The Spirit World

Each year, and with fairly little fanfare, there is a fairly exhaustive spirits judging that takes place in San Francisco. Anthony Dias Blue is the founder of the competition, which saw its eighth year in operation when it held its 2008 judging in mid March.
There were 847 products submitted, across 439 different brand classifications. Judging […]

Ever eat a pine tree?
Now that the holiday season is over, and that Christmas tree is begging to be put out to pasture, it might be worthwhile to consider alternate ways at disposing of it besides just putting it out on the curb. While carving it up at the kitchen table might be something only […]

For many years now, elderflower syrup has been a somewhat common ingredient for a variety of cocktails. At least in Europe, and specifically in London. I’ll often get calls or e-mail from some bar here in the states asking where they can get elderflower syrup for some cocktail they want to add to their menu. […]

Maybe it’s just me, but there are several words that are just so dang confusing when it comes to trying to figure out how to pronounce them properly. For years, I had seen “orgeat” in print, but never pronounced. To look at the word and apply crude American pronunciation to it arrives at something like […]

Premium distiller W. M. Mendis & Co. Ltd., have just announced that the world’s first ultra-premium coconut brandy bottle will be presented for sale at $1,000,000. Yep, that’s a million dollars.
“We have decided to offer the first coconut brandy bottle ever for $1,000,000 to the public. This bottle will be signed and numbered by the founder […]

Applejack is an American Spirit straight and true. Sure, some might point to Normandy France, and it’s Calvados as originating the concept of an Apple Brandy, but there really is a difference between these two products, and only in the direst of circumstances would I even consider substituting one for the other.
Apples formed a strong […]

Tomorrow is Mixology Monday 11: Winter Warmers. It’s sponsored by the folks at Imbibe Magazine at their blog Imbibe Unfiltered.
Although I’ve talked about this drink before, it was nearly a year ago so I think it’s okay to repeat it. My entry takes me all the way back to my […]

Today’s Drinks Around the World column is going around the world - at least figuratively. Too bad it’s not literally!
The February 2007 issue of Wine and Spirits (which should really be Wine and Spirits since 99.5% of the coverage is on wine) lists some interesting options for your liquor cabinet.
The […]

[Editor’s note: We had a little ‘”wardrobe malfunction” with the measurements in our original recipe. So sorry! The recipe has been updated and corrected now. 12-Dec 11:30 pm]
Welcome to Mixology Monday! In this web-wide synergy of mixology, the chosen topic that several weblogs across the Internet are converging on is “Drinks […]

Editor’s Note: Mixology Mania has begun! This post and recipe comes to us from Thomas Becket a contributor to one of our sister blogs, Paper Palate. Thomas blames me for getting him involved in the Well Fed sites but I take no responsibility! However, Thomas does get “bonus points” as his recipe […]