- First off, we’ve just started rolling out our Holiday Gift Guides for the year so you’ll definitely want to get your eyeballs on that.
- Oh Applebee’s… you’re going to end up with a lawsuit soon if you don’t stop it with these damn $1 drinks.
- There’s some crazy recipes on that Angostura bottle, who knew?!
- Jim Beam has a talking bourbon decanter and it pretty much sounds like my drunk uncle yelling at me.
- A few simple steps and you’ll have a perfectly styled bar cart.
- Does your local bar have the news taped up in the bathroom? It should!
- If there was a Christmas themed bar in Los Angeles I’d go there all the time.
- Yes you CAN find good bourbon outside Kentucky.
- What cocktail are you drinking? There’s a beer for that.
- And lastly, here’s another animal breaking into a liquor store and getting drunk. Happy Monday!
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Monday Booze News
Monday Booze News theres a turkey in your gin, you're drinking champagne wrong, and nursery rhymes are filled with drunk people
- FIRST, today is the last day to enter to win our The Art of the Bar Cart giveaway. Enter to win a copy of the book AND a holiday-ready barware set from the BarCartist!
- You don’t know Vermouth. A look at how the category is expanding.
- Apparently we are all drinking champagne wrong now.
- Campari ring pops are a thing. Do we need them? No. Do I want one? Yes.
- There’s some good bars opening right now. Let’s take a look!
- Teaching your kids the evils of drunkenness through nursery rhymes! Fun!
- Just in time for Thanksgiving… turkey breast gin…sure, Ok.
- Who thought something called a Dollarita would be good to begin with??
- Cocktail as spectacle: pop up bars are here to stay.
- And lastly, if you need to up your “gourmet cooking” this holiday season, do it with Old Crow.
Monday Booze News the cure for allergies, the common cold, and your stupid coworkers
- If you love cats, and distilleries, then THERE IS A BOOK FOR YOU NOW.
- Time to fit in a few more sour beers before the summer is over.
- This week’s science post is the science of frozen drinks. You’re welcome.
- Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day and I demand some good breakfast cocktails to go with it.
- Allergies getting you down? Try booze for a cure!
- And if you’re in the midst of a summer cold… also booze!
- Want to make your office a happier place? You guessed it! ALSO BOOZE.
- Ain’t nothing wrong with an Amaretto Sour. What else will they unearth and make cool next?
- A mobile Tiki bar. In a shipping container. A la Latin America.
- And lastly, it’s that time of year again. And we have a recipe for Spiced Pumpkin Bourbon.
Monday Booze News Beer sneakers, boozy pickles, and placebo cocktails for Labor Day
- Anheuser-Busch stopped brewing beer to send emergency water to Texas. No snark, that’s pretty cool.
- When the beer does start to flow again, you can now get yourself a pair of beer-proof shoes for Oktoberfest.
- Field trip! What to drink at Coney Island.
- Are we ready for Genever? It’s ready for us.
- I just pickled some fruit with wine so...
- Why not make gin and tonic pickles??
- OR you could just make some boozy ice cream. (It’s not as hard as you’d think!)
- If you’ve overdone it with the booze this Labor Day, here’s a few hangover drink recipes to set you straight.
- Placebo cocktails sounds like some dumb bar’s next concept menu.
- And finally, in this week’s booze science news, maybe you should be drinking your whiskey with a splash of water.
Monday Booze News goldfish are lushes, weirdo whiskey, and ditching the plastic straw!
- Winter is coming. And that’s why goldfish know how to turn carbs into alcohol.
- Using math to make cocktails…delicious.
- If you only have 48 hours in Champagne, well, aren’t you lucky. Here’s where to go.
- Why is your bar is ditching plastic straws?
- Older rum is not always better… OR older!
- Oh thank god, now women have a beer to call our own. *facepalm*
- DON’T DRINK THIS VODKA. It’s not really vodka, and oh yeah, it can KILL YOU.
- You bought all those bitters…now what do you do with them?
- I’m quite partial to weirdo whiskey. Here’s a few to try.
- And finally, this week’s rosé news: you can drink it out of a pouch because you wish you were 12 again.
Monday Booze News Fried chicken beer, booze in space, and the secret to a good dive bar!
- This week’s booze science is actual science for once: booze in spaaaaaaccceeee.
- And look! More real science that can tell you if that expensive bottle of whiskey really is what the label says it is.
- Why aren’t Prosecco Doughnuts already a thing?!
- WARNING WARNING COPPER MUGS CAN KILL YOU.
- The real history of Jack Daniels distilling started with a slave, and also… Jack Daniels was a real person?
- I thought we were all in agreement screw top wine is totally fine?
- I’m calling it: orange wine, sherbet, peaches…it’s all going to replace rosé soon.
- I’m seconding Wondrich here in that a good jukebox is key at a dive bar.
- Beer made with fried chicken… Ok, sure. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- And finally, I made some cocktail art last week and wrote about where I think cocktails and social media are going.
Monday Booze News Queen's booze schedule, please stop talking about rosé and smelling wine makes you S-M-R-T
- Rosé wine and millennial pink are just the dusty rose of the ’80s come back to haunt us.
- So now it’s about time we turn to goth wine; or rather Black Chardonnay.
- Everyone’s talking about the Queen of England drinking 4 cocktails a day and I’m like… psst, a glass of wine doesn’t count.
- Missed TOTC this year? Here’s 3 trends from A Bar Above.
- Start making the G&T the Spanish way…with big ostentatious glassware.
- Want to start a wine collection: don’t do this!
- You’re going to want to take some shots from an Italian shot glass if you have the choice.
- Guys, it’s totally fine that Anthony Bourdain drinks his whiskey with ice.
- This week’s booze science news: smelling wine is good for your brain.
- And finally, go home squirrel you’re drunk.
Monday Booze News stockpile your bourbon, get some tiny clothespins, and watch as the craft cocktail movement slowly dies
- First, one more reason to pay attention to what the current administration is doing: because it can seriously hurt your BOURBON.
- So, if that’s the case, you better get your hands on these Pappy-alternative whiskies while you can.
- And when that’s all gone, start educating yourself on Cuban rum.
- Or not. There’s always the mystery of sour beer.
- FYI, you will not live longer drinking gin with motorcycle parts in it. You will just be poorer.
- Don’t be intimidated by making tiki cocktails for a party at home. Follow these easy steps!
- But seriously, if that’s too intimidating just go visit these Tiki bars this summer instead.
- In Los Angeles, the tequila flows from our bubblers, water fountains, drinking fountains...
- I hope you’re putting tiny clothespins on all your cocktails, because: TREND ALERT.
- And finally, we’re all watching the craft cocktail movement spiral into sameness. When do we step aside?
Monday Booze News history of the cocktail party, umami drinks, and gettin lignin with it nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
- First, I wrote a twitter thought thread about the difference between makers and influencers and it’s included here because I write about cocktails.
- Tales of the Cocktail happened and you can read about all the fun other people had in that muggy, jungle heat.
- Getting lignin with it: the complicated science of aging spirits.
- Extra sugar, extra salt. Extra oil and msg: umami in cocktails.
- Time to get ambitious with your cocktail party: build a champagne tower.
- Drones are the new workers in vineyards today. And so much more.
- Don’t get dehydrated when you’re out drinking! Play this number game!
- You can thank an early 20th century woman for the cocktail party of today.
- The inevitable: 4:20 cocktail menus begin in California if that’s your thang.
- And lastly, it’s National Tequila Day today and we’ve got PLENTY of tequila recipes for you to choose from.
Monday Booze News Last week to nominate us for the Saveur awards! Also, wine coolers.
- This Wednesday is the last day to nominate your favorite blogs for the Saveur Best Blog Awards. If you’re into us, please consider putting in a nice word.
- The good news: retail boozy ice cream. The bad news: you need to travel to Canada to get it.
- Need wine on the cheap? Here’s a few bottles under $15 to try.
- Are award shows ruining bars? (Not blogs. Awards are not ruining blogs. Please see above.)
- Who knows what booze you’ll find in the walls of New Jersey historical properties??
- Curious about Japanese whisky? Try these bottles!
- Road tripping this summer? Find each state’s favorite beers here!
- Underwood gave us the canned wine. And now… wine coolers? I’ll take one!
- Break out the blender, here’s 11 frozen cocktails to make this summer.
- And finally, a reminder to drink your daily shot of whiskey if you want to live to 100.