Whiskey’s Unlikeliest Unicorn
After a quarter of a century, Blanton’s is finally getting its due.
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- photo: Lizzie Munro
“This Redefined What I Thought I Knew About Mexican Spirits”
The bottle Claire Sprouse can’t stop thinking about is an agricole-style rum from Oaxaca’s cloud forest.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: PUNCH
Banana Jameson on the Rocks
How an oddball infusion took a small New Hampshire town by storm.
- story: Brian Bartels
- photo: PUNCH
When Johnnie Walker Blue Was King
Long before Wall Street began collecting Willett, Blue Label was the most aspirational whisky on the American market.
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- illustration: Nick Hensley
A New Kind of Dry Vermouth
The latest expression from Gonzalez Byass finds a surprising middle path between fino sherry and dry vermouth that excels in Martinis—or on its own.
- story: Talia Baiocchi
- photo: PUNCH
“Click Here to Get Drunk”
It was only a matter of time before the drinking game went virtual.
- story: Drew Lazor
- illustration: Eliana Rodgers
For Whiskey Collectors, It’s Unicorn Season
In the midst of the pandemic, the secondary whiskey market has been flooded with rare bottles, at even rarer prices.
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- illustration: Carolyn Figel
Ten Essential New-School Amari
A wave of new domestic and Italian amari have entered the market. Here, Amaro author Brad Thomas Parsons narrows the field to the must-have bottles.
- story: Brad Thomas Parsons
- photo: PUNCH
The Best Mezcals Under $50
Few spirits offer this kind of diversity under $50. Here are the six bottles that topped our blind tasting of more than 15.
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- photo: Lizzie Munro
The Big Pivot to Hand Sanitizer
Over 500 distilleries have returned to alcohol's roots to fight COVID-19 from the bottom up.
- story: Joshua David Stein
- illustration: Raphaelle Macaron
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The Best Moments of the Great Bar Race
In five cities, bartenders competed to demonstrate the skill, finesse and communication it takes to become the ultimate bar team.
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Richard Shilkus
Don’t Call It a Mezcal Bar
Eli's Mezcal Room in Brooklyn is part of a growing crop of spirit-focused social clubs offering an alternative way to taste hard-to-find agave.
- story: Kara Newman
- photo: Shannon Sturgis