My latest piece in FSR Magazine details how the rise of great beer paralleled the same revolutions in pizza and burger restaurants. Read it here.
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Drink more Fernet Branca (in beer form!)
A few years back, Odell Brewing released Fernet-Aged Porter, a chocolatey, coffee-like brew aged in barrels that once held fernet produced by Denver’s Leopold Bros. Distillery. Now, Chicago’s Forbidden Root restaurant and brewery, known for “botanic beers,” has taken that concept a step further and developed a brew using ingredients based on the flavor profile of the famous…
The Year of Drinking Adventurously shows up on Playboy.com (Really!)
Never thought I’d ever be sharing a link from Playboy‘s website, but I guess there’s a first for everything! Excited to be included in this roundup of boozy books, featuring tomes from esteemed writers such as Kara Newman (“Shake. Stir. Sip.”), Fred Minnick (“Bourbon: The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of an American Whiskey”), Andre & Tenaya Darlington (“The…
Craft Beverage Expo moves to PDX
Craft Beverage Expo (CBExpo) will return for its fourth annual conference in Portland, OR Nov. 7-9, 2017 at the DoubleTree by Hilton. It’s the first time the conference will be held outside of Northern California. Each year, CBExpo attracts professionals from across the craft beer, wine, cider, mead and spirits market for three days of…
Constellation buys minority stake in Catoctin Creek
Just got this press release from Catoctin Creek. Big investment from a really big company…. Catoctin Creek Distilling Company, LLC, a distillery operating in Purcellville in Loudoun County, Virginia, announced today that Constellation Brands acquired a minority stake in the company This investment provides the company with new capital to grow production, marketing, and to…
Hakkasan CEO to keynote at Nightclub & Bar Show
This just arrived from the folks at The Nightclub & Bar Show (where, incidentally, I’ll be delivering a presentation on exotic spirits!)…. CEO of Hakkasan Group, Neil Moffitt, is confirmed to deliver a keynote during the 2017 Nightclub & Bar Convention and Trade Show in Las Vegas, Monday, March 27 at 2:45 p.m., to talk…
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