Spirits
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Upgrade Your Next Oyster Dinner With These Must-Have Cocktail Combinations!
When you think of the perfect oyster wine pairing, your mind might immediately go to the standby: crisp white wine. Although you can’t go wrong with the classics—think Picpoul, Chablis and Champagne—more and more oyster bars and restaurants are pairing these briny, happy-hour favorites, whether fresh or cooked, with cocktails. The results can be revelatory. …
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You Won’t Believe What Happens When Beer and Ice Cream Meet!
Looking for a sweet and festive undertaking to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? Try homemade IPA ice cream. Much like brewing, making ice cream involves a bit of science and tact—but it’s nothing that the home chef can’t handle. Think of ice cream as a rich blank canvas to highlight the strong, hoppy flavor characteristic of…
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Find Out the Astonishing Difference Between Bourbon and Scotch — You Won’t Believe What We Found!
Whiskey covers a wide range of categories, including two of the best-known: America’s bourbon and Scotland’s Scotch. While they’re both distillates made from grain and aged in oak, the similarities end there. In fact, they don’t even spell whiskey the same way: Americans use whiskey with an “e” (as we’ll continue to do so here, to…
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Turn Up the Fun this Easter with the Cadbury Egg Cocktail!
With spring around the corner, Easter is officially on the horizon, which means—much to the delight of the sugar-addled masses—the arrival of Cadbury Creme Eggs. The beloved seasonal candy, a chocolate egg-shaped confection with a yolk-like fondant center, went on to worldwide adoration after its introduction in the United Kingdom in 1963. Inevitably, the beloved…
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You Won’t Believe This: Find Out if Wine-Finished Whiskey is Worth the Hype!
I love wine. I love whiskey, too. But a recent mega-tasting for Wine Enthusiast tested those affections: Some of the least palatable were wine-finished whiskeys. To be fair, as spirits reviewer for a wine magazine, I probably get more wine-finished samples than most. (“Finishing” here means matured whiskey is placed in a barrel that previously…
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Discover How These Female Winemakers are Changing the Wine Industry
For centuries, winemaking was a male-dominated field. Today, women across the globe are changing that narrative and shaking up the industry, adding ever-more names to history’s list of important women in wine. Even in the face of obstacles that have some women in wine struggling to stay afloat, female change makers are fighting to make…
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The Surprising Reason Why You Should Ditch 100% Agave for Mixto Tequila
As spirit sales have increased over the last few years, largely due to the growing consumption of high-end tequila and mezcal, there seems to be an idea among tequila aficionados that you should only drink bottles labeled 100% agave tequila. Tequila without that label—called mixtos—contains other forms of sugar, and there’s an assumption that it…
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Find Out How TikTok is Changing the Wine Industry!
As TikTok’s popularity soars, the wine community has taken notice. Winemakers, influencers and experts have become regular creators on the short-video platform. So, this week, we’re delving into the platform.What is TikTok? How does it work? And why is the wine community successfully jumping on the bandwagon? Editor Jacy Topps chats with Amanda McCrossin to…
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Ready for an Unexpected Treat? Try This RumChata-Infused Iced Coffee and You Won’t Regret It
Coffee and alcohol might be the drink world’s best example of “opposites attract.” Consider classic Irish coffee, Tik Tok-beloved spiked dalgona coffee, the brooding Mocha Russian and other boozy coffee concoctions. Coffee, so often considered a morning beverage, takes on an entirely different character when spiked with alcohol, which, no surprise, is far more often associated with…
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Uncover the Secret Ingredient That Will Take Your Drinks to the Next Level!
Ginger is the earthy, spicy flavor that’s essential for many cocktails, like the Moscow Mule or Dark and Stormy. This flavor is often added to drinks in the form of non-alcoholic ginger ale or ginger beer. But there are other options that give your drink that ginger kick, with an added punch of alcohol–enter ginger…