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Ten Cool Things About Houston Bar The Pastry War 26 Aug 2013 | 08:18 pm
The new mezcal bar in Houston, The Pastry War, comes from Bobby Heugel and Alba Huerta of the famous Anvil. The name is based on a French-Mexican conflict that began over a damaged bakery. I have not ...
Bombay Sapphire's Most Imaginative Bartender SF Regional Competition Winners 23 Aug 2013 | 10:33 pm
This week over the course of two days I helped judge the San Francisco regionals of the Bombay Sapphire Most Imaginative Bartender competition. We toured San Francisco and hit six bars to watch 8 bart...
What Cocktail Bars Need More (And Less) Of 20 Aug 2013 | 12:06 am
I didn't have a blog post written for Alcademics today, so I proposed a question on Facebook: What are things you'd like to see more of - or less of - in cocktail bars? Responses are below, starting w...
Making Absolut Vodka: A Trip to Ahus, Sweden 15 Aug 2013 | 08:06 pm
Absolut vodka is made in southern Sweden, in the town of Ahus in the Skane region. I took a trip there this winter to learn how the vodka is made. The distillery can produce 650,000 bottles of vodka p...
Frangelico Liqueur and the Tough Love Cocktail 15 Aug 2013 | 02:03 am
This post is sponsored by Frangelico. Frangelico liqueur is made in Italy with Tonda Gentile hazelnuts, which are also popular with confectioners as they are sweet, large, and have an easy-to-remove s...
Book Review: Sherry, Manzanilla, & Montilla 14 Aug 2013 | 08:21 pm
There aren’t very many books on sherry written in English. The most classic one is Sherry by Julian Jeffs, written in 1961 and most recently updated in 2004 but seems to be currently out of print. Tha...
Buenos Aires' Best Bars 13 Aug 2013 | 11:25 pm
While in Buenos Aires earlier this year, I reviewed a dozen bars for DiffordsGuide.com. They were: Pony Line at the Four Seasons Gran Bar Danzon Oak Bar at the Park Hyatt Palacio Duhau Floreria Atlant...
Vintage Martini Ads by Andy Warhol 9 Aug 2013 | 09:09 pm
These were some cool Martini vermouth ads in the museum that I saw on my recent visit. The same extra dry vermouth that makes marvelous martinis is something special on the rocks. Great straight...on ...
A Visual Guide to Herbs Used to Make Vermouth 8 Aug 2013 | 08:40 pm
This summer I visited Turin and Pessione Italy with Martini vermouth. The distillery hosts the Martini visitors' center and museum, and in this post you can read about how Martini vermouths are made. ...
How Martini & Rossi Vermouth is Made: A Trip to Pessione, Italy 7 Aug 2013 | 08:44 pm
This summer I took a trip to Pessione, Italy, the home of Martini & Rossi vermouth. Pessione is a small town just outside of the city of Turin, in the northwestern part of Italy. The distillery site w...
