Celebration delays birthday bourbon, written 1 day ago, LOUISVILLE, KY — Master distiller Chris Morris has been releasing Old Forester's vintage-dated Birthday Bourbons each September since 2002. For those anxious about this year's edition, be patient.Chris told me during a special tasting event h...

Ways to tell the DNC is in your town - Rocky Mountain Times, written 2 days ago, As the insanity of the week begins to recede into the distance, I'll take a moment to reflect upon the week for anyone's future reference. The first way that you notice the DNC is coming to town are the helicopters....

BenRiach acquires Glendronach, written 1 week ago, BenRiach Distillery Company Ltd, one of the country's leading independents, has made its first acquisition with the purchase of the Glendronach Distillery from Chivas Brothers, the Scotch whisky business of Pernod Ricard. The acquisition of the High...

MxMo XXXI: 19th Century Cocktails, written 1 week ago, The next Mixology Monday is scheduled for September 15. Hosting this round will be Joe and Dinah (aka Metagrrrl) at Bibulo.us, and this history-minded couple has selected 19th Century Cocktails as the theme. Sounds pretty straightforward, so sta...

Brooklyn, written 19 hours ago, A look at the Brooklyn, a variation on the Manhattan cocktail that introduces Amer Picon and Maraschino to make things a little more interesting.

Plus ça Change, Plus C'est la Même Chose, written 4 days ago, Copyright 2008 A Dash of Bitters -- all rights reserved Plus ça Change, Plus C'est la Même Chose Sound familiar? I do not object to waiters receiving tips, and the man, who gives one, is mostly benefited, because the waiter will give ...

Drinks & Taxes 2008 v12: Manchester, Vt., Hopes Alcohol Taxes Closes Budget Gap, written 17 hours ago, Officials in Manchester, Vt., are counting revenue from the first quarter of a new tax on meals and alcohol sales in the community. Local residents vote 61-53 at a special meeting in December t...

Celebrity Sips - Drunk On Porn?X Rated Film Star's Wine..., written 17 hours ago, Celebrity Sips - Drunk On Porn?X Rated Film Star's Wine LabelYou may have thought that looking at a hot X-rated chick was enough to get you hot-n-bothered. (The things those girls can do...!) Well, here's a new trick t...

Powell's Books, Portland Oregon, written 1 week ago, If you're ever wandering aimlessly around Portland on a Friday morning, it's always a good idea to stop by the cocktail books section at Powell's. You never know what you might find.

Food and cocktails, New Orleans and Louisiana culture, music, plus the occasional forays into other subjects.

Wine Bloggers Conference: Something to Blog About, written 2 days ago, In the wake of the European Wine Bloggers' Conference, the first North American Wine Bloggers' Conference will take place from October 24-26, 2008 at the Flamingo Resort in Sonoma, CA. The three-day program will feature a variety...

naughty ice cream soda - sagittarious is fattening, written 4 days ago, my dad is the king of ice cream sodas. his uncle was a soda jerk and operated his own parlor in new york city which served this now famous kaiser treat. upon hearing that i intended to post his recipe, with added alcohol, on my ...

An unholy marriage of food and drink.

Historical Cocktail Competitions, written 3 days ago, After browsing though hundreds, if not thousands, of old newspaper articles, I?ve come across some interesting cocktails. One of the neat things is the news reports on cocktail competitions. Some of these are as early as 1888. In my brief review ...

Shellfish and Sam in JP, written 23 hours ago, I love local shellfish so much that I'd have a blog about it if I didn't already have a blog about bars and drinks. Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever met a lover of oysters, littlenecks, steamers, etc. who didn't also like to drink. Booze and...

Matusalem and the Hop Toad, written 2 weeks ago, Matusalem Gran Reserva is an old friend. I think we first met many years ago when I was tending bar at the Blue Water Café in Yaletown, but we didn't become really tight pals until we buddied up at my stint at Lumière. It was one of several rums in ...

National Bourbon Heritage Month and the Man-cation, written 3 days ago, Written for and originally published on Ploomy In college you and the guys would pile into the biggest/most highway worthy car; chip in for gas; load up on cheap beer and Doritos and head out on that most guy of guy events - the...

Mixed drink recipes, bartending and cocktail culture.

Mojito Video, written 3 weeks ago, Here's another Playmate Mixologist video where a Playboy Playmate shows you how to make a drink. This time the drink is the Mojito.

Cocktails, Slinging Booze, original drinks, and Tiki.