While it may be an unlucky number to some, the thirteenth season of Speed Rack—the cocktail competition with a charitable heart of gold (and pink!)—has been as flashy, splashy, and high-octane as ever as we head into the finals set in New Orleans this month. Started in 2011 by Lynnette Marrero and Ivy Mix and…
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The Speakeasy Box: Episode 2
It’s been nearly two years since we last checked in and collaborated with our favorite, Spirited Award–winning podcast The Speakeasy—but before we get started, a quick word from our sponsors! Tired of nights in need of an unknown oomph? Do you have a curated set of ingredients, such as syrups, bitters, and a diverse range…
Rum on Ice and Everything Nice
Hark! The holiday spirit is in danger and we need your help! The season’s signature scents and sips are almost ribboned for release, but our stash of some all-important ingredients got totally Scrooged! For next month’s box, it’s up to you to turn the dial on a series of aged rum cocktails to SPICED. The…
Mezcalloween IV: The Ill-Fated Inn
Well, well, well . . . we can’t say it’s a surprise to see you. There’s nothing else around for miles! As it goes, the Ill-Fated Inn makes the call, and those with a desire to fill their October with mind-bending mezcal cocktails always come knocking. Take a look around. There’s no better bottle we…
New Frontiers 3: Forever Forward
Brat summer continues apace, as the season of green chartreuse–shaded iconography and cheerfully messy fun in the sun sets its sights on going out with a BANG! To cap off this moment of frivolously coloring outside the lines of life, we’ve summoned a spirit category that’s no stranger to challenging conventions and charting the course…
Gin Ne Sais Quoi
There’s just a certain . . . something . . . about gin—a breathtaking bundle of botanicals that can sometimes be hard to expound upon . . . Okay, you got us. Since the dawn of S&S, we’ve waxed warmly about the spirit in a number of words that easily reaches the five digits. Even still,…
The Rum-Believable Box
Step right up, right this way, gentlefolk, the big tent is up and the stage is set to house thirty days of thrills, four weeks of fantasy, a month of marvels! It’s imaginative. It’s incontrovertible. It’s The Rum-Believable Box! Prepare as three unheard-of and personality-packed cocktails slide their way onto your doorstep, all pulsing with…
Bourbon Legend
Fantastical fables and other bits of cock-and-bull chronicling: the historical records of spirits and of cocktails are littered with them! Too often the big innovations from behind the bar that dot the timeline can all claim multiple creators, sometimes even thousands of miles or decades apart. But you can keep your grains of salt reserved…
The Ballad of Irish Whiskey
Gather ’round for the tale of an old whiskey—perhaps the oldest—that’s become quite new again. For a great long time, Irish whiskey found itself face down on the mat. If it wasn’t a war with Britain, a civil war, and then a trade war that all but extinguished the star export, then US Prohibition surely…
Rye’s Up
The signpost up ahead reads January, that uniquely loaded month where we seem to exit linear time and exist between the borders of the past and future. It’s a time to recover from the mad dash of the previous year and enjoy the promise of the new one beginning to unfold. In the world of…
Rum for the Holidays
For all the frantic rushes that the holiday season ushers in (mall madness, travel tribulations, and the like), it only serves to make quiet time with loved ones around the glow of the hearth that much more radiant. So gather ’round and hear the story unfold of an impending visit from three benevolent visions in…
BRRR-bon
In a fantastical feat of reverse thawing, the autumn influencer has officially awoken. We’ve all seen them dotted across our feeds like leaves along the ground. Flanked by foliage, fully flannelled, and sipping on something steamy, they’re absolutely primed to serve all things ultra-seasonal until the first flakes flutter. And is any fall-weather kit complete…
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