Category: Pairings

Social media is the great connector, but it’s also full of misleading photos and fads that don’t make sense IRL. It’s given us delicious dishes like the baked feta pasta and viral sushi bakes, but it’s also elevated things that simply look good but don’t have the taste to match, like Dalgona coffee and dot cakes. And cocktails have not been immune to virality. Just like Starbucks baristas dreading an

Before Anheuser-Busch InBev became the king of America’s macrobrewers, it was Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. Before it was Schlitz, it was Best Brewing Company, now known as Pabst Brewing Company. The ranks of Big Beer are always changing, as are the brands they produce. In the three decades spanning the 1980s to the 2000s, Budweiser reigned as the best-selling beer in the U.S. with its market share peaking at 24.8

This episode of The Buildout is brought to you by Farmer’s Gin. It’s brought to you by the same amazing people that brought you Michter’s, and it’s actually the gin that I use at home for my Martinis. It’s clean, crisp, unfussy — perfect for building any kind of Martini that you would like. Farmer’s Gin is made in Idaho at the first organic distillery in the United States. It’s

At the longtime Macurichos family palenque, located in Santiago Matatlán, the so-called “world capital of mezcal” in Valles Centrales region some 30 miles east of Oaxaca City, there is a space known as el cuarto de descanso, the “resting room.” There, several hundred demijohns — 10-gallon glass vessels — are neatly lined up on the floor, each holding mezcal that has been resting for five, eight, perhaps even 10 years.

While some say that three’s a crowd, it’s a magic number behind the bar. All you really need to make an excellent, balanced cocktail is three ingredients — and dozens of classic, time-tested recipes prove it. In fact, you can make just about any style of cocktail with just a trio of ingredients if you know what you’re doing. Negronis, Manhattans, and Daiquiris are some of the most famous examples,

If you’ve yet to escape the city for a quaint beach town this summer and a multi-day trip isn’t in the cards, we’ve got a suggestion for a night out that will give you those vibes yet is only an eight-minute ferry ride from lower Manhattan. Sound impossible? Thanks to the season’s hottest pop-up, it’s not only a reality but one you have a few weeks left to experience. Welcome

One of Pinot Noir’s most famous, if not most famous, progeny, Chardonnay captured American hearts long before the heartbreak grape took center stage in the early aughts. Not only does the U.S. love this grape, but our country also has its own clone, born east of San Francisco in the Livermore Valley at Wente Vineyards. For about a decade in the late 19th century, Ernest Wente walked his vines, isolating

President Donald Trump plans to impose a 50-percent tariff on Canadian alcohol, milk, auto parts, and other goods. The president announced the levies, which are set to begin on Aug. 19, in a number of proclamations on Monday after hinting at them during his primetime address to the nation last Thursday. Trump issued the new tariffs “to offset Canadian discrimination” against the U.S. The 50-percent alcohol tax is in response

It was a bold claim: a new tractor that would revolutionize modern agriculture and save American farmers hundreds of thousands of dollars. Albeit, it wasn’t just any tractor. Monarch Tractor — founded in 2018 by Napa scion and winemaker Carlo Mondavi, former Tesla exec Mark Schwager, and robotics and manufacturing expert Praveen Penmetsa — is a brand of fully electric smart tractors that can autonomously circumnavigate vines, even without a

Deep Eddy Vodka is expanding its portfolio of flavored vodkas with the nationwide release of a bottled, pre-batched Espresso Martini, the distillery announced today. Deep Eddy Espresso Vodka is designed for consumers to simply shake with ice and serve and comes at a time when consumers are prioritizing ease and familiar flavors, says brand director Julie Cole. “While the spirits industry has faced some headwinds, one thing hasn’t changed: Consumers