I Dare You to Ruin My Negroni
What makes a Negroni a Negroni? And when do variations simply become different cocktails? Good questions… let’s find out.
Read MoreEvents
Great drinks always need great events to go along with them. Stay tuned to this section for coverage of tastings, festivals, competitions (the rowdier the better), results from world-renowned award shows, and all kinds of other fantastic drinking events.
Thirst Boston Is Back for Another Round
Thirst Boston is back for another round of spirited seminars and events. Join in April 27-29.
Read More
Ultimate Cocktail Experience Shakes Up Drinks for a Good Cause
Sip cocktails for a great cause at the Ultimate Cocktail Experience.
Read More
Welcome to the Ice Dojo
Japan has no shortage of natural wonders. But for cocktail enthusiasts, one stands out in particular: the baseball-sized, hand-carved ice spheres that chill libations in every bar from Sapporo to Osaka. In April I attended a class at Thirst Boston…
Read More
Cocktail Conversations with Ann Tuennerman
Ann Tuennerman discusses Tales of the Cocktail, recent controversy, and moving forward.
Read More
13 Tips for Tales of the Cocktail
Consult these expert tips for a successful Tales of the Cocktail.
Read More
Help Support the 2017 Negroni Rides
Negroni Week is just around the corner, and along with it comes a series of Negroni Rides—group bike rides with a distance of approximately 40+ miles, held in various cities around the US—to benefit the Helen David Relief Fund, a…
Read More
Belgian Bartender Wins 2017 Bacardi Legacy Competition
Belgian bartender Ran Van Ongevalle wins the 2017 Bacardi Global Cocktail Competition.
Read More
Thirst Boston 2017 Is Almost Here
New England, we hope you’re parched. Because Thirst Boston is returning to its namesake city for a fourth time, running from April 28th-30th. Its schedule of seminars is now online, and some of this year’s more interesting events include a…
Read More
The Fifth Annual Ultimate Cocktail Experience Draws Bartenders and Brands for a Good Cause
As we’ve witnessed from numerous fundraisers and events over the years, bartenders have a unique ability and desire to assemble for a good cause–donating their time and effort in the ultimate show of hospitality. And that’s what we have here,…
Read More
Craft Spirits Carnival 2016 in Pictures
The San Francisco Craft Spirits Carnival has become an annual tradition in the world of California distilling, and 2016’s installment proved as big a hit as ever. This year marked the transition to a new venue—the City View space atop SoMa’s…
Read More
Making Bitters with Auchentoshan
As the rain poured down on an otherwise lovely afternoon in the Big Easy, a small group of us dipped into the fascinating New Orleans Pharmacy Museum to learn more about bitters and single malt scotch. It was a fitting…
Read More
Highlights from Tales of the Cocktail 2016
Another Tales of the Cocktail is in the books, and with it, another productive week spent in New Orleans attending seminars, tasting spirits, meeting distillers and enjoying enough revelry to make us feel fortunate this only happens once per year….
Read More
The 5 Best Things from Tales of the Cocktail 2016
From fascinating seminars to late-night fun, this was another year for the history books.
Read More
Knappogue Castle Unveils a New Look, Cocktails Ensue
Knappogue Castle Single Malt Irish Whiskey got a new look. And to celebrate, they flew in a couple heavyweight bartenders from across these great states to Pouring Ribbons in New York’s East Village just for the occasion. The visiting…
Read More
2016 Spirited Awards Top 10 Nominees
See who made this year’s list of the best bars, bartenders, and booze writers in the world!
Read More
Negroni Week Cyclists Hit the Road to Fight Breast Cancer
Help support our very own Jay Hung as he rides to raise money for the Helen David Relief Fund.
Read More
Thirst Boston Returns May 20-23
The spring showers may have dissipated, but Boston’s wettest weekend is still looming. Thirst Boston, a four-day festival dedicated to all things distilled, shaken and stirred returns to its namesake city on May 20-23, and for the first time…
Read More
Jim Meehan on Bartenders, Bacardi Legacy and Tipping
At the recently concluded Bacardi Legacy Global Cocktail Competition in San Francisco (see our recap), we caught up with a few industry luminaries who were in town to judge the semi finals and finals. One such judge was Jim Meehan….
Read More
USA's GN Chan Wins Bacardi Legacy Global Cocktail Competition with His Drink, Venceremos
We’ve spent the past several days in San Francisco to observe the Bacardi Legacy Global Cocktail Competition, in which 37 of the world’s best bartenders competed for the coveted title. Last night, in front of a crowded room and a…
Read More