Posts Tagged ‘liquor’
Lambay Irish Whiskey | A Spirit of Inaccessible Mystery
All great things come with age a commonality in the ancient world of spirit craftsmanship. This concept is the least unusual aspect of Lambay Irish Whiskey, founded on the curious Lambay Island, a brief, three miles off the eastern shore of Dublin. Lambay’s whiskey is created through a process that sends the liquor on a…
Read MoreHow To Buy Bourbon
Fellow whiskey drinkers, what do you look for when buying a good bottle of bourbon? Do your eyes go directly to the price tag? Do you stick with strictly name-brands? Maybe all you have to go off of is a friendly recommendation. A recent trip to Louisville, Kentucky—the bourbon capital of the world—got me thinking.…
Read MoreCocktail Chemistry at The Aviary NYC
Inside the otherworldly creations at NYC’s The Aviary. By now, New York has convinced us all we know everything there is to know about cocktail culture. We’re privy to the usual cast of ingredients, unimpressed by ooh and aah antics of pyrotechnics and liquid nitrogen. But what Grant Achatz is doing has set all those…
Read MoreCamus: Cognac Resurgence in the U.S.
I’ve never been much of a cognac drinker. Hints of dried fruit and citrus zest never appealed to me. I had my first cognac at 16. As I recall, its sweet bite was quite foreign to my tongue. It was then that I decided that cognac wasn’t for me. Growing up in an affluent town…
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