“Cognac exports to North America slide 34%
Global exports of Cognac plunged in volume and value by double digits last year after tariffs hindered the category’s two biggest markets.”
www.thespiritsbusiness.com/2026/03/cogn...
“A look back at the days when tequila was the drug smuggled across the Mexico-US border”
mexiconewsdaily.com/news/during-...
“Leftover Booze? This Bar Has a Creative Solution For That.
Oddball’s clever rotating punch is made by literally rolling the dice.”
punchdrink.com/articles/odd...
Happy International Sazerac Day!
Was the Bartholdi Cocktail the original Stinger? "Green Mint" was likely Creme de Menthe, since fresh mint wasn't really referred to as "green".
From the New York Evening Telegram, January 15, 1891. See alt-text, which in the case of 135-year-old newsprint is helpful for all.
Bacchawhoppa had a baby! Baby Bacchawhoppa is cute.
Damn. Just catching up to the news that Bud Cort has died. In Hal Ashby’s 1971 film Harold and Maude, Ruth Gordon offered Cort ginger pie. For nearly 30 years, I’ve baked ginger pies inspired by that moment between them.
Recipe link in the replies. But first:
Like certain political offices, there should be a minimum age for editors.
The difference between the Winter Olympics and Summer Olympics is that if I competed at the Summer Olympics I would humiliate myself while if I competed at the Winter Olympics I would die.
“French companies cut down on drinking at work
Abstinence is gaining traction in France, including among employers. The electric utility company EDF banned alcohol consumption on all sites, prompting internal protest.”
www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/a...
Wowwowwow
“French companies cut down on drinking at work
Abstinence is gaining traction in France, including among employers. The electric utility company EDF banned alcohol consumption on all sites, prompting internal protest.”
www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/a...
Rode the elevator yesterday with a DoorDasher delivering a paper bag of Taco Bell and. Listen. I am devoted to Taco Bell. But it is 20° and the streets are snow walled and you have this man fully risking death so you can reheat a thirty-four-dollar six-dollar crunchwrap in your microwave
Tonight’s #hockeydram is the classic Buffalo Trace bourbon…master blender Drew Mayville will be my guest on the next episode of WhiskyCast!
“Wild West booze: 150-year-old bottle unearthed in historic Utah mining town
The discovery is sparking efforts to potentially revive a historic beer recipe.”
www.scrippsnews.com/life/food-an...
“‘Booze butt’ drinking side effect that might make you turn sober
Many people end up trapped in the toilet after drinking, but not because of nausea”
www.ladbible.com/news
Ontario government urged U.S. distillers to contact their politicians about the need to remove tariffs www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
“‘Frantic’ first days as Atlantic Canada sells off U.S. booze; wine, bourbon dominate”
globalnews.ca/news/1160663...
New Orleans restaurant recs please. As always more fucked up, the better.
The decline of their Canadian market was probably the coup de grace.
“Major Kentucky bourbon maker Jim Beam shuttering distillery for 2026”
www.kentucky.com/news/busines...
This has to be as awful as it sounds —> “Dirty soda started as a Mormon alternative to booze. Now it's everywhere.
How this sugary, creamy concoction went from ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ to the mainstream.”
www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/fo...
(NEW) Our 138th Whisky Insiders Interview: Teddy Joseph, Global Brand Ambassador Scotch & Irish Brands at Suntory Global Spirits: thewhiskywire.com/2025/12/17/1... #TheOriginalSeriesOfWhiskyInsidersInterviews #Whisky #Whiskey #Interview
Most normie Caesar salads are just lettuce Alfredo anyway
I can’t explain it but I think Alfredo sauce is about to get fuckin huge
This will not end well.
Historians would call this apocryphal but almost every bartender has done exactly this.
No thank you!
“RoboDrop: can driverless cars rescue US booze sales?
The drinks trade need not fret about the present malaise of the American appetite for alcohol. The Seventh Cavalry is riding over the hill to rescue it – in a fleet of robotaxis, says Ron Emler.”
www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2025/12/robo...
Jack Daniel’s owner sees Canada sales plunge 62% amid boycott of US booze
Brown-Forman said fallout from the Trump Administration’s trade policies has had a “significant impact” on earnings, with retailers in the country still refusing to stock alcohol from the U.S.
www.fooddive.com/news/brown-f...
