The best new holiday drink is also the oldest cocktail around. A bountiful crop
of pre-made Old-Fashioneds is beginning to make it feel a lot like Christmas.
Podcasts can provide listeners with hours of entertainment across a vast
spectrum of subjects. Here are 10 online shows offering everything from
lighthearted interviews with bar industry legends to cocktail-making tips and a
wealth of spirits knowledge
Many iconic bourbon and rye brands on store shelves are or were once owned and
operated by Jews, including Jim Beam, I.W. Harper, Rittenhouse, Elijah Craig,
Four Roses and Dickel.
During Prohibition, booze was banned, but “medicinal” spirits weren’t, a
loophole whiskey makers exploited. That’s just one of the tidbits a new book
tracing the history of whiskey labels reveals.