Country star makes a Manhattan
I got a funny sort of PR email today. A country artist I’ve never heard of, Kelleigh Bannen, has a new song out, and to promote it, she did a video in which she makes a Manhattan. Ordinarily, I’d let...
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Churchkey
From Food Republic comes this rundown of cool and interesting beer-can designs. I was never a can collector; my next-door neighbor was, when I was a kid, and he was a fat, sweaty, loud-mouthed bully,...
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Ads of the week: Vermouth duet
[M&R detail: 1, 2] Two vermouth ads in a single issue of a general-interest magazine. Remarkable. [Life; October 11, 1937]
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Here’s one you cocktail geeks mighta missed. I haven’t been watching this season of the HBO show Treme because we didn’t pick up HBO when we moved to Brooklyn. Apparently, though, the 3rd season has...
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Ad of the week: après le café
Detail: Lifestyles of the 1%. Prince Alexis Obolensky was a real guy, and a colorful figure at that. His family fled the Bolsheviks and traveled through Europe and, apparently, the United States....
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I have never had the honor of meeting Murray Stenson, the legendary Seattle bartender. I’ve, unfortunately, never been to Seattle. But I can say with all certainty that Murray’s long years behind the...
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I’m alive!
Wow, the blog’s been dead dead dead since October. I think that’s the longest fallow period I’ve ever had here. Back to life soon, I promise.
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GIVEAWAY: River Cottage Booze Handbook
Well, what the hell is this? I forgot there was a blog here. The nice people at Ten Speed/Random Penguin sent me two copies of the River Cottage Booze Handbook. I’m keeping one of them because I can....
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One last chance to enter the giveaway
Last chance to enter!!! Leave a comment on the original entry by noon Eastern tomorrow, when I’ll pick a winner, using one of those fancy randomizer tools on the web.
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Not at Tales this year
A few people have asked, so … Yes, it would have been great to sign copies of SHRUBS down there this year. A few things stood in the way: Money — we don’t have much right now. Time off — Jen has taken...
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Shrubs on ABC’s Shark Tank
This is interesting. ABC has a reality program called Shark Tank. I’ve never seen it. Apparently, the idea is that, if you have an idea for a business, you can pitch it to the show, and if the...
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Jack Daniel’s, If You Please
In a one-stoplight town in the south-central part of Tennessee, you’ll find the home of the top-selling American whiskey brand in the world. Photograph: Michael Dietsch In November, I attended a press...
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SHRUBS signing, WHISKYLIVE DC 2016
WHISKYLIVE DC 2016 March 5, 2016 5:30-9:30 pm Grand Hyatt Washington 1000 H St NW Join me as I sign copies of SHRUBS and talk up WHISKEY, which will be available for preorder. I’ll have a limited...
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How to Order My Books
My latest book, WHISKEY, arrives in May 2016, from Countryman Press, a division of W. W. Norton. WHISKEY covers the history of the venerable brown beverage, the differences between — say — bourbon and...
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WHISKEY signing: Virginia Distillery Company
VIRGINIA DISTILLERY COMPANY June 4, 2016 noon-2 pm 299 Eades Ln Lovingston, Virginia 22949 What better way to gear up for the launch of our whisky tours than to have Michael Dietsch, author and spirits...
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R.I.P. The Campbell Apartment
The impending closure of the Campbell Apartment, in New York’s Grand Central Terminal, has me feeling feelings and thinking thoughts. Jen and I had our first drink at the Campbell … well, I don’t...
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