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American Whiskey Association Toasts USA’s 250th with Worldwide Celebrations

The American Whiskey Association (AWA) is highlighting the role of American whiskey in select U.S. Embassy celebrations connected to America’s 250th anniversary, underscoring the category’s importance as a symbol of American craftsmanship, agriculture, manufacturing, hospitality, trade and cultural diplomacy. AWA and participating member companies are supporting a targeted series of high-profile events with U.S. diplomatic…

Catoctin Creek Distilling Announces Tasting Room Refresh, Grand Re-Opening

Catoctin Creek Distilling Company of Purcellville, Virginia, this month announced a comprehensive refresh of its tasting room experience, featuring extended hours, an expanded cocktail and mocktail program, enhanced guest hospitality, and a Grand Re-Opening celebration scheduled for July 1st. Designed to transform the tasting room from a traditional sampling counter into a welcoming cocktail destination,…

Tales of the Cocktail Foundation Announces Top 10 International Spirited Awards Noms

Tales of the Cocktail Foundation (TOTCF) is proud to announce the Top 10 International Nominees for the 20th annual Spirited Awards®. Since its inception in 2007, the Spirited Awards has become one of the world’s highest-regarded honors in the drinks industry, celebrating outstanding individuals, establishments, products, media, and leaders who continue to inspire the global cocktail community. …

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…

The Year of Drinking Adventurously on Liquor.com

Spirits and cocktail author and editor Kara Newman kicks off the new year with her Liquor.com piece, This is Every (Maybe) Crazy Thing You Should Drink in 2017, based on some of the chapters in my book, The Year of Drinking Adventurously!

Heaven Hill president pays tribute to Parker Beam

Max L. Shapira, president of Heaven Hill Brands, offered these words on the passing of master distiller emeritus and all around bourbon legend Parker Beam: “I, along with our entire Heaven Hill family, am saddened to share that our Master Distiller Emeritus, Parker Beam, passed away last night after a long and valiant battle with…

Alexandria, Va. beer weekend in All About Beer Magazine

As far as beer scenes go, Alexandria, Va. no longer lives in the shadow of Washington, D.C. Here’s a piece I did in All About Beer Magazine, that tells you why.