Everything to Know About Mineral Waters and Mixing Water with Spirits
From effervescence to mineral makeup, water impacts spirits and the flavor of what’s in your glass.
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Ice Tools for the Bar: Knives, Chisels, Saws, and More
Top bartenders recommend their favorite tools for turning ice into perfect cubes and diamonds.
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Everything to Know About Oil Washing Spirits and Cocktails
Fat washing is the process of infusing alcohol with fatty flavors, often from meat. And what works for fat also works for oil.
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Food Coloring and Cocktails: How to Make Drinks in Every Color of the Rainbow
Spirits and cocktails include many types of coloring, from natural to artificial. Here’s how to make red, blue, yellow, green and black drinks.
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Bitters’ ABV and Their Use in Nonalcoholic Cocktails
Bitters can have a big flavor impact on cocktails, and now with nonalcoholic bitters available to use, we don’t have to debate the ethics of adding them to one’s drink.
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Baijiu 101: Everything to Know About China’s National Drink
Baijiu can be challenging at first taste, but the more you know about it, the easier it is to love.
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Booze on the Move: Brands Are Aging Spirits on Ships and Trains
Liquor brands like Linie Aquavit, Jefferson’s Bourbon and Gosling’s Rum are aging spirits on ships and trains to enhance the final product.
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Tracing the Gin and Tonic: From India and Argentina to the U.S. and Spain
The Gin and Tonic is enjoyed all over the globe. It’s gone from a quinine-laced medicinal drink to one of the world’s most popular cocktails.
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How Quinine Conquered the World of Booze
Quinine is best known as the bitter flavoring element in tonic water, but it’s also found in many liqueurs, vermouths, fortified wines, and amari.
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How to Categorize Amaro
These bitter liqueurs can be categorized by flavor or by use, like aperitif and digestif.
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Amaro: Making Sense of These Bitter Liqueurs
The simplest definition for amaro might be “the category of bitter Italian liqueurs,” but of course nothing is ever that simple.
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The History of Bénédictine, and How to Use It
Bénédictine is a liqueur made in France with a strong association with a Benedictine abbey in the town of Fécamp.
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The History and Mystery of the Mai Tai
The origin and recipe for the Mai Tai are crystal clear… as long as you believe the Trader Vic version.
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How to Make Crystal Clear Ice at Home
Learn to make clear ice cubes worthy of your cocktails.
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What Is Oleo Saccharum, and How Do You Use It in Cocktails?
Meaning “sugar oil” in Latin, oleo saccharum is the result of placing citrus peels in sugar to pull out their essential oils.
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