HOT COCKTAILS! World Class Bartenders Celebrate Powers Irish Rye With Innovative Manhattan Riffs
Powers family celebrated the launch of its latest innovation, Powers Irish Rye Whiskey, at The Ivory Peacock in New York City last week, where eight of the…
WIN THIS TRIP! Roe & Co Irish Whiskey Wants To Send YOU To Ireland
Just in time for Saint Paddy's festivities, Roe & Co Irish Whiskey is launching its "Dublin' Up Cocktail Challenge."
Great F**KING BARS! Lucinda Sterling’s Seaborne, An Homage To Sasha Petraske
Seaborne is a sexy little cocktail bar that isn’t in the sexiest part of Brooklyn.
MASTER TASTING! Sipping Irish Whiskey History With Midleton Master Distiller Kevin O’Gorman
It was a mild winter day when a group of lucky spirits writers gathered around Midleton’s Master Distiller, Kevin O’Gorman, in the Waterford pop-up store in…
WHAT’S NEW! Ten Brand New Kick-Ass Whiskeys of 2023
Out of the gate thus far in 2023 is a flurry of innovative and exciting whiskeys from around the world.
MANHATTAN MANIFESTO! Modern Variations On A Timeless Classic
The now classic Manhattan cocktail is a classic for a reason.
SPIRITS SMACKDOWN! Barleycorn’s Ultimate Head-To-Head Taste-Off
The year-end results are in, the winners of the Barleycorn Awards Best of 2022 have been announced, and all we can say is ‘wow!’
MAKE THIS DRINK! Speyburn Celebrates Its 125th Anniversary With A Perfect Holiday Cocktail
The doors and windows of the Speyburn Distillery were not yet installed on Christmas day, 1897, when founder John Hopkins sealed the cask of the first barrel…
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Check out Barleycorn Contributor and author of The Waldorf Astoria Bar Book, Frank Caiafa’s review of Vermont’s honey-laden Barr Hill Gins from Caledonia Spirits, then serves up a few perfect cocktails with which to enjoy.
Is Imitation the sincerest form of flattery? When it comes to lifting a writer’s work and claiming it for your own, chances are they’ll feel more litigious than flattered. It happened to Barleycorn judge and contributor Tony Sachs, who discusses being thieved by a French website, and what he did about it.
In The Daily Beast, Barleycorn’s Wayne Curtis’ focuses on Cooper Spirits’ resurgence, purveyors of Hochstadlers Slow & Low Rock-and-Rye, after founder Rob Cooper’s passing in 2016.
This week Amanda Schuster de-mystifies the seemingly complicated sherry category by exploring Lustau’s incredible portfolio at Forbes.com.
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