Why One Spirit Can Have Many Different ABVs
Why does a bottle of whiskey or rum or even Campari have a different ABV in America than it does in, say, Australia or the UK? Bryce T. Bauer on…
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- photo: Lizzie Munro
Daily News: Kevin Zraly’s Last Class, Terroir-Driven Rum
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - Southern states are spearheading a craft rum movement that foregoes molasses in favor of freshly culled sugar cane…
Daily News: Kanye West-Inspired Beer, Sour Beer in the U.S.
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - Stillwater Artisanal brewery, which boasts a Drake-inspired "Hopvine Bling" brew, has created a Kanye West-inspired imperial porter called "I…
Daily News: Rio’s Best Botecos, Russia’s Pagan Hop Growers
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - Russia's Chuvashia Republic is hoping that the global thirst for craft beer will bring investors to the country's hop farms.…
Our Best Daiquiri Recipes by Style
Cuba's daiquiri, with its simple rum, lime and sugar template, is a drink with countless variations. Here, a selection of recipes from the original Hemingway favorite to a tiki town…
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Lizzie Munro
How Well Do You Actually Know the Swizzle?
Named for its namesake stirrer, the swizzle hails from the longstanding West Indian tradition of theatrical mixed drinks that paved the way for tiki. Here, get to know the swizzle…
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Lizzie Munro
What’s in Your Well?
In the last 15 years, well spirits have gone from low-quality cash cows to symbols of a bar's ethos and intentions. Roger Kamholz spoke to 25 bartenders around the country…
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- photo: Lizzie Munro
The Dunder-Fueled Underbelly of Home Distilling
Making liquor illegally at home isn't easy. Making rum at home in the old Jamaican style—pot stills, fermenting pits and malodorous but essential dunder—is even more challenging. Lauren Mowery on…
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- photo: Caspar Diederik
Corduroy Daiquiri
For this winterized spin on the Daiquiri, new flavors are added into the same template: funky Appleton rum and wintry spiced simple syrup add depth and richness to the original…
