- It’s October, so here’s your reminder that we have spiced pumpkin bourbon on the site that’s been a favorite for six years now.
- Also, it’s about to get real busy, so do yourself a favor and bottle a Negroni already!
- Sober curious movement is now getting its own dating app.
- Need some help with your Mai-Tai? Here’s a few tips!
- Yup, if my cocktail has an eyeball in it and it’s served on a bloody cleaver, then it must be Halloween.
- Japan has a unique grape variety that makes the perfect wine for Japanese cuisine...
- There’s a beer advent calendar at Costco this year.
- And for you wine lovers, a wine advent calendar.
- Get your passport! Where to drink in Munich.
- And finally, should the Long Island Iced Tea be rescued or just left to die?
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Monday Booze News Very expensive cocktails, a punch bowl you don't need, and I make nothing but Suze cocktails
- First, I made a week’s worth of Suze cocktails on Instagram and finally posted a White Negroni!
- Looking for a way to help make an impact? Maker’s Mark is trying to clean up our oceans.
- Loving this list of rum makers comparing their rum to music.
- Just what’s going on in Bourbon this year??
- What are bars making with whiskey right now? Check out these drinks!
- And finally, do you need a large copper flamingo punch bowl? No. But do you want it??? YESSSSS!
- Would you pay 5K for a cocktail? What if it came in a cool glass? (Still no?)
- IÂ very much enjoy these bouncer stories on Punch this year.
- Should you bring cash or cards to a bar? Or both?
- And finally, it is a wild time to be a flavored gin.
Monday Booze News Salt beyond the Margarita rim, Michael Jordan has a booze label now, and is White Claw disappearing?
- First, we’ve got a round up of our fav boozy books that have been released in the last few months and some soon-to-be released ones you should get!
- Here’s five reasons you should keep drinking pink wine through the fall.
- Is there a perfect vessel for making wine? A look at ways of ageing and fermenting wine beyond (but including) the oak barrel.
- What is salt and how can it be used when it’s not on the rim of a Margarita?
- Hey Boston, you have some sweet looking frozen cocktails I’d like to drink!
- Need a cheap wine that doesn’t suck? Check these out.
- Expensive new celebrity tequila from… Michael Jordan?
- What say you? For or against the draft cocktail movement?
- I’m going to pull one point from this article on politics and bars and say that we should be talking politics more in these establishments.
- And finally, better stock up on White Claw before it runs out. Or not. Your choice.
Monday Booze News The most convenient clear ice maker yet, beef bone vodka, and are you magnum curious?
- First, do you have a bottle of crème de violette getting dusty on your bar? Make this drink.
- Doom, as in the video game, is getting its own vodka. Made with bones. No, really.
- Here’s a gallery of gorgeous photos of the Rhum J.M. distillery and I’d like to hop on a plane and go to the jungle right now...
- A brief history of the Singapore Sling, quite possibly the first pink cocktail for ladies.
- Going booze free right now? Here are some recipes that might make you forget it’s a 0 abv.
- I’d like a ticket please to go drink in these Scottish cocktail domes!
- Magnum curious? Here’s some large format bottles for end of summer entertaining.
- A boozy quiz for you: what type of whisky cask are you? Click to find out!
- One ingredient you might be missing, subtlety: an essay on technique and the Old Cuban Daiquiri.
- And finally, THIS FRIDGE WILL MAKE YOU CLEAR ICE BALLS OMGGGGGG!!!
Monday Booze News Gravy cocktails, a $100K bottle of beer, and we're still talking about clear ice
- It’s time we all started adding salted cream to our cocktails.
- And making Luxardo cherries at home.
- Oh HEY, there’s a new cocktail book coming out from the Arsenic Lace blog and you can preorder NOW NOW NOW!!!
- Now, if you’ve gotten any leftover wine open from the weekend, this is how long it’s good for.
- Are you team clear ice or team who cares?
- How to get workouts in when your a spirits ambassador on the road.
- Check your bar tab. That single bottle of beer could cost you almost $100,000.
- The Japanese Hard Shake. You’re doing it wrong.
- September brings the Downton Abbey movie. AND WINE!
- And finally, drink at your own risk. KFC has a few gravy-based cocktails they’d like you to try.
Monday Booze News cocktail books to grab, why you need a cucumber, and the animal kingdom once again breaks a bunch of expensive bottles of alcohol
- The secret to all day cocktails is in this book (hint: sometimes there isn’t any booze in the drink).
- And speaking of books, Brad Thomas Parsons has a new book, Last Call, coming out in October and you should really pre-order it now!!!
- Wine lovers, get your passport ready and head to these not-to-miss wine bars from all over the world!
- PBR… stay in your lane.
- Napa Valley and climate change: vineyards leading the way towards changing how we make wine.
- Is England the home of the “beer cocktail”?
- Not all frozen cocktails are the same. Tips on how to get your perfect blend.
- Show up to your next summer party with some of these canned cocktails.
- Cucumbers just might be the secret ingredient for better cocktails.
- And finally, an alligator breaks into a Florida home and OMGGG SMASHES THE WINE COLLECTION!!!!!
Monday Booze News Terrible trends in the beer world, more boozy popsicles, and a vacation steeped in history and whiskey
- First, we’ve got another recipe in our summer of boozy popsicles on the site this week. Anyone a mint chocolate ice cream fan? This is for you.
- I never owned a Rabbit (wine opener), but I sure know a lot of older relatives who still use theirs.
- A few wise words on what hospitality should mean.
- Looking to become more efficient behind the stick? Slow down with these tips.
- There is nothing wrong with drinking in moderation so let’s cool it with the red alerts already.
- Drink some whiskey, learn a bit about U.S. history. Sounds like a solid vacation to me.
- Should you stick to the recipe when making cocktails at home, or ad lib a bit?
- Need a 40-person pop up bar.. for your backyard?? Well you can have that.
- What just absolutely sucks in the world of beer right now. A list.
- And finally, I don’t know what I’m watching here but it’s like a whole channel of Low Rent Cocktails that I can’t stop watching...
Monday Booze News Lego bars, wedding themed bars, and your next home bar
- Visiting Detroit soon? Check out these craft cocktail spots!
- This is just my opinion, but if your bar is new and you call it a dive bar, I don’t think it’s a dive bar.
- Do you do RTD cocktails? Here’s the top 5 selling brands, both surprising and not.
- Breweries might be the next powers users of solar.
- D.C.’s got a wedding themed bar and I’m here for it!!!
- And NY got a Lego-themed bar so really I need to get on an airplane soon and visit.
- Still confused about baijiu? Start here!
- A few apéritif cocktail recipes to get you through the summer...
- Get to know what a biz is and you’ll be more efficient with your drinks.
- And finally, you too can have a home bar. Just go get a bunch of old wooden pallets and some spray paint.
Monday Booze News Get Tiki in LA, drink in Chicago, and buy canned wine
- First, did you check out our latest Make or Buy post? Time to start your bourbon (as in whiskey, not the former island) vanilla extract so it will be ready for the holidays!
- Also, we had an IG only frozen banana cocktail situation this week with Kerrygold and it was sweeeeeeeet!
- Over on Bit By a Fox, they’re checking out Lo-Fi Aperitifs and making some tasty cocktails with the bottles.
- Head to Georgia for your next tropical bar experience. They’ve got rum!
- Missed TOTC this year? Well, here’s the giant round up you’ve been waiting for.
- I like canned wine and I cannot lie...
- If you find yourself in Chicago (or live there), don’t miss these bars!
- Drinks International has a list of the top 100 most influential people in the industry. Check it out!
- As long as Los Angeles keeps the Tiki spirit alive I don’t think I’ll want to leave. A great tiki long read here!
- And finally, Applebees still wants to get you college drunk with $1 “Mai-Tais” all month long. So… there’s that.
Monday Booze News Don't drink the jet fuel booze, drinking from watermelons, and finally shirts to hold your beer in
- First, now is the time of year to be drinking tequila out of hollowed out watermelons… so get on that.
- Second, nominations for Saveur’s best blogs (and Instagram now cause blogs are harder to come by) has begun. If you’re enjoying what we do, please consider a nomination for us! Best special interest, or drinks IG, or, I dunno, photography are all perfectly fine categories.
- Rosé all day… but without the booze?!
- This summer I swore I’d bring you all more boozy popsicles and… well, here’s some Frosémonade. It sounds dumb to say but I bet it tastes good.
- During the summer I dream about getting a cocktail down at a bar in Antarctica.
- Those Nick & Nora glasses on your shelf come from this on-screen couple.
- Who first appeared in this book.
- Counterfeit booze: if it smells like jet fuel, don’t drink it!
- Hey guys! Do you need a Hawaiian shirt that also nicely holds your beer? Yes, yes you do.
- And finally, an updated list all the places to buy specialty ice for you and/or your bar.