Very excited to tell you that my new web site is almost ready to be unveiled.
I'll let you know how to access it once it's up and running.
And by the way, if you're in need of web-site design and myriad other
related web and design tasks, as far as I'm concerned,
nobody does it better than Nate Schaub at
Mindflint Media.
Here's wishing you all peace, love, good health, and an abundance of love in
2012.
Please remember to take good care of yourselves, and of each other, over the
holiday season.
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Here's what's happening this week at
Simon Difford's
Dear Discerning Drinker,
Merry Christmas. We're on holiday, but we've just had time
to put together a review of the best products which graced the pages of digital
CLASS magazine in 2011, along with our choice of
London's best new bars from the past year, and some
reviews of Christmas ales.
We've also re-uploaded the most-read articles from the digital magazine this
year - a snapshot reminder of the cutting edge of contemporary bartending.
Here's what you'll find:
- The Top 50 Spirits & Liqueurs from 2011
- Editor's Pick: the best
London
bar openings from 2011
- Xmas Brews: our pick of the best Christmas Ales
- CLASS Awards: those results in full again
- How to run a bar, by Luca Cordiglieri
- Creating an award-winning menu, by Malcolm Spence
- Flair: add your comment to that debate
- King of Garnishes: the creative genius of Nightjar
- G&Tea reborn: tea cocktails by Beefeater
- Learn to Hard Shake: with Hidetsugu Ueno
- Smoking Cocktails: Hong Kong's
Antonio Lai
- Dale DeGroff: on film
... and more.
To read this week's issue
click here.
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Our Drink du Jour column is sponsored by the good folk at
Liquor.com, and we think that you're going to enjoy what they're bringing to the
party.
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GO OUT:
Veselka Bowery
The beloved Ukrainian restaurant in the East Village
recently opened this
new outpost, which holds a full liquor license.
It has a long list of vodkas and some inventive cocktails,
including a kielbasa-infused Bloody Mary.
Veselka Bowery
9 East 1st Street (@ Bowery)
New York, NY
Tel: 212 387 7000
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Highlight Reel: December
 
 It’s
hard to believe, but there are only three days left in 2011. And between New
Year’s Eve preparations and the rest of the holidays, it’s been a busy month. So
just in case you missed any of our stories, here are five of Liquor.com’s best
cocktails-and-spirits features from December. Enjoy!
Masters of Mixology:
Liquor.com advisor and award-winning author David Wondrich explores the history
of
famed
Cuban bartender Constante Ribalaigua Vert and his Havana watering
hole.
Farm
to Drink:
Talented mixologist Charlotte Voisey hosts our latest video about
creating seasonal spirit infusions with fresh fruits and herbs. Watch
it now.
Holiday Gift Guide: Scotch:
We asked Angus McShane and Pedro Shanahan of downtown Los Angeles whiskey bar
Seven Grand for their
favorite single malts, any of which are perfect for a cold winter’s
night.
5
Tips: Eggnog:
It wouldn’t be the holidays without a glass of Eggnog. So we got Derek Brown,
owner of the swanky Columbia Room in Washington, D.C., to give us
his
advice for whipping up the classic.
The
Myth of Prohibition:
Prohibition came to an end 78 years ago on December 5. In honor of the occasion,
acclaimed writer and Liquor.com advisor Gary Regan tried to find out
which
great cocktails (if any) were invented during this dry period.
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Here's where we bring you links to boozey stories from all
over the place (and where we've placed a picture of Harry Craddock, author of
one of the world's most important tomes, The Savoy Cocktail Book)
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Use But Do Not Abuse
“From Sazerac dc Forge & Fits, Angouleme,
France: In France one can
drink as much wine and spirits as one wishes. There is no restriction except for
absinthe, which is prohibited. Our soldiers get wine with each meal and also
some brandy in small quantities, however, the rule, "use but do not abuse," is
accepted by all of us.
Mixer and server, Volume 26, Hotel and Restaurant Employee's
International Alliance and Bartenders' International League of America,
1917.
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Alcedemics
Camper English is a San Francisco-based
freelance writer and
consultant who
specializes in cocktails and spirits, with a touch of travel thrown in.
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Arthur Shapiro's Booze Business Blog
Our old friend Arthur Shapiro spills some fabulous booze-related tales on
his blog, Booze Business. Go pay him a visit.
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Art of Drink
Art of Drink was spontaneously created in
October 2005 as a way to document information on all things drink related.
Currently Art of Drink is ranked among the top, if not the top, cocktail
blogs on the Internet.
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thebarkeeper.com
Don't forget to pay Uncle Brian a visit at the barkeeper. This guy has stuff
on his blog that you'll never find anywhere else in the world. Don't say we
didn't tell you.
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Bay Area Spirits is
the David-vs-Goliath blog that focuses on craft distillers and artisanal,
handcrafted and hard-to-find spirits and cocktails.
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Booze
for Thought is a blog by Charles Hardwick that's based on the belief
that the best garnish for a great cocktail is a good story. And
Charles tells a good story.
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The Cocktail Chronicles
The Cocktail Chronicles is updated somewhat
regularly by Paul Clarke, a Seattle-based cocktail enthusiast . . . I’ve
taken the “roll your own” ethic of
David Embury to
heart, spending countless hours reading about, mixing and studying an array
of cocktails, with a special emphasis on early- and mid-20th century
classics.
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The Cocktail Guru
Wanna See What Jonathan Pogash is Up To This Week? Go worship The
Cocktail Guru.
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Drinks Ink Blog
Wherein a sharp-tongued boozehound (Jack Robertiello) shares what he thinks
about what he drinks, among other things.
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"Fork & Shaker
is a metaphor for two of my great passions in life –food & drink. Maybe this
site will make you thirsty. Maybe it will make you hungry. Maybe it will
show you that the world of cocktails and other fine libations can be found
all over the world. But if it does nothing more than help you appreciate all
that is beautiful and unique when the crossroads of food and drink meet,
then that will make me very happy," Naren Young.
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Good
Spirits News reports on the latest trends in mixology from around the
world. reviewing spirits, liqueurs, and bitters, the best new spirited
publications, bartender competitions, and cocktail events. The site
also includes interviews with the likes of gaz regan, Paul Pacult, and Dave
Wondrich. to name but a few.
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Jeffrey Morgenthaler
writes about bartending and mixology from Portland, Oregon.
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The
Jerry Thomas Project
is the re-creation of all of Jerry Thomas' cocktails from Jerry Thomas'
Bar-Tenders Guide: Receipts for Mixing in their purest form.
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The Liquid Muse
was launched in 2006 by Natalie Bovis, a cocktail book author, freelance
writer, and mixologist. With 20 years experience in front-of-the-house
hospitality, Natalie now shares her favorite cocktail bars, spirits, and
wines from around the world via her website, radio, video, and television.
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Professor Cocktail is the not-so-secret identity of David J. Montgomery,
professional book critic by day and amateur cocktailian by night.
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Spirits and
Cocktails by Jamie Boudreau. Jamie’s
thirst for cocktail minutia is infamous, and if conversation turns to a
subject that he is unsure of, you can be assured that he will research
it as soon as possible. He has a love for the classics, but at the same
time is always looking for new, exciting ingredients with which to try
out new recipes.
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Spirits Review
Reviews of booze, books, and barware. Also 4,500+ links, 400+ RSS feeds and
extensive "Adventure" section chronicling adventures in alcohol in various
forms. "We aim to be the google of booze"
Small Screen Network
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