L.A.’s tiki bar scene is legendary and the legend among legends has to be Tiki Ti on Sunset Boulevard in the Los Feliz district. To say that the bar, founded in 1961, is a local institution would be a massive understatement. It’s cash-only and doesn’t have an ATM so make sure you load your wallet before…
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Image of the Day: Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia
Australia’s craft distilling scene is a bit ahead of its counterpart in the U.S. by a good 10 years. Tasmania, in particular, has fairly robust whisky-making activity. One of the key attractions on Bruny Island, just off the coast of “mainland” Tasmania, is House of Whisky, which showcases some of the Australian island-state’s finest spirits. And…
Image of the Day: Riquewihr, Alsace, France
The winemaking activities often get overshadowed by the likes of Bourdeaux, the Loire Valley, Burgundy and, of course, Champagne, but some truly world-class beverages produced in the region, including several Appellations d’Origine Controlée (AOC-protected appellations). The best-known among them, is, perhaps, Cremant d’Alsace, the Alsatian answer to Champagne. Whites tend to dominate, but the pinot noir coming…
Image of the Day: Zimbabwe
There’s nothing quite like a happy hour at sundown on the banks of the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe.
Image of the Day: Kentucky Bourbon Country
We bring things back to the states today for a trip through Kentucky bourbon country. The state capital of Frankfort is home to the iconic Buffalo Trace Distillery. Get a peek inside the distillery’s rickhouse, packed floor to ceiling with barrel after barrel of aging beauty.
Image of the Day: Bellegem, West Flanders, Belgium
Our next stop on the world tour is West Flanders, Belgium, specificlally the village of Bellegem near the city of Kortrijk, home to Brouwerij Omer Vander Ghinste. Maturing inside the wooden vessels known as foudres is the Jacobins range of sour ales.
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