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Can the U.S. Alcohol Industry Withstand the Return of Tariffs?
Oct 28, 2024 · It was 2018. The EU had just imposed a 25 percent tariff on American whiskey in retaliation for tariffs imposed by the United States on European steel and aluminum imports.. In the tumultuous years that followed, Catoctin Creek Distillery and countless other members of the U.S. beverage alcohol industry would find themselves collateral damage in transpacific and transatlantic industrial trade ...
The 11 Best Additive-Free Tequilas According to Experts
Apr 25, 2024 · In 2020, Scarlet and Grover Sanschagrin, the founders of Tequila Matchmaker, a tequila database with the goal of advocating for greater transparency in the tequila industry, launched their Additive Free Alliance to identify brands that forgo anything but pure agave spirits.To be included, distilleries must open their doors to thorough in-person inspections, and repeat the process for the ...
The 9 Best World Whiskeys, According to Beverage Pros
Oct 17, 2024 · The map of world whiskey has been steadily expanding.In the 2024 World Whisky Awards, over 40 countries competed—twice as many as a decade ago—with entries from Sweden to South Africa.. Investment has followed. The Diageo-backed drinks business accelerator Distill Ventures took on Australia’s Starward in 2015 and invested $10 million in Denmark’s Stauning Whisky, which launched ...
Understanding the Science of Barrel Entry Proof in Whiskey
Oct 14, 2024 · Whiskey professionals tend to agree that the primary factor influencing a whiskey’s character is the time it spends in wooden barrels. Throughout maturation, the whiskey engages with the wood, absorbing various compounds and undergoing complex chemical reactions, all interactions that gradually shape and refine its flavor, aroma, texture, and appearance.
Decoding the Bartending Science of Clarified Cocktails
Jul 16, 2019 · At the New York City restaurant Quality Meats, Bryan Schneider, the bar director of the Quality Branded group’s restaurants in New York, Miami Beach, and Denver, serves a cocktail of one part rye whiskey and two parts Angostura bitters.It sounds potentially undrinkable, but it goes down smooth. The secret? Milk washing, or milk clarification, a …
Why Arkansas Rice Is the Backbone of the U.S. Sake Movement
Oct 3, 2024 · A History of Japanese Rice Production. Isbell Farms already had a history of cultivating Japanese culinary rice before turning to sake. After an illuminating conversation with Japanese native Shoichi Ito, Ph.D, at a Rice Technical Working Group conference in the late 1980s, second-generation rice farmer Chris Isbell grew …
How Double Chicken Please Created Their Newest Cocktail Menu
Nov 21, 2024 · Double Chicken Please (DCP), an award-winning, design-driven bar in New York City, can be described as half cocktail bar and half “creative studio,” according to cofounders GN Chan and Faye Chen. The bar was founded on the concept of “design hacking,” which is how they describe their process of deconstructing traditional food …
How Arianna Occhipinti Won Over the Wine World
Apr 8, 2024 · Arianna Occhipinti could only ever imagine making only one type of wine: “human wine.” The lauded Sicilian winemaker gleaned a fascination with wine at the age of 16, after accompanying her uncle Giusto Occhipinti, the founder of COS Winery, to Vinitaly, where she was taken with the event’s energy and positivity.Not long after, she began studying viticulture and enology at the University ...
The 8 Single Malt Scotch Whiskies That Stand Out to Experts Right …
Nov 18, 2024 · Isle of Raasay Lightly Peated. Photo courtesy of ImpEx Beverages. Isle of Raasay Lightly Peated, Isle of Raasay, Scotland; $70. Selected by Brendan Noble, spirits buyer, The Whisky Shop, San Francisco The first legal whisky (and gin) distillery on the Isle of Raasay, the island’s namesake distillery opened in 2017 and has caught the attention of Scotch enthusiasts across the U.S. in the ...