Awesome Drinks

A modern milkshake mixer is a pretty uninteresting appliance. Apparently, it was much more entertaining to watch milkshakes being made back in the 1890s. Rescue & Restore shows us why with this video of a vintage, hand-cranked milkshake machine that shakes milk and ice like an earthquake.

St. Patrick’s Day is one holiday when people usually don’t show much restraint when it comes to imbibing, so the concept of the World’s Smallest Irish Coffee is a fun novelty… and an authentic one at that, when made for a crowd with triple-distilled Tullamore D.E.W. Irish Whiskey.

Sip your favorite bourbon anywhere with this whiskey travel set from Home Wet Bar. The 9-piece set includes four Glencairn whiskey glasses, three taster bottles, and a bourbon-tasting wheel, all packed in a nearly indestructible case with custom cutouts to protect its contents. Both the glasses and case can be personalized.

Sommelier André Hueston Mack is an expert at pairing wines with food. As he explains in this Bon Appétit video, wine can be enjoyed with any kind of meal, including junk food from the likes of Burger King, McDonald’s, Taco Bell, and Popeyes. Who knew that an Alsatian white would go with a Crunchwrap Supreme?

From the authors of Death & Co, the Cocktail Codex is no ordinary drink recipe book. It teaches home bartenders about the fundamental elements that go into a good cocktail and the relationships between drinks that share attributes. The approach encourages experimentation in creating your own concoctions.

Few drinks have the storied history of absinthe. Once considered a beverage for sophisticates, it would soon become the drink of degenerates and eventually be banned for its apparent dangers. Weird History Food delves into the green spirit’s unique properties and sets us straight on its many controversies.

Is there an end in sight for celebrity-owned spirits brands? Nope. Music producer-rapper Polow Da Don has twiddled the knobs for Christina Aguilera, Rihana, Usher, etc., and recently introduced YoCo Vodka, an all-natural, gluten-free spirit that uses activated carbon to create some bomb-diggity hooch.

We’ve always had a soft spot for hard ginger beers and ales when it comes to mixers for whiskey cocktails. The sharper, the better. Made in Brooklyn in a cold-press process using more than 200 pounds of fresh ginger per batch, Barrow’s Intense Ginger Liqueur immediately earned the appreciation of our grateful tastebuds.

Food and drink writers André and Tenaya Darlington turned their book Booze & Vinyl into a card-pairing game. The set includes 100 full-color cards which challenge players to combine one of fifty classic albums with a delightful cocktail pairing. Includes an 88-page recipe book with notes on the music. For 1 to 3 players.

Saucey is an on-demand delivery service for beer, wine, and spirits. They partner with local liquor stores in some of America’s biggest cities to bring booze to your home in as little as 30 minutes. This deal gets you a $20, $30, or $50 digital voucher for up to 30% off the face value. Check your address before purchasing.

’Tis the season for instant cocktails that don’t leave us cold. Mix up a warming Hot Buttered Rum, Vodka Apple Pie, or Whiskey Hot Toddy in a flash with Cutwater Heaters concentrated high-proof mixers. No mixology skills needed. Just add hot water and curl up by the fire.

With a secret recipe remaining unchanged since its creation 136 years ago, Amaro Montenegro is an Italian bitter herbal liqueur featuring 40 botanicals from around the world. It’s a pleasant digestif for sipping after dinner and a versatile cocktail ingredient to replace the usual spirits in classic concoctions.

Mr Black liqueur has the cold brew and espresso martini trends covered with its bittersweet blend of top-grade Arabica coffees and Australian wheat vodka. A unique cold extraction and slow-drip method creates a bold and balanced liqueur. Coffee lovers get a double java jolt with Mr Black’s Espresso Martini cocktail.

We love opening those little doors on advent calendars for sweet surprises. Eight Days of Spirits’ windows hide artisanal cocktail mixers and barrel-aged bitters by Woodford Reserve and Williams Sonoma. Festive faves include Orange, Chocolate and Cherry Bitters, and Old Fashioned, Whiskey Sour, and Spiced Apple.

Instead of going to Iceland to see the Northern Lights only to see nothing, I could’ve just gazed into the iridescent bottle of Crystal Head Aurora, a metalized skull inspired by the Aurora Borealis. The additive-free vodka inside is distilled 5X and filtered 7X, including three passes through layers of Herkimer diamonds.

Symphony 6 is an inventive botanical spirit produced with six fragrant leaves that are otherwise rarely used in distillation: mandarin, lemon, coffee, black currant and fig. Made in California by Copenhagen-based Empirical, the uniquely pink elixir is a bright, floral, citrusy and earthy addition to the sustainable bar arsenal.

Los Arango tequila honors Jose Doroteo Arango (AKA Pancho Villa) for defending his people in the Mexican Revolution. Its locally harvested 100% Blue Weber Agave is fired onsite in clay ovens, fermented with a specialty yeast strain, double distilled, then bottled in blown glass and hand-finished with leather, metal, and wood accents.

Meaning “breast,” pechuga is a mezcal-based spirit that adds or hangs ingredients in the still to impart aroma, texture, and flavor from everything from strawberries to turkey. Rarely found in the US, pechuga is made in Mexico by mezcaleros for celebrations and provides an offering or spiritual connection to the dead.

The full flavor of Grand Old Parr 12-Year-Old Blended Scotch Whisky is smooth as David Beckham’s off-field swagger. Fellow soccer star Sebastian Lletget (currently with Major League Soccer FC Dallas, and formerly the LA Galaxy) is an Old Parr fan so they partnered to create the perfect cocktail for soccer watch parties.

Enhance the taste of your favorite spirits and wines with this craft cocktail infuser. Simply fill with fruits, veggies, candies, or spices, and attach it securely to your bottled beverage. Flip it over to fill with liquid, and let the ingredients infuse over time before pouring. Flavors start to meld in as little as five minutes.

Ring in the holidays with the best craft beers of 2022. GiveThemBeer’s annual advent calendar comes loaded with a dozen great cans from breweries like Lagunitas, Cigar City Brewing, Oskar Blues, and Bell’s. If your gift recipient prefers something a little stronger, they also sell whiskey, tequila, and vodka calendars.

The best gins lean in with a strong juniper core. Junipero Gin does this in spades, blending 12 botanicals for an intense herbal and citrus concoction. Master distiller Bruce Joseph sources ingredients from around the world for small gin batches made in a copper pot still and bottled at an unfiltered 98.6 proof.

Uncle Nearest crafts an impressive range of whiskeys in the historic tradition of the first Black master distiller, Nearest Green. In 2021, it became the best-selling African American-owned and founded spirit brand in history, and the most-awarded American whiskey or bourbon of 2019, 2020 and 2021, with 500+ awards and accolades.