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The 6 Best Brunch Cocktails You Should Know How To Make
In the pantheon of daily meals, there’s no beating breakfast (or brunch). While lunch has its light appeal and dinner is known for its hearty ingredients, breakfast is the most versatile and exciting of all the meals. It’s the only meal where you can pair sweet, maple-syrup-slathered Belgian waffles with…
The Best High-ABV Tequilas to Mix Into Cocktails or Sip Straight
If you glance at the label on an average bottle of tequila, there’s a good chance it will be listed as 80 proof. This means that it’s 40 percent alcohol. This is the baseline for tequila and many other spirits. But, while it’s the most common level of alcohol, it’s…
This Umami-Packed Whiskey Is Distilled With Gourmet Mushrooms
Pipe tobacco. Caramel. Baking spices. Honey. The spectrum of flavors a talented whiskey maker can conjure from distillation and wood alone is impressive, but rarely do descriptors like umami, petrichor (the smell after a warm rain), or funk enter the conversation. Yet those are the perfect descriptions for the newest…
8 Classic Cocktails You Should Know How To Make For The Holidays
The holiday season likely means you’re in for a few weeks of social gatherings, parties, shindigs, and a lot more heavy meals than normal. Along with all that socializing and eating will likely be a drink or two. And while fine wine or a good beer are worthy social lubricants,…
The 6 Best Cocktail Smokers For Bar Quality Drinks at Home
Smoking cocktails adds an intriguing and captivating element to drinks, making it a cool and visually stimulating experience for both bartenders and patrons. The swirling tendrils of smoke that envelop the glass create an aura of mystique and sophistication, drawing people into a sensory journey. The aromatic infusion of smoky…
The 5 Best Cocktails To Try if You Enjoy a Proper Negroni
The negroni wasn’t what had brought me to Hong Kong. But on a 2019 story assignment to traverse (via bus) the new trans-bay underwater highway linking the city with Macau and the Chinese mainland, it was the cocktail that fueled my journey. Unbeknownst to me before arrival, it was Negroni…
Why I Collect Hot Sauces, Not Postcards, From Everywhere I Travel
Some people collect keychains when they travel. Some collect postcards. I collect hot sauces. It was around 7 am in Caye Caulker, Belize. Without a soul in sight, I had the entire beach to myself. That was, until two dogs joined me to frolic in the deep blue Caribbean Sea.…
The 12 Types of Whiskey Every Drinker Should Know
The first step to appreciating and understanding whiskey to the fullest extent is knowing the various types of whiskey (and whisky) out there. Each style is made following specific, and often legally binding, rules that dictate how the spirit can be made and what it can be made with. And…
What It’s Like to Wander the Ice Caves of Iceland
My grandparents had a place in the Poconos up until I was in college, and I grew up going in and out of the Appalachians. Over time, I learned enough to be able to rattle off a few fun facts about the mountains here and there: They’re one of the…
LALO Tequila: An Everyday Blanco Descended From Tequila Royalty
Welcome to Add to Bar Cart, where Cool Material’s writers and editors recommend the spirits that they’re enjoying most right now. Don Julio is an instantly recognizable name in the world of tequila. From the blanco to Don Julio 1942’s iconic bottle, the brand is, for many, a standard bearer…
One of the Most Beloved Texas Breweries Now Makes Vodka, Moonshine, and Gin
Welcome to Add to Bar Cart, where Cool Material’s writers and editors recommend the spirits that they’re enjoying most right now. It never made sense to me that more breweries don't have small distilling operations attached to them. Roughly speaking, you have to make beer to make whiskey--whiskey wash is…
The Best Flasks in Every Style
Were he to be a whiskey connoisseur, Forrest Gump might say that the distilled grain spirit meshes with the great outdoors like peas and carrots. Thing is, no one wants to lug a big bottle of booze around with them. Enter the flask, one of the most effortlessly functional pieces…
Created By Bartenders, Dos Gabachos Mezcal Is Perfect For Both Cocktails and Sipping Neat
Welcome to Add to Bar Cart, where Cool Material’s writers and editors recommend the spirits that they’re enjoying most right now. Mezcal has become the liquor of the moment over the past couple of years. Such was not the case in 2013, however, when Downtown Los Angeles JW Marriott bartenders…
Rye Is Coming Back to Kentucky with the Help of Woodford Reserve
One of my college professors, Dr. McKay Jenkins, has a TEDx Talk on the abstraction of American food. He covers a few different angles in the talk, all of them revolving around his thesis that we have no idea where our food comes from. After the Second World War, we…
