We apologize that this week’s Wine Wednesday is more like a Wine Thursday. We have a new writer that has taken over this column that has been having technical issues. I am resuming this week’s Wine Wednesday and bringing you a mighty fine wine from California (it’s not from any particular region because the grapes…
The nice folks at Thrillist are giving away some nice bottles of super-premium spirits and a Metrokane barware set just for giving them your email address. They’re picking a new winner each week until either they run out of booze and bar sets. Thrillist is a New York based daily email covering the latest in…
Earlier this week the folks at Campari held their Holiday Bitter Bash at Bourbon & Branch in San Francisco. It was night of Negronis and other tasty Campari cocktails. Upon entering the bar we were greeted by some of Santa’s Helpers with a bowlful this wonderful punch created by mixologist Jon Gasparini of Rye on…
The big game is coming up and, as always, that entails a great day of football, food, and fun. Oh, yeah, and that means cocktails as well! We have a bunch of new football related cocktails to help you get through the half time show. Enjoy! The Kentucky Draw Three fingers of Knob Creek Bourbon…
In honor of National Margarita Day, test your skills by mixing up a Metate Margarita, created by molecular mixologist Don Lee. Made with metate-infused Tequila Don Julio Blanco, fresh lime juice and agave syrup, this isn’t the simplest Lee explains the background of his creation, “The recipe is inspired by the metate, which is a…
Brown Forman released Woodford Reserve 1838 Sweet Mash Whiskey. The significance of this is that the process used to make this new bourbon hasn’t been used commercially since before Prohibition. The bourbon we all know and love is “sour mash.” In very basic terms, “mash” is the mixture of fermented grain and water used in…