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Category Archives: Drinking
Revisiting Four Roses Bourbon
Like a lot of people who came of drinking age in the second half of the 20th century, I had a poor impression of Four Roses bourbon. It was an inexpensive blend without much benefit other than its ability to … Continue reading
Posted in Drinking, Events
Tagged bourbon, Four Roses, Saratoga, Wine & Food Festival, Wine and Food Festival
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Your Grand Tasting strategy for today
Today, October 5, is the Grand Tasting of the Saratoga Wine & Food Festival. The VIP portion (sold out) starts at 11 with general admission (tickets still available) at noon. At last night’s elegant dinner, both the weather and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Saratoga, Upstate, Wine & Food Festival, Wine and Food Festival
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Saratoga Wine & Food Festival reinvents itself
We’ve reported from time to time on the Saratoga Wine & Food Festival, an event on the grounds of SPAC that used to happen the weekend after Labor Day. Watching Zak Pelaccio break down a pig, a burger bash in … Continue reading
Hepburn’s Choice is back at K&L Wines
At the beginning of 2018 we bemoaned the lack of Hepburn’s Choice single malts in the inventory of K&L Wines, dubbed the best wine store in America by the Wall Street Journal. Good news! At the beginning of 2019 there … Continue reading
Genesee and Me
I had never heard of the Genesee beer brand until I made a trip to upstate NY to visit my future in-laws, back in the early 1990s. Driving up Route 30 from Amsterdam, I saw a billboard with a bearded … Continue reading
Why whiskey? Why, indeed…
Tom Fischer has one of those jobs that sounds fabulous but is no doubt exhausting in real life. As proprietor of Bourbon Blog, he travels the world making contacts with the distillers and distributors of rare spirits in order to … Continue reading
Maple madness at International Restaurant Show
This week I was in New York City for the International Restaurant & Foodservice Show. It’s an opportunity for restaurant owners to check out new kitchen equipment, barware, dining room furnishings and such with demos from well-informed manufacturers’ reps. If … Continue reading
How to win at Saratoga Chowderfest
Saratoga Chowderfest 2018 is in the books. But I suggest you bookmark this post (as well as similar advice published in 2017) and come back to it prior to next year’s event so you can make the most of your … Continue reading
Why beer drinkers are so angry these days
Have you noticed the new sixpack holders? They’re like a cruel practical joke on beer drinkers. Instead of nestling just under the top of the cans, so it’s easy to hook in your finger and carry a sixpack, the loops … Continue reading
Recipe: Sweet Smoke Cocktail
We have an excellent local bar called Hamlet & Ghost where I was introduced to the Don Lockwood, a cocktail combining rye-heavy bourbon and smoky Islay Scotch. (Don Lockwood is the character Gene Kelly plays in Singin’ in the Rain; … Continue reading