This has been a week of firsts for Pisco; and for Dale DeGroff and Tony Abou-Ganim. For the first time ever Tony and Dale collaborated and created a drink…
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Shine’s advice for a successful spirits career? Big love for yourself, your cocktails, and your guests – advice he will share personally with the winner of the VEEV “Better Way …
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Discover rum’s pleasures and complexities by enjoying a new variety of distillations that shine when sipped neat, as you would Cognac or fine whiskey.
Picture this – you’re bartending at …
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Your body is your temple.
Sure, you might build a shrine to it nightly with some ‘spirited’ prayers (maybe even one known as Willy Shine’s famous 212 cocktail: 2 parts …
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When is rum not really rum? When you add an “h” – making it RHUM Agricole. “That’s crazy!” you say? But it’s not crazy.
And there’s even precedent. Just like …
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The calendar may say spring, but, at least on the east coast, the newscasters are still spinning a winter’s tale. Photo Courtesy of Courtyard
And so, when the numbers continue …
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Every spirits category has a boom period and whisk(e)y is no different. Over the last several years, it has exhibited a resurgence in popularity that has left some consumers literally …
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The refrain of “parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme” comes from an old English folk song, which gained popularity thanks to Simon and Garfunkel’s classic hit “Scarborough …
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Low ABV Cocktails are Here to Stay
If macaroni & cheese is a comfort food, and quinoa is a super food then what are low ABV cocktails? According to sherry-swilling, …
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While bars making their own syrups, bitters, tonics, etc. has become de rigeur in so many establishments, there’s still one drink for which many bartenders use a pre-made mix… the …
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You wouldn’t order anything but hot dogs at the ball park, cotton candy at a carnival, and popcorn at the movies. And why not? Because they are all precisely the …
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Sherry Offers Quality, Versatility and Value.
Photos courtesy of the Consejo Regulador
Maybe it’s because you struggled through Edgar Allan Poe’s “Cask of Amontillado” in high school, or maybe …
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