Botany at the Bar: The Art and Science of Making Bitters
The founders of Shoots & Roots Bitters set out to explain what happens when alcohol and phytochemistry meet.
Wine & Drinks
A Bronx Tale
Boys from the block make borough-proud beer.
Wine We Loved at Brooklyn Uncorked: 2012 Macari Sauvignon Blanc
With temps in the 80s and 90s, I’m finding myself unendingly thirsty for local grapes. Over some Long Island fluke I’d picked up at the Southold Fish Market on my way back to NYC, I popped a Macari 2012 Sauvignon Blanc, which was great with my butter-seared fish with its crazy, straight-back notes of zingy lime, grapefruit, and tart apples.
Prohibition Distillery Bootlegger Vodka is Anything But Boring
For those who decry, “Vodka has no personality! Meh!” the good folks at Prohibition Distillery beg to differ, and have the proof (80%) in their pretty, retro-botanical, stamped glass bottle.
Meet Our Eat Drink Local Week Sponsors: New York Wine & Grape Foundation
As Eat Drink Local Week approaches–our week-long tribute to our foodshed begins Saturday, June 23rd–we wanted to introduce the sponsors that have helped us organize the event and also support local and seasonal eating year-round.
Sweet Indeed: A Chocolate-Flavored Whiskey Made in Here in the City
Earlier this week we got a whiff of chocolate, but it wasn’t from a heart-shaped box. Rather, it was from a flask—one of those little glass flasks with the typewriter-written labels from Kings County Distillery in Brooklyn. In time for the biggest chocolate buying day of the year the city distillery released a chocolate-flavored whiskey, available in Manhattan at the Park Avenue Liquor Shop. (We’d get on getting one stat, if we were you, since we hear Park Ave is already going through their second case.)
Another Sneak Peek at our Good Spirits Party Lineup
There’s something about Tuesday that’s maybe a bit blah. It’s not quite Monday, but it’s definitely not Friday. Why not add some tasty excitement to it with a ticket to Good Spirits on February 28th from 6-9pm? You’d better hurry though, because they are flying. You won’t want to miss out on food and drink from over 50 of the city’s best restaurants and distillers, all for just $45 at Downstairs at 82 Mercer in Soho.
Get on the Vino Bus: Last Call for Winterfest in Long Island Wine Country
We’re not happy that it’s the last weekend for Winterfest, Long Island wine country’s annual celebration of music, food and, of course, wine. But…
A New Bill Might Give Small-Batch Boozemakers a Boost; Here’s How to Support It
If you don’t read our Facebook page then you didn’t yet get the call to arms from Ralph Erenzo at Tuthilltown Spirits. He’s asked…
Explore Coffee, with Dinner, at Craftbar
For those who can’t get enough java in the morning, noon or night, there are still a few seats left for a most intriguing…
DH Krahn Wants to Convert You to Damson Gin
A liqeur that’s loco for local plums.
Mezcal, Meet Manhattan
City drinkers summon up an ancient Oaxacan spirit.
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