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Spirits & Brews November 3, 2022

MONTE STAMBECCO AMARO

A fine Amaro is essential when it comes to cold weather. In fact, the age herbal liqueur used to accompany alpine skiers to the talents peaks, only to be sipped [...]

By CYTIES

Spirits & Brews April 26, 2022

MAMITAS TEQUILA SELTZERS

If you don't quite feel that Summer fun in the air yet, get ready to taste it because Mamitas is bringing that tequila goodness. Delivering with the best tastes, from [...]

By BEN HITCH

Spirits & Brews January 31, 2022

DEATH & CO CANNED COCKTAILS

Something everyone has gotten used to the past couple of years is canned cocktails. Something we definitely are not used to yet; a Death & Co canned cocktails. Yes, that's [...]

By CYTIES

Spirits & Brews November 22, 2021

AMMUNITION WHISKIES

What pairs perfectly with crisp cold, leaf-crunching weather? Well, yes, a scarf, but guess again. The answer is wine and whiskey, and when it comes to a holiday week of [...]

By CYTIES

Spirits & Brews October 24, 2021

TRICK OR NEAT

The slow creeping fog of October has ascended upon us, and All Hallows' Eve awaits at the very conclusion of this ghoulish month. A full moon means a full pour... [...]

By Chris Blatner

Spirits & Brews August 17, 2021

OLYMPIA ARTESIAN VODKA

If you have cracked a few gold tops in your day, then you have experienced the majestic power of Olympia Lager. As the can proudly states above its famous golden [...]

By Travis Platt

Spirits & Brews June 24, 2021

GET TO KNOW AMARO

After a year of being trapped inside clear across the world, yeah, an Italian summer sounds pretty heavenly right now. The sparkling lakes, lunch on a Terrazza with the crisp [...]

By Dakota Nate

Spirits & Brews June 16, 2021

7 WHISKEYS FOR FATHER’S DAY

Dads and Dad figures ... they deserve the best of the best this Father's Day. After all, they put up with you for all these years and provided support and [...]

By Chris Blatner

Spirits & Brews May 6, 2021

ENGINE: FUEL THE DREAM

A traditional twist on a modern London Dry Gin, ENGINE is a throwback to the good ol’ days where muscle cars were at the center of a cultural sensation. With [...]

By Dakota Nate

Spirits & Brews April 9, 2021

BEST RUMS THIS SPRING

Surf’s up here in Southern California, and although we don’t condone drinking and shredding, there is definitely a time and place for everything. Slip off that wetsuit and dive in [...]

By Dakota Nate

Spirits & Brews March 17, 2021

FIVE IRISH WHISKEYS TO OWN

Every year it's a pre-Spring ritual to don your best green duds and partake in some St. Patrick's Day revelry. That almost always leads to a drink or two involving [...]

By Chris Blatner

Spirits & Brews March 3, 2021

BHAKTA 50

Up until right this moment, while these words circulate around in your cranium, brandy was probably not the liquor you were reaching for on Friday after work, getting ready for [...]

By BEN HITCH

Spirits & Brews February 24, 2021

PAPERBACK

It’s not paperbag brewing, although throwing some suds in a brown paper bag and sipping a cold one while jostling with the BBQ pit and fighting off the snowstorm does [...]

By Ryan Kirk

Spirits & Brews January 3, 2021

NO FINE PRINT

Walking into the wine shop can be rather intimidating if you haven’t the slightest clue the difference between Malbec, Cab Savs or why Rosé has become everyone’s afternoon refreshment. And [...]

By BEN HITCH

Spirits & Brews December 27, 2020

TOP 10 AMERICAN WHISKEYS OF 2020

It's the end of the year and time for all the "Best of" lists you can handle. But at least this one is about whiskey, always something worth reading about. [...]

By Chris Blatner

Spirits & Brews December 17, 2020

MORRIS AMERICAN BAR: COCKTAILS

By ANDREW WILLIAMS

Spirits & Brews December 11, 2020

HOLIDAY SPIRITS

The holidays are upon us, and after one hellacious year, we could all use a drink. And how great is it to give (or receive) a great bottle of booze [...]

By Chris Blatner

Spirits & Brews December 3, 2020

SLEIGH RIDE NITRO COLD BREW

Coffee beans roasting, on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your noooosee. That's how that jingle goes right? There is a reason hustle is paired with the word bustle this [...]

By Travis Platt

Spirits & Brews November 25, 2020

8 CAMPFIRE WHISKEYS

Is there anything better than relaxing next to a roaring fire on a bitterly cold night during the holiday season? We can't think of anything. Whether you're cozying up with [...]

By Chris Blatner

Spirits & Brews October 30, 2020

BLACKWELL 007 RUM

With every passing day the highly anticipated No Time to Die nears its release, but unable to control the excitement and in partnership with the 007 film franchise, Blackwell Rum has [...]

By BEN HITCH

Spirits & Brews October 23, 2020

7 RYES FOR BOURBON DRINKERS

As fall sets in and days get shorter and colder, it’s an excellent time to bring out the rye whiskey. The drier, spicier, and more herbaceous flavors just seem to [...]

By Chris Blatner

Spirits & Brews October 20, 2020

MAMITAS TEQUILA SODA SELTZER

Cracking a cold one certainly has a different look these days with liquor and mixed drinks readily available from a can. Mamitas Tequila Soda is a hard seltzer made with [...]

By BEN HITCH

Spirits & Brews October 16, 2020

MADEWEST HAZY IPA

This may as well be a dream beer, as it’s so Hazy you’ll feel like you’re brain is floating somewhere between counting sheep and a daze from a dank plant [...]

By CYTIES

Spirits & Brews October 8, 2020

BENEVOLENT BEVERAGES

By Britt Mattie

Spirits & Brews October 8, 2020

HOLIDAY BAR CART

By Ben "The Grinch" Hitch

Spirits & Brews October 2, 2020

RED BEARD IPA

Shiver me freakin' timbers, we've all heard about Black Beard but clear the way for these final days of summer for a new captain in town, RED BEARD. We can't [...]

By Travis Platt

Spirits & Brews September 19, 2020

SUFFERFEST FLYBY PILSNER

We're always on the hunt for some crips suds, you know this by now. To closeout Summer 2020 were reaching for the award-winning Flyby Pilsner from Sufferfest Beer Company. The [...]

By CYTIES

Spirits & Brews September 13, 2020

FIVE FINISHED WHISKEYS TO PACK FOR A TRIP

When you hit the road for an adventure, it's all about traveling light and bringing only the essentials to enhance the experience. No road trip is complete without a great [...]

By Chris Blanter

Spirits & Brews August 23, 2020

IT’S TIKI TIME

Move the whiskey over for the sugar cane spirit gifted from the tiki gods, RUM, and embrace a new Don… Don the Beachcomber. Tiki is here to save the dog [...]

By CYTIES

Spirits & Brews August 5, 2020

CANNED VINO FOR THE COOLER

If you're like 99% of the world population, at this point you might be over the Vino at home. Corkscrewing open another bottle of wine in the evening during quarantine [...]

By Travis Platt

Spirits & Brews July 15, 2020

TOPA TOPA WEEKENDER

With all this hard seltzer buzz, beer drinkers have been left out in the cold, or actually, heat. Summer is now in full effect in the most forgettable year of [...]

By Ryan Kirk

Spirits & Brews June 25, 2020

SUMMER BREWS

With the days getting longer and hotter, there truly isn't a much better time to kick the feet up with an ice-cold beer. There are lagers, IPAs, American style, German [...]

By Ben Hitch

Spirits & Brews June 8, 2020

HOME BAR ESSENTIALS

Rum old fashioneds, scotch negronis, and reverse manhattans are among the imaginative riffs feeding do-it-yourself mixology’s rise. The deftness for creating delicious interpretations on classics isn’t reserved for seasoned bartenders; [...]

By Andrew Williams

Spirits & Brews August 29, 2019

Celebrity Owned Alcohol

Oh to be rich and famous, wouldn’t that be great?! You could essentially do whatever you want, hop in your private jet to your private island and bask in the [...]

By Ben Hitch

Spirits & Brews June 21, 2019

CURE A HANGOVER: A Summer Drinker’s Guide to Survival

OH MY GOD!! WHAT IN SWEET MARY HAPPENED LAST NIGHT? WHY ARE YOU NAKED? WHY IS THE SUN SO BRIGHT? WHY, WHY, WHY!?!?!?!?!? Okay, okay, you’re home… that’s good. You’re [...]

By Ben Hitch

Spirits & Brews April 17, 2019

UNDERSTANDING THE NIGHTCAP

Umpty million things can happen before the day comes to an end. Something can go astray at work, a few drinks can lead to a lot of drinks, or you’re [...]

By Ben Hitch

Spirits & Brews March 7, 2019

Airport Drinking 101

There are a plethora of factors that will lead you to the pre-flight or layover cocktail. Have you arrived way too early and need to pass the time? Is flying [...]

By Ben Hitch

Spirits & Brews February 13, 2019

Five American Whiskeys You Need to Know About

Life cannot exist without water and whiskey’s literal meaning is the “water of life.” So, life does not exist without whiskey? Credited as America’s favorite spirit in 1964, and now [...]

By Ben Hitch

Spirits & Brews September 20, 2018

Big Sur in a Bottle

It seems fitting that a gin named after Big Sur is making a ‘big’ impact on the forest of choices when it comes to the sought after spirit. Calwise Spirits [...]

By CYTIES

Spirits & Brews July 20, 2018

Rum With A Side of Street Cred

Imagine if you could create an Avengers style squad of the best old rum salts in the world. We’re talking the ones that put Tiki back on the map, the [...]

By CYTIES

Spirits & Brews July 19, 2018

Black Cow Vodka, Smooth as it Gets

Vodka from milk? Yes, it’s actually possible, and how smooth the end result has Black Cow being referred to as genius in the vodka making world. The process starts in [...]

By CYTIES