Never been to Trader Joe’s with a spirit list for Trader Joe’s cocktails from their newly minted book, The I Love Trader Joe’s Cocktail Book, but I was sure game to try! This new cocktail book is the very first one I’ve heard of where I can find all – or mostly all – of…
I recently received a press release regarding the winners of the 2024 International Whisky Competition. I was interested in one as it had a well-known single malt whisky in a ready-to-drink (RTD) cocktail: Best Whisky Based RTD: The Glenlivet Twist & Mix Old Fashioned Ready to Serve Cocktail (Pernod Ricard) This innovative cocktail impressed judges…
I was recently offered a cocktail book that was developed around the New Orleans (NOLA) bar scene, and the area’s reputation for being haunted. Aptly titled Hauntingly Good Spirits, “travel enthusiasts and Big Easy locals Christi Keating Sumich and Sharon Keating take you on a historical romp through the supernatural by way of the NOLA bar scene and its spirits…”…
Thrilled, yes thrilled, to cover the Fancy Food Show in Las Vegas for the first time last month. It was one of the largest shows we’ve ever covered. So big that we had to take a day off in between the three days offered to us! Day one I got a little more than half…
MIAMI and DALLAS —Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits (Southern Glazer’s) — the world’s preeminent distributor of beverage alcohol — has unveiled the results of its 2022 Liquid Insights Tour, a coast-to-coast educational initiative designed to explore and identify the latest trends in cocktails and wine. The Liquid Insights Tour kicked off in Houston in February, and included…
Back in December, a few days before their opening on New Year’s Eve, I shared news about the latest S Bar in the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Unable to attend that first night Eddie and I rectified our loss by visiting them two weeks later. From the outside in, we were excited with just…
We all have found a new normal here in California since our original stay-at-home orders hit us in March and still continue now with the slow re-opening of businesses. There are those that lamented daily on social media and those that joked about it. We all had to find a way to get through this….
There has been a heyday of late in reviving cocktails from our parents’ day, some with the newfound skill of bartenders (some now calling themselves mixologists) muddling fruits or concocting their own syrups. The possibilities are now endless. For me, my toe went further into the icy cocktail waters when I found an old book…
This week we learn all about veteran “Barman” Brady Weise, followed by a 5-question interview that should interest those that want a rewarding bar career and those of us that just like spending time in a bar. Brady Weise, Barman With a flare for the flavorfully dramatic and the keen instincts that gift top‐notch bartenders,…
Wow, just wow. If the cocktail recipes alone don’t do it in the book “Good Things to Drink with Mr. Lyan and Friends” any cocktail fan will also appreciate Lyan’s sage advice on cocktails, like wine, bringing people together. He makes you feel that the drinks are right there in front of you with an…