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8,000 Miniature Bottles of Booze on the Wall
When he was just 12 years old, Rotem Ben Shitrit became fascinated by alcohol miniatures—those tiny “nips” so often seen on airlines and in hotel minibars. Today, at age 34, he has more than 8,000 tiny...
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The State of American Craft Whiskey
It’s been 10 years since craft whiskey boomed. We blind-tasted 60 bottles from coast to coast to find out how far it's come. The post The State of American Craft Whiskey appeared first on PUNCH.
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Hunting for the Lost Chartreuse
Earlier this summer, a mystery bottle unlike anything I’d ever seen appeared on my Instagram feed. Shared by Hiroyasu Kayama’s influential Tokyo cocktail bar, Ben Fiddich, it glowed a pale, ethereal,...
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This Is Not a Banana
At his new bar, Lyaness, London cocktail impresario Ryan Chetiyawardana was determined to incorporate one of his most beloved fruits, the banana, into the cocktail menu. But he wanted to avoid the...
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The Berlin Distillery That Decoded Chartreuse
Recently, I glimpsed one of the most closely guarded secrets: a recipe for Chartreuse. The long-yellowed typewritten page was set out on a table in the center of a laboratory with wooden counters and...
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There Is No Rum Like Rum Fire
Scan the backbar at any half-decent cocktail bar and, among the cut-crystal mixing glasses and obscure liqueurs, you might catch sight of a DIY-looking label adorned with red and blue flames. That’s...
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Goodbye Fat-Washing, Hello “Switching”
A university ice cream program doesn’t sound like the type of place where the next great cocktail innovation would be spawned. Yet, that is precisely where bartender Iain McPherson began realizing that...
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This Is How Chef Renee Erickson Drinks Amaro
For over a decade, James Beard Award–winning chef Renee Erickson has played a pivotal role in helping define the contemporary Seattle dining scene. Her culinary point of view is firmly grounded in the...
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The Rebranding of American Brandy
Until very recently, if you wanted an American brandy, you had a tough choice to make. You could bend low for a bottom-shelf, mass-market brand like Christian Brothers or Paul Masson. Or you could...
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The Happiest Bar on Earth?
When the Star Wars–inspired Oga’s Cantina opened in Disneyland in May of this year, it was advertised as the first location in the Anaheim, California theme park to serve alcohol. Fifty-two years...
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This Is How Joe Campanale Drinks Amaro
Joe Campanale may be a native New Yorker, but he’s in a long-term long-distance relationship with Italy. “My love for Italian food, wine and culture informs everything I do professionally,” says...
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What We’re Into Right Now
Each month, we pull together a selection of drinking-related items that have, for one reason or another, grabbed the attention of PUNCH’s editors, who spend pretty much all day, every day surrounded by...
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How Four Chicago Bartenders Get It Done
Tales of the Cocktail Foundation presents The Great Bar Race sponsored by GREY GOOSE® celebrates the often unrecognized acts of service and the industry professionals who execute them in a competition...
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This Is How Pizzaiolo Anthony Falco Drinks Amaro
“I call myself an international pizza consultant,” says Anthony Falco, who spends up to half the year on the road, consulting on projects across America and abroad. He makes a living helping people...
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What We’re Into Right Now: Thanksgiving Edition
Each month, we pull together a selection of drinking-related items that have, for one reason or another, grabbed the attention of PUNCH’s editors, who spend pretty much all day, every day surrounded by...
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The New Italian Aperitivo
On the coattails of the cocktail renaissance, when strong-and-stirred reigned, arrived a new kind of craving, one for lighter, lower-alcohol drinks. Enter the Italian way of drinking: aperitivo. In the...
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Four West Coast Bartenders on the Secret to Success
Tales of the Cocktail Foundation presents The Great Bar Race sponsored by GREY GOOSE® celebrates the often unrecognized acts of service and the industry professionals who execute them in a competition...
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You Will Instagram This: Drunk Santa
It’s an image familiar the world over: a portly figure, dressed head to toe in crimson, sporting a cartoonish white beard, a stocking cap and rosy cheeks. But the bottle in his hand—Jägermeister,...
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Our 10 Most-Read Stories of 2019
Each passing year always seems more eventful than the last, but that’s especially true for 2019. In search of the ultimate expressions of canonical cocktails, we tasted through dozens of Mai Tais,...
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What Drink Trends Should Disappear in 2020?
Every year sees new trends born, some that will stick and others that are destined to flame out. This year, natural wine continued its incessant spread. Meanwhile, clarified cocktails and rosé show no...
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