This cocktail was created by Natalie Migliarini, owner of Beautiful Booze. Follow her on Instagram or order her book on Amazon. Not ready to give up the summer spritz yet? Perfect, because a spritz can be sipped all year long. To ease into Fall, I created a fun and tasty spritz that has […]
Beverages
This Rare Rum Release May Be The Best Thing About 2020
While 2020 hasn’t been a walk in the park for, well, anyone, Goslings Rum has given us a reason to smile again. Rejoice, because Papa Seal Single Barrel Bermuda Rum, an extremely rare release that pays homage to the brand’s time-tested traditions, is hitting shelves. The first iteration of Papa […]
This Customizable Cocktail Has An Interesting Secret Ingredient
This cocktail was created by Natalie Migliarini, owner of Beautiful Booze. Follow her on Instagram or order her book on Amazon. One of the best ways to start making cocktails at home is utilizing ingredients you already have on hand. Jam is one of those household staples that is so much more versatile […]
Celebrate Rum’s Depth Of Flavor By Sipping It Straight — Here’s How
While other spirits have been given their due for being sipped solo — bourbons, scotches and whiskies are often tasted and enjoyed without the addition of mixers — rum has seemingly been passed up for this opportunity. “I would argue that more than 95% of consumers have not had an […]
This Rum Riff On A New York Sour Is As Beautiful As It Is Strong
This cocktail was created by Natalie Migliarini, owner of Beautiful Booze. Follow her on Instagram or order her book on Amazon. The New York sour is a classic cocktail that I love making at home and ordering at the bar. For the last year or so, I have been experimenting with the recipe […]
These Wines Are The Perfect Pairing For Hearty Fall Meals
Whether it’s the sudden celebration of everything pumpkin spice, or the findings of dozens of official and unofficial surveys, a quick jaunt through the interwebs tells us one thing: Fall is everyone’s favorite season. There’s just something about the promise of holiday season festivities, or the changing colors outside, or […]
Decoding The Wine Label: Natural, Organic, Biodynamic And More
The recent (and controversial) roll-out of the new Cameron Diaz-backed wine brand Avaline and its claim of being a so-called “clean” wine, has brought a renewed sense of attention on what certain wine terms actually mean. This is not a small issue. The terminology applied to wines has a massive […]
Scotch 101: Blending And Sipping From One Writer’s Living Room
Single malt Scotch is easily one of the most misunderstood categories of whisky in the world, which is interesting given the fact that the great drams of Scotland are, for many, a benchmark against which all other brown spirits are compared. I’ve been an admirer of Scotch since before I […]
Drinking Around The World: A Surprising Cocktail From Bordeaux
If you were of legal age (or almost) in the 1980s, you may remember throwing back a couple of wine coolers — and feeling fancy about it too. They were all the rage in the post-Riunite, pre-Zima age, when on TV commercials a Moonlighting-era Bruce Willis even hawked “golden” ones […]
This Is The Fizzy New Canned Alternative To Hard Seltzer
If you consider yourself versed in South Korea’s booze scene because you’ve thrown back a few shots of soju at your local bulgogi barbecue joint, think again. The same country responsible for exporting K-Pop and kimchi to our shores has now inspired a new craft brand of a local potable […]
