Tales of the Cocktail Heads to Puerto Rico in 2019
Tales on Tour’s 2019 host city is San Juan, Puerto Rico, home to plenty of rum and great bars.
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The World’s 50 Best Bars
Here are the World’s 50 Best Bars, with the 2018 ranking giving top honors to Dandelyan in London.
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Playa Real Is Making 100% Agave, 80-Proof Flavored Tequila. And It’s Good.
Playa Real is making three tequilas, including two flavored varieties—Pineapple and Mandarin—that put the respectability back into flavored tequilas.
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Art Beyond the Glass Pops Up in Oakland on October 21
This Oakland event will showcase bartender artistry, both inside and beyond the glass. Tickets are on sale now.
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Deep Eddy Hits the Road With Its Vodka-Dispensing Trailer
Deep Eddy’s Dive-In Trailer is bringing the Austin brand’s day-drinking and music-listening ethos to the rest of the country.
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Bogart’s Bitters Review
Bogart’s Bitters is something like the Holy Grail of its category—and the folks behind The Bitter Truth have resurrected it.
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All the 2018 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards Winners, Right Here
Another Tales of the Cocktail is in the books, and this year’s festival capped off a week of seminars, events, tastings, and parties with the 12th annual Spirited Awards, which recognizes the best bars, people, and products in the business.
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Making Drinks With Bootblack Brand Traditional Old Fashioned Syrup
Break out Bootblack Brand’s rich and flavorful Old Fashioned syrup to spice up your cocktails.
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Thirst Boston Is Back for Another Round
Thirst Boston is back for another round of spirited seminars and events. Join in April 27-29.
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Tasting The GlenDronach Single Malt Sherry Cask Scotch Whiskies
Check out The GlenDronach — known for their richly-sherried single malt scotch whiskies.
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Tasting the New Tullamore D.E.W. Irish Whiskey Caribbean Rum Cask Finish
Something new and rum cask-finished from your pals at Tullamore D.E.W.
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Johnnie Walker Launches Jane Walker Special Edition Whisky
Meet Jane Walker, the new limited-edition whisky from your pals at Johnnie Walker.
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There’s a Gin Spa in Scotland Now
The newly-opened Gin Spa in Glasgow is “the very first botanically inspired day spa in the world.”
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PicoStill Lets You Make Liquor at Home
The PicoStill is a compact new appliance for easily and safely making liquor.
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An Evening With Hennessy Paradis Impérial
Hennessy Paradis Impérial was created by Hennessy Master Blender Yann Fillioux in 2011. The brandies that make it into the final blend are sourced from one of the oldest libraries of eaux de vie in the world. And only 10…
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Don Papa Rum Revisited
I recently reviewed Don Papa Rum, and the response from some in the rum community was quite passionate. I’d unintentionally waded into an ongoing controversy on what is and what isn’t rum, an energetic debate in which Don Papa…
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Colonel EH Taylor 4 Grain Bourbon Named "World Whisky of the Year"
For the third straight year, a North American spirit has taken the title of “World Whisky of the Year.” Following Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye and Booker’s Rye, Colonel E.H. Taylor 4 Grain Bottled in Bond 12-Year Bourbon has been crowned…
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Wine Country Wildfires – How You Can Help
You can assist the Wine Country wildfire recovery efforts, from volunteering to providing shelter and donations.
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The World’s 50 Best Bars, 2017 Edition
The World’s Best Bars, that annual ranking of… the world’s best bars, is out with its picks for 2017. As usual, London and New York dominated the list, with eight and seven bars, respectively. But this year saw an especially…
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Hornitos Launches Cristalino Tequila
The fastest growing segment in the tequila category isn’t blanco, reposado, añejo or even extra-anejo. It’s cristalino. This relatively new product is essentially añejo tequila—aged at least one year in oak barrels—that is filtered through charcoal to remove the color…
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