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May 8: The Wine House Clear Spirits Fest

On Tuesday, May 8th, The Wine House presents its first Clear Spirits Fest, an evening of education and mixology featuring Aidan Demarest, Marcos Tello and a dizzying array of spirits. [...]

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Queen of Hearts Valentine’s Ball at The Edison

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On Tuesday, February 14th, The Edison is hosting the Queen of Hearts Valentine’s Ball, a Valentine’s Day soiree that features a special punch, an optional prix fixe dinner and the Queen of Hearts All-Star Band. [...]

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Celebrate Bastille Day with G’Vine Gin and the Barricade Cocktail

Barricade Cocktail

To celebrate Bastille Day, G’Vine Gin is sharing a recipe for the Barricade Cocktail, created by Philip Duff, the globetrotting cocktail guru, gin expert, and co-founder of Amsterdam’s door 74. [...]

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Nolet’s Silver Dry Gin – Garden to Cocktail Program (Part 1)

Nolet's Feijoa Box

This summer, Nolet’s is rolling out a Garden to Cocktail Program that hopes to spark some cocktail creativity by pairing the Silver Dry Gin with a different fresh ingredient every month. [...]

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Dutch Thrills: Nolet’s Silver and Nolet’s Reserve Gin

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Nolet brings a modern approach to its floral, fruit-forward Silver Dry Gin and the extraordinary Reserve. Nolet’s Silver anchors the Employees Only version of the classic Aviation cocktail. [...]

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Liquid Fridays at the Buffalo Club

Giovanni Martinez at the Buffalo Club bar.

Longtime Santa Monica restaurant The Buffalo Club recently launched Liquid Fridays, a weekly happy hour with a rotating menu of specially-priced cocktails made with a featured spirit. Actually it’s happy hours, since Liquid Fridays runs 6-7pm and 10pm [...]

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The Spirit of the Season: Beefeater Summer Edition Gin

Desmond Payne has done it again. Following on the success of Beefeater 24, Payne’s modern take on the iconic Beefeater London Dry Gin, the Master Distiller has unveiled a limited-release, seasonal gin: the Beefeater Summer Edition.

I first encountered the Summer Edition this past spring at the Gin Symposium, when Payne and [...]

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July 4th: A Spirited Celebration of the Red, White and Blue

The Fourth of July has arrived, and that means fireworks, barbecues, picnics, and plenty of drinks to toast our nation’s 234th birthday. Everyone has their own favorites and traditions when they’re celebrating Independence Day, but following are a few cocktail suggestions that are sure to liven up any gathering. And where better [...]

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Beefeater 24 and the Pegu Club

A few years ago, Master Distiller Desmond Payne was given a task that must have seemed at once exhilarating and daunting: take the legendary Beefeater London Dry Gin and create a new, super premium gin for the modern global cocktail culture. Payne had to keep Beefeater’s original nine botanicals, the botanicals had [...]

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It's Tax Day, Enjoy Your Income Tax

“The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has. Even when you make a tax form out on the level, you don’t know when it’s through if you are a crook or a martyr.” ~Will Rogers

Ah, Tax Day. [...]

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