The Australian craft beer scene has exploded in the the past three to four years and among the successful startups is Young Henrys. Housed in an airy garage-like space in Sydney’s Newtown district, there’s a certain rough-and-tumble rock club vibe to the space. It’s the perfect place to drink away a lazy afternoon.
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Drinkable Image: Kyoya Shuzo, Nichinan, Japan
Japan’s southernmost home island, Kyushu, is the center of the shochu-distilling universe. Kyoya, located in the town of Nichinan in Miyazaki Prefecture, is among the world-class Kyushu distilleries, blending tradition with modern technology. That brownish vessel is a traditional clay fermentation pot, which usually sits just below floor level, with its opening on the floor’s…
Drinkable Image: St. George Spirits, Alameda, California
Before there even was a craft spirits movement, there was St. George Spirits, founded in 1982. The company is known for its gin trio, Botanivore, Terroir and Dry Rye and a host of other innovations. When absinthe was legalized in the U.S. in 2007, St. George was the first out of the gate with its…
Image(s) of the Day: Bitter in L.A.
You’ll be like a kid in a candy store—if you’ve got a “sweet tooth” for classic cocktail accoutrements and barware—when you visit Barkeeper in L.A.’s Silver Lake district. A person could spend hours just browsing through the shop’s selection of artisanal bitters (top photo). If gin’s your thing, Barkeeper’s Ginspiration wheel (bottom) offers all of the colors—and…
Image of the Day: The Pot Still, Glasgow, Scotland
Glasgow pub the Pot Still is a whisky-lover’s paradise. The bar stocks more than 600 selections from Scotland, as well as other parts of the whisk(e)y-making world. A list like that can be intimidating, but the super-knowledgeable bartenders are more than happy to help make sense of it.
Image(s) of the Day: Camden Town Brewery, London, U.K.
The United Kingdom’s brewing traditions were among those that influenced craft brewing in the U.S. Now, American craft brewers are influencing the U.K.’s burgeoning craft beer scene right back. U.S. brewers adopted, then adapted British styles such as pale ales and IPAs and the versions that up-and-coming U.K.breweries have been producing have considerably more in common…
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