The Spirit World

A Japanese whisky has been voted the best in the world.
Yoichi 20-year-old is the first variety outside Scotland to win the coveted single malt award from industry bible Whisky Magazine, scotching the hopes of dozens of other varieties, including last year’s winner, Talisker 18-year-old, from the Isle of Sky.
Yoichi, which is distilled near Sapporo City […]

Nothing is more appealing to me when I travel, than having an opportunity to sample some of the locally available food or beverages. When I find that there is not only a local food AND beverage, but that they are specifically intended to be paired together, then clearly this is not an opportunity I can’t […]

Just as Heston Blumenthal popularised molecular gastronomy in food - Eben Freeman is doing it with drinks. 
Molecular mixology is the new avant-garde approach to drinks that mirrors the legendary techniques. Through reinventing, deconstructing and reconstructing familiar drinks then layering and intensifying the flavours.  
Bartenders across the globe are now offering their consumers a brand new drinking […]

One of my friends is Swedish, and she often brings interesting things for me to try have made their way to the U.S. with her friends and family from Sweden. Her latest gift was a bottle of Carlshamn’s Swedish Flaggpunsch.
Finding Swedish Punsch
Some bloggers have written about Swedish Punsch because it is an essential ingredient in […]

In the blockbuster movie “National Treasure: Book of Secrets,” actor Nicolas Cage expertly maneuvers a Mercedes through the narrow streets of London as beer kegs drop off the livery truck exploding Fuller’s London Pride in front of him.  But that’s not just any truck and those certainly aren’t just any kegs.  To capture the flavor […]

Cisk Lager is about to become available in the United States for the first time in its brewery’s 168-year history.
For those who just said ‘what?”, Cisk Lager is the signature beer of Malta.
The Maltese producers have won numerous international awards, including Cisk’s prestigious distinction as the World’s Best Standard Lager from the 2007 World Beer Awards, […]

I’ve been in China for the last 10 days on a guided tour aptly named A Taste of China, and that’s what I’ve been doing – tasting the history, culture, food and of course the wine. To sum it all up, China has huge potential for producing and exporting quality wine – it’s just not […]

Fuller’s Vintage Ale makes is making its brief annual appearance. Fuller’s lovers should be aware!
Because Vintage Ale is 90 percent pre-sold on allocation, only a limited number will be available in retail stores throughout the holiday season.
“Using the best ingredients from each year makes Vintage Ale a truly complex and immense beer and, being bottle […]

Few years ago, Caipirinha shows in all serious researches about the style of drinking, as one of the recipes of most world increase. We can find the combination of lemon, sugar and cachaça around the world, from Canada to Switzerland, from South Africa to Japan. Now what is behind this brazilians fever must be carefully […]

Apparently HPNOTIQ is, and to quote, “An exotic aqua-marine blue liqueur made from premium  vodka, tropical fruit juices and a touch of cognac, Hpnotiq has become a real favourite with A-list celebrities including Beyonce Knowles, Paris Hilton and Justin Timberlake“.
Now we know and all feel enlightened I am sure. Never seen it myself but then […]