Here’s a little something fun that came across The Liquid Muse “inbox.” If YOU win, we will feature you – so take lots of photos!! The Chivas Cannes Experience : Chivas Regal, luxury whisky, is proud to be an official partner of the 64th Cannes Film Festival. This year, Chivas Regal is offering one winner…
Happy Birthday Hef!
Saturday, April 9, 2011 is Hugh Hefner’s 85th birthday. And, while the mind tries to shut out the image of the Playboy mogul having birthday sex with his 24-year-old fiance, no one can argue that his contribution to pop culture is one to be celebrated. So, slip into something more comfortable, mix up a drink…
Gin: The Spirit of Evolution
(article first appeared in The Tasting Panel Magazine) “What’s a Pegu Club, Dale?” Audrey Saunders, who became proprietor of Pegu Club cocktail bar in New York in 2005, is sharing an anecdote about working with Dale DeGroff early in her career, and the classic drink that helped define it, at the 2010 Gin Symposium in…
Empordalia Wine Cooperative of L’Alt Emporda, Spain
he northeast corner of Catalonia, known as L’Alt Emporda (or “high Emporda”) is nestled below the Pyrenees and looks out over the Mediterranean, bumping up against the French border… mong the small villages of this area that mom-and-pop vineyards are still tended by the people that live on the land, and small producers proudly continue the traditions of grape-to-glass without the mechanics, technology or marketing afforded by actual wine companies…
Driving the Drink: Part 3 of 3
The exact ingredient list of Catdaddy is protected. It smells and tastes of nutmeg, vanilla, and cinnamon, like spiced rum or egg nog. But according to Piedmont, none of those elements are included. The tiny company (eight employees) revealed that Catdaddy is a corn-based whiskey (90-95%, with a little wheat bran and malt barley) that’s triple distilled. The final run is through a copper still and then infused with a blend of spices in very small batches.
