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...They’re known for having Guinness on tap and milk punch (a milk and brandy or bourbon-based cocktail that originated in the 18th century), and a cleverly curated wine list....
...It started, they say, in Australia, with the “turbo tonic” or “sparky”: craft cold brew with a splash of tonic water or club soda and a zap of citrus....
...eggs from South Africa and decorative plates from Brazil), carefully selected pieces of vintage fashion and, of course, the bittersweet memories of the glorious Swissair and its 2002 bankruptcy: badges, brandy...
...They’ve got chilled tinned Negronis, craft ciders and beers on standby for picnics. The really impressive bit, though, is the wine selection that lines the walls....
...In other words, craft may trump terroir....
...When it comes to coffee liqueurs, the Australian craft brand Mr Black is hard to beat....
...“All around us are small businesses – distilleries, wine merchants, craft brewers, food companies,” says Verrillo....
...Drinks include queimada, a brandy punch with occultist connections. There can sometimes be interesting things to eat and drink here, though that’s not the point of the place....
...It’s distilled beer, just as brandy is distilled wine....
...“If you were on the Titanic it’s where you would have gone for brandy and cigars after dinner,” was Jang’s take. “It’s class....
...The mid-palate is sweet brandy snaps, the finish peppery and dry....
...at the American Distilling Institute’s Judging of Craft Spirits....
...As cider’s star has risen, interest in calvados – a form of apple brandy that remains stubbornly artisan – has grown....
...The outdoor garden bar of this small hilltop hotel offers craft cocktails and a truly panoramic view. Where’s your favourite Paris getaway?...
...Sheldon Epps’s 1980 musical revue brings together 26 great blues numbers and crafts out of them an evocative scenario: a hotel down on its luck where three women and a man get themselves through the wee...
...The Serbian contingent drove 15 hours to be here, armed with Šljivovica brandy for post-race toasting....
...If you’ve got lots of people coming over, dinner to cook or you want a drink in a hurry, taking 10 minutes to craft an Old Fashioned just isn’t practical....
...There are close to 500 companies, from Heineken, which owns the Strongbow and Bulmers brands, to a multitude of small craft-based farmhouse manufacturers....
...“Craft beer has been through a meteoric revival in Britain — now it’s cheese’s turn,” he says....
...Neil Ridley is the co-author with Joel Harrison of ‘Distilled: From Absinthe & Brandy to Vodka & Whisky, the World’s Finest Artisan Spirits Unearthed, Explained & Enjoyed’...
...And sometimes sustainability isn’t just about the energy and materials saved but about the stories, craft and intelligence embodied in its walls....
...This is a remnant of an age that seems as distant now as Roman Pompeii, a fragment of the Soviet regime that expended art, craft and expense on the decoration of a cheap canteen....
...“We are not pleased with the performance,” he said, which he attributed in large part to a proliferation of “fancy-flavoured” vodkas and start-ups with “questionable” craft claims, given their sometimes...
...Oliver Hughes, who made his name establishing a craft brewery in Dublin in the 1990s, opened Ireland’s fourth whiskey distillery in Dingle late last year....
...“The art and craft of cidermaking is in the blending of the apples. English cider is every bit as deep-rooted as French winemaking,” he says....
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