tequila , gin , rum , and aperitif. Since its founding in 2019, the Chicago-based brand has grown to be the No. 1 non-alcoholic spirits brand in the U.S.,

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VinePair

JUNE 14, 2024

Mixologists and home bartenders alike soon rushed to their local liquor stores to secure their bottles. Dating back to the early 1900s, the cocktail combines equal parts gin, sweet vermouth, and Chartreuse for a less bitter spin on the classic. Both green and yellow Chartreuse bring an herbaceous complexity to cocktails of all kinds.

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A Bar Above

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Copyright A Bar Above Well, another year has come and gone, and we’re already swapping out summer rum for winter whiskey. You can even pair it with a nice bottle of liquor (like this bourbon gift set from Angel’s Envy ) or our 4-piece set (or both!) Which means…it’s almost the holiday season. So who’s on your list this year?

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Good Spirits News

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Sausalito Liquor Co., a Northern California spirits brand with gin and whiskey lines, partnered with TCHO (“cho”), a craft chocolate maker based in Berkeley, Calif., The partnership started more than 3 years ago as Sausalito Liquor Co. Ultimately, Sausalito Liquor Co. was in its infancy.

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Cheers

JUNE 26, 2024

Print Summer Blues Spritzer Course Drinks Keyword Blueberry vodka, Irish whiskey, lemon juice, lychee liqueur, mint, Simple syrup Ingredients 1 ½ oz. Bushmills Irish whiskey ¾ oz. Broker’s Gin ½ oz. Add the gin and enough ice to fill a tall Collins glass.

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VinePair

MAY 9, 2024

Their spirits have enriched and diversified cocktail bars and liquor stores, and the industry as a whole has reset consumer expectations for flavor and authenticity. Crucially, this is all occurring just as many distilleries finally have a substantial volume of mature whiskey ready for sale, but fewer outlets for it. Washington, D.C.’s

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

In 1806, The Balance and Columbian Repository in upstate New York published what would become known as the original definition of a cocktail: “C**k-tail is a stimulating liquor, composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters.” Ango adds spice, bitterness, and notes of cinnamon and clove to just about anything you throw it in.

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A Bar Above

JUNE 2, 2024

The elusive French liqueur is extremely difficult to find at the moment, requiring quite the treasure hunt through various liquor stores. Example : My husband was lucky enough to find a few dusty bottles of Green Chartreuse way up top on a local liquor store shelf at a not-unheard-of market price of $70. 75 ounce London Dry Gin.75

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Cheers

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

I also find that folks who have previously been exclusively “brown liquor” drinkers are apt to find an aged tequila that they enjoy sipping on as much as whiskey. The cocktail that I’m ordering for myself is either a Naked & Famous or a Gin & Tonic with a splash of Aperol. What’s your current go-to cocktail or beverage?

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Cheers

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Today, the brand’s portfolio contains alternatives to whiskey, tequila, gin, rum and aperitif, which can all be substituted one-to-one with traditional spirits to create non-alc versions of well-known recipes. “Ritual brings this mission to life, and Diageo understood that from the get-go.

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Dry Atlas

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Gin, celebrated for its aromatic blend of juniper berries and botanicals, has long held a revered place in the world of spirits. But, as the non-alcoholic movement continues to grow, a new wave of non-alc gins has emerged, promising the familiar flavors without the alcohol. Soon, the gin craze began. What is non-alcoholic gin?

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The Whiskey Wash

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The Indian single malt whisky category has seen great expansion in recent years, with brands expanding their ranges to go beyond Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL). This is a very unusual practice by international standards and is associated more with the making of gin. Amongst the many entries were Indian single malt whiskies.

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