Whats Chilling Right Now
What Dad Really Wants For Father’s Day
Father’s Day is upon us and it’s that time of year to ponder what would make an ideal gift for your Dad. With all that the Father’s in our lives do today, let’s make it a gift he will actually enjoy. Many of...
Bars Concocting Spicy & Intriguing Margaritas
Mayor Bloomberg may take away the sugar but he can’t take away the spice. Margaritas are upping the heat factor this summer and Americans are saying yes, yes, yes! The new summer cocktail trend for 2012 is the spicy marga...
Elixir and Jimmy’s Share Selected Four Roses Bourbon Collection
Two of “Best Bars in America” select and share unique, single recipe barrels of highly acclaimed Four Roses Bourbon. Two of the most highly regarded bars in America announce the release of a unique flight of Four Roses bour...
An Afternoon With Benoit Gouez – Moët & Chandon
I was recently invited to attend a Champagne tasting at the swanky Nomad Hotel, located on Broadway and 28th Street in midtown Manhattan, where I met the VERY French Chef de Cave of Moët & Chandon, Benoit Gouez. I was some...
Super Cocktails – Honeydew Melon Martini
Just in time for spring, the honeydew is making an appearance as a super fruit. Last week, we inducted pomegranate into our super cocktail club. This week the honeydew melon has become the latest fruit touted as being a step ab...
Black and Tan
Black and Tan is a drink made from a blend of pale ale, usually Bass Pale Ale, and a dark beer, most often used is Guinness. Most people believe this mixture of two beers originated and is most commonly consumed in Ireland. Thi...
Super Cocktails – Pomegranate Power
Pomegranate is nothing new in the cocktail world as grenadine is syrup based on the fruit. Although grenadine has probably become more of an artificially flavored sweetener these days, the time for fresh pomegranate juice has...
Pinot Noir: The Devil is in the Details
Coined “the heartbreak grape” for its finicky nature, Pinot Noir is often said to be a creation of the devil. On the contrary, Pinot Noir may ironically be highly beneficial to your heart and the fickle grape just may be a ...
Limoncello – The Classic Italian Cocktail
By Anthony Caporale Certainly no image better captures the experience of enjoying limoncello than that of drinking “golden sunshine.” While the above lines were likely not written about limoncello, we know that Keats was ...
Outing the Cross Drinker
If you enjoy a jack & coke after a long hard day at the office, a glass of red wine with a juicy porterhouse steak, and an ice cold beer at a summer barbeque, then you are a cross-drinker and you’re in good company. Accor...
Drink in History – Tequila Sunrise
As with most classic cocktails, it can be difficult to definitively document and differentiate between fact, fiction and mythology. Whether you like it stirred or shaken, on the rocks or up, the Tequila Sunrise is an icon of ...
Gin – A Splash of Dutch Courage
With all the spirits available to modern day bartenders, gin has had one of the most turbulent histories of all of them: from its years as the curse of the urban poor, to girls in trouble using it to induce miscarriages, to its...
The Rise of Rum
With most spirits, each has its own sordid past of shame, public indecency and moral corruption. But as the new world evolved so did our spirits, they moved from the back alleys, bath tub joints and boot legging hideouts to sta...
Rum Varieties and their Regions
Rum and other cane spirits are basically made by the distillation of fermented sugar and water. Most rum comes from regions with sugar cane as its main horticultural product; it is fermented from cane juice, concentrated cane j...
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