The Spirit World

Are you a dab hand with the cocktail shaker or perhaps the slurp and spit of a fine Napa Cabernet is your thing?
We have a few spaces for writers here at The Spirit World - whether your love is wine, beer or spirits your words could soon be seen across the world via this website. […]

A very Merry Christmas from all the writers and ‘behind the scenes’ people here at The Spirit World and the WellFed network as a whole.
We sincerely hope you have enjoyed our posts and many thanks to those who engaged in the various discussions over the last year and look forward to providing continuing interest in the […]

Luckily for us wine lovers the Food Blog Awards has a for drink category. Not just wine, of course, but cocktails and beer related sites are all covered.
This year the nominations were far and reaching. After a hectic weekend of discussion between the various judges (of which I was one) came up with the shortlist. […]

The nomination period for the annual Food Blog Awards has kicked off, and you can go to our main site to cast your nominations. Continue on below for today’s daily content on The Spirit World.

So many secrets have been lost.
At the dawn of (cocktail) time, great masters (like Jerry Thomas and Harry Johnson) emerged. These giants of the earth were able to wrest secrets from the primordial elements (like gin and brandy and bitters and ice), and from them craft potions of eldritch potency. In their wisdom, these masters […]

Are you an Absinthe aficionado? Or a Bloody Mary believer? Do you have concerns about Cognac? Or doubts about Dirty Martinis? Perhaps you’re an Eggnog evangelist ,or fervent friend (or foe) of the Fuzzy Navel?
(You see where this is going, right?)

Quick, choose one! A Gimlet eye or the eye of a Hurricane? A Harvey Wallbanger […]

Hello TSW readers. I would like to introduce myself, as I recently agreed to try my hand at editing this site.
My background is primarily academic: I was an university English professor for a number of years, and now work in academic administration at a private, for-profit university in Atlanta. A good many editing chores — […]

The writers at The Spirit World are taking the weekend off - time to do more research!

Saturday, March 3 marks the inaugural Philly Craft Beer Festival. According to the organizers:
The PHILLY CRAFT BEER FEST is a true craft beer tasting featuring an incredible variety of beers from some of the finest brewers in the country.
And from the information on the site it looks as if they mean business. […]

This article is by guest author, Denise Hall who contributes regularly to our sister blog, Fit Fare.
Yes, we’ve just barely finished Valentine’s Day but Mardi Gras is coming. Those of us from Louisiana can feel it in the air - even from as far away as Long Island.
Mardi Gras season officially begins on […]