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Is it all in the Blend?
Cognac producers constantly harp on the essential role of blending to the final product. They wax poetic about…
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Gin Wants Back In
The West's first industrial-strength tipple yearns to be respectable.
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A Raft of Openings
Cocktail consultant Ryan Magarian of Liquid Kitchen excitedly called my cell phone the other day. “We are opening…
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Mojitos
Why has the drink made popular by Hemingway become a saccharine repository for sodden mint leaves in Seattle?…
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Winter Warmers
I have never been a fan of coffee-based drinks. Being buzzed and caffeinated at the same time I…
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Beyond the Martini
When the Bellagio Hotel opened in Las Vegas in 1998, most visitors couldn’t wait to try their hand…
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Lightening Up
Drinking a cocktail before dinner is like poking a spoon in the chef’s eye, a New York restaurateur…
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Your Health!
Much has been said about alcohol (in moderation) being good for you. But now the claims go beyond…
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Where Cabbies Eat
If there's a line of taxis out front, you can bet the food is good.
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A Sad State
I have heard endless complaints about the lack of selection of high-end cognacs, unusual rums, and obscure Armagnacs…
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Single Malt Scotch Whiskey Extravaganza
Almost 500 strong turned out for the Scotch Malt Whiskey Society of America’s 12th annual “Single Malt Scotch…
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Summer Bubbles
It has been said that women are endowed with an innate ability to drink copious amounts of champagne…
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On the Rye Side
Maybe the gloomy weather much of the year makes Seattleites so fond of bourbon and other brown spirits.…
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Bitter’s Back
Before Prohibition, almost any self-respecting cocktail called for the addition of bitters, an alcoholic extract of herbs, roots,…
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Junípero
While vodka has been the spirits superstar for quite some time, classic quaffs like gin are making a…
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Is Rum the New Vodka?
As if we didn’t have enough tasteless, odorless, colorless, and overpriced superpremium vodkas, Moët Hennessy has launched 10…
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Serious Rum
Serious Rum, scotch, and bourbon drinkers swirl their favorite quaff neat or on the rocks, but rum is…
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Flavored Vodka
“The Russians that created vodka would be rolling in their graves if they knew what was happening in…
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The Other Infusion
Why is it we have seen countless vodka infusions, from lychee to green tea, and rarely any other…