THE 5TH ANNUAL 42 BELOW COCKTAIL WORLD CUP
Boston had the privilege of being one of nine cities from across the US hosting a finals round to find the top nine bartenders in the country to make up three teams to represent this country in the 42 Below Cocktail World Cup in New Zealand. Bobby Jones from Saint... Read More
ALTHOUGH DANNY IS NOT THAT BIG . . .
Billy Livingstone and Michael Brody of M.S. Walker, Inc. spent some time with Danny Devito at the WSWA convention talking about the introduction of his new Danny Devito’s Limoncello, imported from Italy and made from his family’s recipe. He has been seen pitching his new brand on many daytime and... Read More
Full Sails Brewing: Jamie Emmerson
Based in the heart of the beautiful Columbia River Gorge, the Full Sail Brewing Company of Hood River, Oregon, is one of America’s oldest craft breweries. The brewery is an interesting melange of personalities and attitudes, ranging from assertive American-style ale lovers to hard core Germanophiles. Backed by its powerful... Read More
And making one really great Hooker in Connecticut…
Craft brewing is a New England tradition that took hold and made major inroads into big brewing. After Sam Adams came – among others – Harpoon, Ipswich, Tremont, and Buzzards Bay in Massachusetts; Geary’s, Shipyard, Sea Dog, and Atlantic in Maine; Catamount, Long Trail, Magic Hat, and Otter Creek in... Read More
And with Austrian wines today…
Austrians, however, have totally renovated and moved forward their wine industry, from the low-cost-driven sweet wine industry that prevailed in the 197Os and early 198Os to the dry, mid-priced wines that characterize today’s industry. The pivot point for this change was 1985 when unethical producers adulterated wine with di-ethylene glycol.... Read More
And how it was that Tuesday at Buffalo Trace . . .
“It’s the drying smell on Tuesday,” said Obie Kemper matter-of-factly. Obie, who several at the distillery refer to as “the warehouse guy”, is about as much of a fixture at Buffalo Trace as the mash tuns. He’s been working there for 4O years, beginning almost straight out of high school.... Read More
And most days for its Master Distiller Harlen Wheatley . . .
That’s a pretty lofty assertion for the Master Distiller of the generously decorated Buffalo Trace distillery to make. These days, most of the bourbons and ryes they produce are so sought after by so many that they’re on allocation – if there’s even any mature enough for the market. Creating... Read More
How it is today with Straight Whiskeys . . .
I get packages shipped by FedExI get letters and documents carried by DHLI got the computer I’m writing this on delivered by UPS They have imaginative ads, great services, and snappy graphics on their trucks and cargo jets. High-end service, very profitable, a specialist market. But most of the stuff... Read More