We recently attended the Guinness International Champions Cup Soccer (er Football) tournament at San Francisco’s AT&T Park. Guinness wanted to show us some European Football and have us try their Black Lager. Black lager, you say? How is that possible, you say? We are talking about the folks at Guinness, so there. What makes it black is the dark roasted barley. This method also give Guinness Black Lager some very nice coffee notes.
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It’s National Tequila Day and Tequila is hot, hot, hot! These days tequila is the new Vodka. 40 new brands were introduced in the last year. These days Tequila drinkers are looking for a better quality Tequila, gravitating towards 100% Agave brands.
Tequila volume grew 2.9% to 12.3M cases
Tequila revenue up 4.6% to $1.9B
Performance by price segments:
Value: volume up 1.8% to 2.9M, revenue up 1.8% to $221M
Premium: volume up 1.0% to
Cider is becoming huge – again! There was a time in America when every farmer had a barrel of cider around. We don’t know why Cider fell out of favor? We’ve always marveled at the ciders in the UK and are excited to see it becoming popular on our shores again!
Angie MacLean first tended bar in 1932. After 81 years she is the oldest living bartender in the world, according to the World Record Academy.
The Spirit Business writes:
“Born in 1915, MacLean is still working full-time as a bartender at Panama Joe’s Café in Bridgeport, pouring drinks for eight hours a day, six days a week. The geriatric bartender claims she’ll continue bartending for “as long as (she) lives,” and still makes the effort
Yesterday we were invited to Tah Mah Lah, the greenest home in America, to experience the debut of the Bay Area iteration of Krug House.
What is Krug House?
Krug House is a pop up started in 2011 that allows guests to immerse themselves in the experiences that define Krug Champagne. In the words of Carl Heline, US Brand Director for Krug Champagne, “With each Krug House we strive to recreate Joseph Krug’s unique vision … Read more
Unfortunately, Youtube will only show a censored clip. Gotta get HowardTV to see the whole thing. Guaranteed to cause nightmares.
What Is It?
Box For A Bottle is a wooden, engraved gift box with personality. Occasion specific designs on the outside, engraved gift messages on the inside with special compartments to put your favorite bottle of goodness.
Why We Like It?
They are made by some crazy drink lovers from responsibly harvested wood. Each box in hand engraved right here in the USA, St. Louis to be exact. They make a great way personalize a … Read more
Just in time for Cinco de Mayo and “Margarita Season”, Sauza has extedended it’s YouTube Video ad series “Make it with a Lifeguard”.
Enjoy!
We recently met bartender Nick Strageway at San Francisco’s Tick Dog to learn about his new line of all natural vodkas, Absolut Craft. Created by a master bartender, Absolut Craft was made specifically for bartending pros.
In the video below, Strangeway discusses the process of creating the Herbaceous Lemon, which contains no lemon at all. Rather, the vodka is made using a combination of lemon myrtle, lemon thyme, lemongrass and other other flavors that are … Read more
Loki, is the second bottling in Highland Park’s Valhalla series. This limited edition single malt scotch is named for Loki, the Norse God of mischief or fire or both. He may not even be a full God, his status has been debated for many years. He is also a shape-shifter, for all you True Blood fans. What does this have to do with Whisky?
Gerry Tosh, Global Marketing Manager, says,
“While everyone will recognize … Read more
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