“When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you drinking in the first place.” --Jimmy Breslin
- In the New York Times, Robert Simonson takes a Tiki tour around the greater New York area.
- More from Robert Simonson, also in the Times: some classic cocktails don't deserve to be rediscovered, as this panel discussion related.
- Also in the Times, the great Mark Bittman lists twelve summer cocktails that actually taste like booze.
- Wayne Curtis wanted to have part of an iceberg sent to Manhattan. Turns out it was a lot harder than he anticipated.
- In the Wall Street Journal, Rebecca Rothbaum reports on the Manhattan Cocktail Classic, which took place over the past several days.
- More from Rebecca Rothbaum, also in the Journal: cocktail nerds are visiting a Brooklyn bar for the chance to mix drinks in a cocktail shaker once owned by Charles H. Baker Jr.
- In Forbes Magazine, Steven Bertoni does a tequila tasting with John Paul DeJoria, the billionaire founder of Patrón Tequila. (There's a short article, but most of it is a video.)
- For ABC News, Nick Watt discovers the gin revolution and the return of the Martini. (Article plus video.)
- In the Kansas City Star, Anne Brockoff writes about the growing popularity of shrubs, drinking vinegars that are usually made from various types of fruit.
- Good news! There are some new videos up on The Small Spirit: Robert Hess shows you how to make a Blood and Sand and an Attention.
- Inc. Magazine interviews "rising tequila stars" Moy Guindi and Danny Schneeweiss of Milagro.
- In the Austin American-Statesman, Emma Janzen takes a comprehensive look at what's happening in tequila today.
- On CLASS Magazine, Simon Difford and Ian Cameron round up 5 hazelnut liqueurs. They give top marks to category leader Frangelico.
- Also in CLASS Magazine, Camper English visits Washington, D.C. and reports back on four bars to visit. The only one I've been to is the Columbia Room and I highly recommend it.
- Writing for the Reuters wire, Kara Newman talks about Dawa, Nairobi's "medicinal" cocktail.
- More from Kara Newman, also on Reuters: a trip to Chile to sample some pisco, the traditional South American brandy.
- More pisco news: in The Oregonian, Paul Clarke discusses the spirit's status as the perennial "next big thing."
- On Serious Eats, Will Gordon tries Gosling's pre-made Dark 'n Stormy drink. He gives it the thumbs-up, although wonders how necessary it is. My reaction was pretty much the same.
- In Details Magazine, Christopher Ross says that he's finally found the first good cocktail app: Bartender's Choice. I'm going to have to give it a try.
- On the Whiskey Advocate blog, Mike Miyamoto, master distiller for Suntory, explains Hakusku Japanese whisky.
- The Huffington Post offers up recipes for 10 easy Champagne Cocktails, courtesy of Saveur Magazine.
- Also in the Huffington Post, Tony Sachs suggests a dozen aged tequilas to sip. I haven't tried most of these, but this looks like a really good list.
- On Food Republic, Emily Saladino rounds up the 8 best airlines for drinking. "Hands down, the best airline drinking is on Virgin Atlantic."
- Bacardi has triumphed over Pernod Ricard in their fight to use the Havana Club name in the United States. As a result, Pernod registered a new brand name for the U.S. market, Havanista, in hopes of one day selling Cuban rum here.
- The AP reports that Maker's Mark has won a court case protecting its exclusive use of the wax seal on its bottles.
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