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Maestro Dobel Diamond Tequila

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Spirits

Maestro Dobel, just launched this month, is the first ever diamond tequila. What does that mean? Apparently it means that it's incredibly clear, incredibly strong, and incredibly expensive. It's a blend of 3 different types of tequila, and in keeping with the diamond theme the creators of Maestro Dobel measure its superiority according to 4 C's: clarity, complexity, crispness, and craftsmanship.

Look for Maestro Dobel starting this month in select establishments in Los Angeles, Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta with a suggested retail price of $74.99.

Gallery: How to Drink Maestro Dobel:

Swirl

Sniff

Sip

Swallow

Enjoy!

Tags: alcohol, drink, drinks, liquor, maestro dobel, MaestroDobel, spirits, tequila

Belvedere Launches Online Drink Buying Program

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Spirits

Belvedere Vodka has been trying to go for the cutting edge lately. First there was the racy ad campaign with art photographer Terry Richardson, shown at left, now the company is launching a new branded gift card program with BuyYourFriendADrink.com. This is the first time that a spirits brand has offered a branded gift card for on-premise purchase through the company. The way it works is that you visit the BuyYourFriendABelvedere.com website and purchase a gift card for any dollar amount. The recipient can redeem the gift card or a Belvedere drink at participating bars and restaurants. Of course it does require knowing the email of the person you want to give the drink to so it's not so great for sending a drink to that hot stranger across the room.

[via Wine & Spirits Daily]

Tags: bar, belvedere, cocktails, drinks, vodka, website

Vignette Wine Country Soda

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Wine

Can you have a wine spritzer without the booze? Last October I tried First Blush Varietal Grape Juice for the first time, now Vignette Wine Country Soda combines the he juice of California varietal wine grapes with the fizz of soda. The drink is made from 50% varietal juice with no added sugar or colors. It comes in Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Rose. You can buy it online through Hello Delicous for $35 for a 12-pack.

Tags: drinks, grape juice, GrapeJuice, non alcoholic, soda, varietal grapes, VarietalGrapes, vignette wine country soda, VignetteWineCountrySoda

A New World's Most Expensive Beer

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Dining

We've seen some pretty expensive beers before (the sippable Sam Adams Utopia springs immediately to mind) but the new brew from Carlsberg is now the proud owner of the title of world's most expensive beer. The Carlsberg Vintage No.1 costs close to $400 a bottle (2,008 Danish kroner or $396.47 to be exact). The beer will be sold in just three Copenhagen restaurants. Why so expensive? The 10.5 percent proof beer is a very limited edition of just 600 bottles. It has been stored in French and Swedish wooden casks and has a deep brown color. The tasting notes reveal prune, caramel and vanilla flavors making it a natural pairing for cheeses and desserts. So far there are no plans to export Vintage No. 1.

Tags: alcohol, beer, carlsberg, denmark, drinks

Hennesy Ellipse Cognac

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Spirits

I'm especially liking the bottle of this Hennesy Ellipse Cognac from Harrod's, but obviously that's probably the least important part. Combining all the talents of master blenders from 7 generations dating back to 1800 and including Hennesy's very first master blender, Jean Fillioux, it combines the best of all seven masters for "an intensely complex bouquet with hints of candied fruit, wild roses and rancio."

No mention of who designed that beautiful presentation? Hm. £3350

Via Lussorian

Tags: alcohol, cognac, drink, drinks, harrods, hennesy, spirit, spirits

Too Tired To Shake Your Own Cocktails?

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Decor, Gadgets

Has it come to this, do you really need an electric martini shaker? The Waring Pro Electric Martini Shaker/Stirrer delivers your martini shaken, or stirred (Rick at Martini Groove reminds us shaken for vodka drinks, stirred for gin). The martini maker has a 20-oz. brushed stainless steel shaker and a one oz. measuring cap. Personally I enjoy the theatrical aspect of creating drinks and I don't think I'd trust a bartender who used one but this might be a fun gift for the gadget-obsessed. It sells for $99.95.

Tags: bartending, cocktail, drinks, holidash, holiday gifts, martini, shaker

to22 Says No Martini Without an Olive!

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Decor, Spirits

Don't take olives in your martini? Well then this is definitely not the glass for you, because this martini glass by to22 can't do without at least one olive. When designing this glass the thought was that "the olive has become the signature element of a martini, and yet it is treated almost as an afterthought."
Now when to22 went to give the olive greater importance they weren't messing around! The olive is so important to a drink in this glass that you can't have one without it, literally. The olive is used to plug a hole in the bottom of the glass.

Great idea and I love it! But I will say this: this is not a glass I'll hold over my lap or walk around with...you know, just in case.

Tags: alcohol, drink, drinks, glass, glasses, glassware, martini, olive, olives, spirits, to22

7 of the Craziest Luxury Vodkas

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Spirits

Vodka connoisseur? Or maybe I should say vodka collector? There are any number of top-of-the-line varieties out there but when it comes to style and unique design a few of them stick way out of the crowd. Here are 7 of the most outrageous luxury vodkas:

Gold Flakes Supreme Quadruple distilled ultra-premium vodka with 24 carat gold flakes floating throughout.
DIVA Triple distilled and filtered through crushed diamonds and gemstones, it also has a pillar containing precious gems running up through the center of the bottle.
Tommy Gun Vodka It comes in a glass bottle shaped like a machine gun. And sorry, the gun doesn't actually fire vodka (yet).
Go Wodka Extreme Comes in toothpaste tube-type bottles and is available in 3 flavors. Currently only sold in Austria and Germany.
Garlic Vodka Yikes (not a good drink for a date!). Touted as both enhancing the flavors of certain meals and warding off illness, you can also opt for horseradish flavored vodka, if you prefer.
Cactus Vodka It's the only "prickly pear" flavored vodka in the world, which means it's slightly sweet and slightly pink.
Twistee Shots Uses the idea of yin and yang and is meant to mix two distinct and different flavors in one drink.

Via Book of Joe

Tags: alcohol, drink, drinks, gold, spirits, vodka

Virtual Bartender

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Gadgets, Spirits

Here's what might be the ultimate gadget for your home bar. The My Fountain can store and dispense 16 chilled liquids. Put in your mixers, liquors and other beverages and the machine can dole out both single liquids or drinks based on recipes. The machine can also be password protected for different users. The machine sells for $2,500 and is available for pre-order now although it won't be out until next year. Combine this with an Enomatic for your wine and you could open your own automated bar.

[via Gizmodo]

Tags: bar, bartender, drinks, gadgets, virtual bartender

The $51 Margarita

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Dining, Spirits

When you think of environments where you might find an outrageously expensive drink a western theme with beef brisket and bull-riding probably doesn't come to mind. But then all kinds of strange things happen in New York, and the restaurant located in Rockefeller Center called Johnny Utah's is no exception. That expensive drink is a $51 margarita called the Vault, and it's made with Herradura Suprema tequila, grilled lime juice, and agave syrup. Seems pretty simple, but then usually simple is best.

Tags: alcohol, beverage, beverages, cocktail, cocktails, drink, drinks, johnny utah, johnny utah's, johnny utahs, JohnnyUtah, JohnnyUtah's, JohnnyUtahs, margarita, new york, new york city, NewYork, NewYorkCity, ny, nyc, restaurant, spirits, tequila, vault

The World's Most Expensive Beer

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Spirits

There are different ways to measure it, but it seems pretty clear that the exclusive title of "world's most expensive beer" goes to Vielle Bon Secours, which is available in London in a bar called Bierdrome and sells for around $39 a pint. Anybody ever had it? Is it worth that kind of cash?

Other contenders on the list include Samuel Adams limited edition Utopia, which sells for $100 per 24 oz bottle, and a mystery beer that some poor sap in New Zealand accidentally paid $2,595 for a pint of.

Tags: alcohol, beer, beverage, drink, drinks, most expensive, MostExpensive, sam adams, SamAdams, samuel adams, SamuelAdams, spirits, Vielle Bon Secours, VielleBonSecours

Coconut Lemongrass Sake

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Spirits

Infused vodkas are pretty much a cocktail standard now but the rise of the saketini has led to infused sakes. Moonstone, which introduced flavor-infused sakes back in 2000. Their latest is their first Nigori (cloudy) sake with the exotic flavor of coconut lemongrass. The new sake won a gold medal at the Taster's Guild International Wine Competition. The flavors make it a match for Thai food as well as anything that uses tropical fruits. The sake sells for $11.

Tags: cocktails, coconut, drinks, lemongrass, rice wine, sake, spirits

The Billionaire's Cocktail

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Spirits

First off, it's not a cocktail that costs a billion dollars (although I'm sure there's one out there, somewhere...) but instead a cocktail designed for a billionaire. That would be an intimidating job I think, to create a drink especially for a specific, very rich, person. Calvin Ayre, billionaire founder of Bodog.com is that person, and The Liquid Muse is the creator of his signature drink, Billion-Ayre's Bet.

Based on his choice spirit Bombay Sapphire, the drink also includes grapefruit juice, Campari, lime, and champagne. See the complete recipe here, and think: what would your signature cocktail be?

Tags: billionaire, bombay sapphire, BombaySapphire, cocktail, drink, drinks, entertainment-awards, rich, signature, spirits, wealthy

Million Dollar Coconut Brandy...Any Takers?

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Spirits

Mendis is introducing the world's first ultra-premium coconut brandy, and they're not shy about making a big deal about it. Mendis coconut brandy is an all-natural, clear brandy with delicate tones of coconut, vanilla, and chocolate and a "velvety sweet texture." It's recommended neat or on the rocks, but can also be enjoyed mixed.

The very first bottle of this very first coconut brandy is going up for sale in August for $1 million dollars. So if you're the type to collect "firsts," or really love coconut flavored drinks, or just happened to have an extra million or so burning a hole in your pocket, then you might want to hurry and buy that first fancy bottle as it rolls off the product line (well, I'm sure it doesn't actually roll, do you think?) before somebody else does. Or if you're like me, and even if you had it really wouldn't spend that kinda money on a single bottle of anything, you can enter to win the second bottle for free -- along with a luxury trip to go pick it up and personal security to help you hold on to your pricey little prize.

So how much do you think it would go for on eBay?

Tags: alcohol, brandy, coconut, dollars, drink, drinks, enter to win, EnterToWin, free, mendis, million, spirits, win

The Teastick

by Nicole Weston (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Dining

Tea is very popular right now and from white and green teas to black tea, consumers are switching to loose-leaf teas, which deliver more flavor per cup. Described as one of the ideal tea infusers by Imbibe magazine, the Teastick is a great little gadget to complement your favorite loose-leaf tea. It is made of a solid piece of stainless steel with tiny holes that allow water into its main chamber to soak the tea leaves. The holes are small enough to keep even the finest teas out of the cup, while still brewing it to your exact specifications. The teastick has a small hook on top to prevent it from sliding into mugs and cups and can also be used as a stirrer, if you take milk or sugar. Price: $18.

Tags: drink, drinks, tea, tea leaves, teastick, The Teastick, TheTeastick, trend

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