I just got back from a few days in Oaxaca touring mezcal distilleries and learning more than I ever thought there was to know about agave. Special thanks to Pro Mexico and Mezcales de Oaxaca for setting the whole thing up. And for more on mezcal, check out Week 18 in The Year of Drinking Adventurously.
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Some spring sips
The Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America convention is coming up (April 18-21 at Caesars in Las Vegas) and I’ll be there scoping out some new drinkable innovations. To set the mood, here are a couple of cocktails using a couple of the spirits that will be exhibiting at the convention’s expo. “Barrel Hidden in the…
The Drinkable Week: Las Vegas Edition
Gold-finished whiskey, weed-infused vodka and veteran actor/writer Chazz Palminteri were just part of the chaos at the 2016 Nightclub & Bar Show in Las Vegas. So grab a meat straw for that Bloody Mary, crank up the smoke machine and enjoy this episode of The Drinkable Week.
The Drinkable Week: St. Patrick’s Day Edition
Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, The Drinkable Week heads to Ireland to celebrate Irish whiskey’s worldwide resurgence. It also happens to coincide with the spirit’s presence in Week 11 of The Year of Drinking Adventurously. So grab that glass of Green Spot, Yellow Spot or Redbreast (that’s a lot of colors!) and join…
The Drinkable Week: The London Gin Renaissance
The Drinkable Week returns with a stop in London for some junipery goodness at Gin Festival and the leader of the London gin renaissance, Sipsmith Distillery. It’s exciting to see the streets of the capital awash in gin once again (but in a good way this time).
Stay Tuned….
The Drinkable Week has taken a bit of a break for travel but we’ll be back in a couple of days with some new international episodes, shot on location. So, stay tuned….
