The Spirit World

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 […]

Southern Living magazine recently ran a piece on grabbing celebratory drinks while on the go this holiday season. One of the drinks they featured was Grandma’s Cookies, a drink hailing from The Ritz-Carlton on Amelia Island in Florida. 
Served in a martini glass that is rimmed with red sugar and filled with “shaken-not-stirred cinnamon Schnapps, butterscotch […]

Southern Living magazine recently ran a piece on grabbing celebratory drinks while on the go during the upcoming holiday season. One of the drinks they featured was Black Dog Mulled Wine, a drink hailing from the Chateau Morrisette in Floyd, Virginia. They take a semidry, red wine and heat and infuse it with “cinnamon sticks, […]

The Bar Room at The Modern, at The Museum of Modern Art, is a study on how to place the Bauhaus and twenty-first century Danish design pieces found in the museum in a contemporary, chic, and comfortable setting. 
Several doors east of MoMA on East Fifty-Third Street in New York, a serene white curving tunnel leads […]