Links of Interest
CATEGORIES
Friends &
Favorites
Beer Basics (www.beerbasics.com)
Our old friend,
Peter LaFrance, provides, well, Beer Basics on
this site, and don’t forget to subscribe to his newsletter (of special
interest to brewers, members of the brewing community, chefs, restaurateurs,
and members of the media that cover the beverage alcohol business), HOT
TRUB, while you’re there.
Charles K.
Cowdery (http://cowdery.home.netcom.com)
Author of the
wonderful book "Bourbon, Straight", as well as a whining bastard
who wouldn't let me rest until I linked to him.
Cocktail DB (http://CocktailDB.com)
A site in
progress co-published by Martin Doudoroff and Ted Haigh (Dr.
Cocktail), but already with tons of information including recipes from many
classic books, and descriptions of lots of ingredients. We visit this site
on a very regular basis.
Directory of
Drink
(DoD - Directory of Drink)
"Just about everything about alcohol"
DISCUS (http://www.discus.org)
The Distilled
Spirits Council of the United States. Lots of solid
information here.
DrinkBoy (http://www.DrinkBoy.com)
DrinkBoy is our
friend, Robert Hess, a computer
geek with a huge passion for all things cocktailian.
Thoughtful essays and notes on many aspects of the bartender’s craft here.
DrinkBoy’s Discussion Forum on MSN (http://groups.msn.com/drinkboy)
World-class
bartenders, amateur cocktailians, and absolute
beginners meet here for the most interesting discussions about cocktails
we’ve ever witnessed. Join this site now.
King Cocktail (http://www.KingCocktail.com)
World-famous
bartender Dale DeGroff hosts this most informative site. We visit often.
Lew Bryson (www.lewbryson.com)
Another good
friend who bills himself as, “the award-winning, beer-drinking,
whiskey-sipping, brewery-visiting, cask-tapping, thirst-creating drinks
writer!”
Painters
Restaurant and Inn (http://www.Painters-Restaurant.com)
Our local joint, and the inn where Cocktails in the Country takes
place. Painters is one of the reasons we moved to Cornwall-on-Hudson.
Peychaud’s Bitters: (http://www.sazerac.com/bitters.html)
They’re hard to
find, and very important to the cocktailian bartender.
Order them here. No. We don’t get a cut!
The Restaurant
Guys: (http://www.restaurantguysradio.com/sle/rg/about/)
The Restaurant Guys are Mark Pascal and Francis Schott. They have
been in the restaurant and wine business on the high end for about 20 years
each. They met in college and now own and operate Stage Left Restaurant in New Brunswick, NJ, one of the
most highly regarded Contemporary American Restaurants on the East Coast.
Theme Magazine (http://www.Mondiale.co.uk)
Theme Magazine
is the monthly British publication for the licensed retail sector, read by
the greatest number of buyers, specifiers,
designers, architects, brand managers and decision makers in the bar and
restaurant business.
World Wide
Words (http://www.worldwidewords.org)
Although you’ll
find some drink-related words here, that’s not the focus of this site. “The
best of many sites devoted to words and their origins,” Lesley Reader,
Independent on Sunday, 26
January 2001.
Bars & Restaurants
Painters
Our local joint, and the inn where Cocktails in the Country takes
place. Painters is one of the reasons we moved to Cornwall-on-Hudson.
The Violet Hour
Our friend Toby
Maloney is involved in this joint, and by all accounts it's a real winner.
Cocktail Consultants
-
The Cocktail Guru
- Cocktailian consultant extraordinaire, our very own Jonathan Pogash holds forth here. (and he lets his dad hang here, too. Wadda son, huh?
-
Contemporary Cocktails, Inc
- Cocktail legends Willy Shine
and Aisha Sharpe head up this incredibly great company.
-
Alchemy Consulting
- Toby Maloney, who we know
and love, and his buddy Jason Cott, who we don't know but he puts up with
Toby so give him a break, head up this one. Bound to be great.
Magazine Sites
All About Beer:
(http://www.allaboutbeer.com)
Bartender
Magazine: (http://www.bartender.com)
Bourbon Country
Reader: (http://cowdery.home.netcom.com./page9.html)
Malt Advocate: (http://www.whiskeypages.com)
The Spirit
Journal: (http://www.spiritjournal.com)
Theme Magazine:
(http://www.Mondiale.co.uk)
Whisky: (http://www.whiskymag.com)
Wine Enthusiast: (http://www.winemag.com)
Beer, Cider, Etc. Sites
Bass Ale: (http://www.bassale.com)
(not live yet)
Beer Games
Guide: (http://www.realbeer.com/fun/games/)
Benelux Beerguide: (http://www.dma.be/p/bier/beer.htm)
Bert Grant's: (http://www.grants.com)
Boddingtons: (http://www.boddingtons.com)
California
Cider Company: (http://www.acecider.com)
Czechvar: (http://www.czechvar.com/)
Cooking with
Beer: (http://www.beercook.com)
Flying Fish
Brewing Company: (http://www.flyingfish.com)
Full Sail
Brewing Company: (http://www.fullsailbrewing.com)
Grolsch: (http://www.grolsch.com)
Hacker-Pschorr: (http://www.paulaner.com)
Heineken: (http://www.heineken.com)
King &
Barnes: (http://www.kingandbarnes.co.uk)
(not live yet)
Labatt: (http://www.labatt.com)
Maritime
Pacific Brewing Company: (http://maritimebrewery.citysearch.com/)
Medieval/Renaissance
Brewing Homepage: (http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/brewing.html)
Merchant du Vin: (http://www.merchantduvin.com)
New Belgium
Brewing Company: (http://www.newbelgium.com)
Pike Brewing: (http://www.pikebrewing.com)
Real Beer: (http://www.realbeer.com)
Rogue Ales: (http://www.rogue.com)
Sam Adams: (http://www.samadams.com)
Sapporo: (http://www.sapporobeer.com)
Smuttynose Brewing Co. (New Hampshire): (http://www.smuttynose.com)
Vanberg & DeWulf: Belgian Beer
Experts: (http://www.belgianexperts.com)
Beverage Related Sites
The Distilled
Spirits Council of the United States: (http://www.discus.org)
Book and
Bookstore Sites
Alibris: (http://www.alibris.com)
Amazon.com: (http://www.amazon.com)
Around the
Kitchen: (http://www.aroundthekitchen.com)
Bourbon,
Straight: (http://www.bourbonstraight.com)
by Charles K.
Cowdery
Jessica's
Biscuit: (http://www.jessicas.com)
Spirit Sites
Aberlour Scotch: (http://www.aberlour.co.uk)
Absente: (http://www.absente.com)
Absinthe: (http://www.sepulchritude.com/chapelperilous/absinthe/absinthe-recipes.html)
Absolut: (http://www.absolutvodka.com)
Alcohol Reviews:
(http://www.alcoholreviews.com)
Allied Domecq (U.K.): (http://www.allieddomecqplc.com)
American Scotch
Malt Whisky Society: (http://www.smwsa.com)
Appleton Rum: (http://www.appletonrum.com)
Armagnac Cames: (http://www.FrenchArmagnac.com)
Ballantines Scotch: (http://www.ballantines.com)
BestWhiskies.com:
Rare, Vintage and Limited Edition Whisky Shop (http://www.bestwhiskies.com)
Boru Vodka: (http://www.greatspirits.com)
British Royal
Navy Imperial Rum: (http://www.greatspirits.com)
Brown-Forman: (http://www.brown-forman.com)
Buffalo Trace
Distillery: (http://www.buffalotrace.com)
Bushmills Irish Whiskey: (http://www.bushmills.com)
Buxrud's Whisky Pages: (http://www2.sbbs.se/hp/buxrud/whisky.htm)
Cabo Wabo Tequila: (http://www.CaboWabo.com)
Canadian [Malt]
Whisky Society: (http://www.thequaich.com)
Canadian Mist: (http://www.canadianmist.com)
Captain Morgan
Rum: (http://www.rum.com)
Celtic Crossing
Liqueur: (http://www.greatspirits.com)
Charbay Distillers: (http://www.charbay.com)
Chartreuse: (http://www.chartreuse.fr)
Classic Malts
of Scotland: (http://www.classic-malts.de/)
Clear Creek: (http://www.clearcreekdistillery.com)
Cointreau: (http://www.cointreau.com)
Courvoisier: (http://www.courvoisier.com)
Cutty Sark: (http://www.cutty-sark.com)
George Dickel Tennessee Whisky: (http://www.GeorgeDickel.com)
Glenmorangie: (http://www.glenmorangie.com)
Grand Marnier: (http://www.grand-marnier.com)
Jack Daniel's: (http://www.jackdaniels.com)
Jim Beam
Brands: (http://www.jimbeam.com)
Jose Cuervo: (http://www.cuervo.com)
Just Minitures: (http://www.justminiatures.co.uk)
Harveys Sherry: (http://www.harveysbc.com) (under construction)
Hennessy: (http://hennessy-cognac.com)
Kahlúa: (http://www.kahlua.com)
Kentucky
Bourbon Circle: (http://www.smallbatch.com)
Kentucky Bourbon
Festival: (http://www.kybourbonfestival.com)
Kentucky
Distillers Association: (http://www.kybourbon.com)
Knappogue Castle Whiskey: (http://www.greatspirits.com)
Laphroaig Single Malt Scotch: (http://www.laphroaig.com)
Leyden Gin: (http://www.leydengin.com/frames.htm)
John &
Linda Lipman's Adventures in Bourbon Country: (http://www.ellenjaye.com/americanwhiskey)
Maker's Mark: (http://www.makersmark.com)
Matusalem Rum: (http://www.matusalem.com)
Murray McDavid (single malt
scotches): (http://www.murray-mcdavid.com)
Palm Bay
Imports: (http://www.palmbayimports.com)
Pernod can be found at: (http://www.pernod.com)
St. George Spirits:
(http://www.stgeorgespirits.com)
Sauza Tequila: (http://www.sauza.com.mx/) (under construction)
Sazerac: (http://www.sazerac.com)
Scotchwhisky.com:
(http://www.scotchwhisky.com)
Sea Wynde Pot Still Rum: (http://www.greatspirits.com)
Silver Creek
Distillery: (http://www.waytogoidaho.com)
Straight
Bourbon: (http://www.straightbourbon.com)
Tears of
Scotland Scotch: (http://www.tearsofscotland.com)
Teton Glacier
Vodka: (http://www.glaciervodka.com)
Tia Maria: (http://www.tiamaria.co.uk)
Van Gogh Gin: (http://www.vangoghgin.com)
Van Winkle
Whiskey: (http://www.oldripvanwinkle.com)
Whisky
Magazine: (http://www.whisky-world.com)
Whisky Portal: (http://www.whiskyportal.com)
Whisky Tastings: (http://www.whiskytastings.com)
Whisky Web: (http://www.whiskyweb.com)
Wyborowa: (http://www.polishvodkas.com/wyborowa.htm)
Zubrowka Bison Brand Vodka: (http://www.zubrowka.net)
Cocktail Sites
Cocktails at
About.com: (http://cocktails.about.com)
Dale DeGroff: (http://www.kingcocktail.com)
DrinkBoy: (http://www.drinkboy.com)
Zigy's Martini Lounge: (http://members.aol.com/zigystar)
Wine Sites
Ariel
(nonalcoholic wines): (http://www.arielvineyards.com)
Belvedere
Vineyards & Winery: (http://www.belvederewinery.com)
The Champagne Information Bureau:
(http://www.champagnes.com)
Champers
Direct: (http://www.champersdirect.co.uk)
Clos du Val: (http://www.closduval.com)
Domaines Bouchard Pere & Fils: (http://www.bouchardpere.com)
George Duboeuf: (http://www.duboeuf-beaujolais.com)
Fontana
Candida: (http://www.fontanacandida.com)
Ironstone
Vineyards: (http://www.ironstonevineyards.com/main.html)
Merchant du Vin: (http://www.merchantduvin.com)
Moet & Chandon: (http://www.moet.com)
Monsieur Henri:
(http://www.monsieurhenri.com)
Jacob's Creek: (http://www.jacobscreek.com.au)
Kenwood: (http://www.kenwoodvineyards.com)
Peak Wines
International: (http://www.peakwinesinternational.com)
Premium Port Wines, Inc.: (http://www.premiumport.com)
About Wines: (http://www.aboutwines.com)
Frederick
Wildman: (http://www.frederickwildman.com)
Winebow: (http://www.winebow.com)
Wine Institute: (http://www.wineinstitute.org)
Wines on the
Internet: (http://www.wines.com)
Wyndham Estate:
(http://www.wyndhamestate.com.au)
Miscellaneous
Sites
Eve and Bob Lape's Site: (http://www.foodwinetravel.com)
George’s
Private Mini Vodka Collection (http://www.justminivodkas.com)
James T. Ehler, Blue Heaven Restaurant, Key West FL: (http://www.blueheavenkw.com)
Marlene
London(painter): (http://www.marlenelondon.com)
Martini Picks: (http://www.martinipic.com)
Pub Gear: (http://www.pubgear.com)
Riedel Crystal
of America: (http://www.riedelcrystal.com)
Sam Gugino: (http://www.SamCooks.com)
Wines, Beers, and
Spirits of the Net: (http://www.ryerson.ca/~dtudor/wine.htm)
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