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Time for the annual Irish whiskey recruitment drive! (Also: picklebacks!) *smartset

Time for the annual Irish whiskey recruitment drive! (Also: picklebacks!)

#4038
How do you describe vodka? Jason Wilson spent 8+ hours in the Swedish Embassy, along with Absolut, Grant Achatz and two dozen bartenders asking this question. The answer? *smartset

How do you describe vodka? Jason Wilson spent 8+ hours in the Swedish Embassy, along with Absolut, Grant Achatz and two dozen bartenders asking this question. The answer?

#4019
Microdistillers, moonshiners, and a recipe for the White Manhattan in the Washington Post. *smartset

Microdistillers, moonshiners, and a recipe for the White Manhattan in the Washington Post.

#4007
Is anyone still paying over $50 for Tuscan wines? Here are some budget suggestions from Jason Wilson's new wine column. *smartset

Is anyone still paying over $50 for Tuscan wines? Here are some budget suggestions from Jason Wilson's new wine column.

#3971
Exploring aquavit, alone and in cocktails, including Robert Hess' classic, the Trident. *smartset

Exploring aquavit, alone and in cocktails, including Robert Hess' classic, the Trident.

#3944
As the Angostura shortage worsens, some survival tips in the Washington Post. For instance: How about switching to Rum Manhattans? *smartset

As the Angostura shortage worsens, some survival tips in the Washington Post. For instance: How about switching to Rum Manhattans?

#3847
Happy 500th birthday, Benedictine. Here's an Acacia cocktail to celebrate. *smartset

Happy 500th birthday, Benedictine. Here's an Acacia cocktail to celebrate.

#3833
A look at spirits auctions, and the really really really expensive stuff in the Washington Post. *smartset

A look at spirits auctions, and the really really really expensive stuff in the Washington Post.

#3817
Punches for New Year's Eve, plus a look back at the year in spirits & cocktails (as well as a look ahead) at the Washington Post. *smartset

Punches for New Year's Eve, plus a look back at the year in spirits & cocktails (as well as a look ahead) at the Washington Post.

#3793
A tutorial on homemade infusions, mixers, garnishes, and more from Todd Thrasher of PX in the Washington Post. *smartset

A tutorial on homemade infusions, mixers, garnishes, and more from Todd Thrasher of PX in the Washington Post.

#3730
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Hot stuff! Chili pepper infusions and cocktails from the Washington Post, including habanero-infused applejack. *smartset

Hot stuff! Chili pepper infusions and cocktails from the Washington Post, including habanero-infused applejack.

#3710
A review of Fine Living Network's new show Bartender Wars, which according to the Washington Post "may set bartending back two decades." *smartset

A review of Fine Living Network's new show Bartender Wars, which according to the Washington Post "may set bartending back two decades."

#3542
Just in time for autumn, an appreciation of Calvados, both for cocktails and after dinner, in the Washington Post. *smartset

Just in time for autumn, an appreciation of Calvados, both for cocktails and after dinner, in the Washington Post.

#3463
The Red Headed Slut, which died in New Orleans this summer, has returned to life as a fresher, nicer drink: The Molly Ringwald. *smartset

The Red Headed Slut, which died in New Orleans this summer, has returned to life as a fresher, nicer drink: The Molly Ringwald.

#3324
Jason Wilson discusses maraschino, Chartreuse, and The Last Word in the Washington Post. *smartset

Jason Wilson discusses maraschino, Chartreuse, and The Last Word in the Washington Post.

#3247
The Vampiro, and other hangover cures, in the Washington Post. *smartset

The Vampiro, and other hangover cures, in the Washington Post.

#3222
A Ginger Peach Julep, and a report from Tales of the Cocktail, in the Washington Post. *smartset

A Ginger Peach Julep, and a report from Tales of the Cocktail, in the Washington Post.

#3194
Alternatives to the Negroni from Jason Wilson in the Washington Post. *smartset

Alternatives to the Negroni from Jason Wilson in the Washington Post.

#3160
Does the world need another vodka? Can a vodka actually have taste? Odd, really, how very few vodka companies ponder these questions. *smartset

Does the world need another vodka? Can a vodka actually have taste? Odd, really, how very few vodka companies ponder these questions.

#3136
Drinking trends come and go, but tiki will always be with us. It keeps returning every few years or so, like the mustache or animal-print fabric. Jason Wilson explains in the Washington Post. *smartset

Drinking trends come and go, but tiki will always be with us. It keeps returning every few years or so, like the mustache or animal-print fabric. Jason Wilson explains in the Washington Post.

#3113
How Paris Hilton caused prosecco producers to lobby for a brand new DOCG. *smartset

How Paris Hilton caused prosecco producers to lobby for a brand new DOCG.

#3066
You're afraid of grappa, right? Well, don't be. Jason Wilson explains in the Washington Post. *smartset

You're afraid of grappa, right? Well, don't be. Jason Wilson explains in the Washington Post.

#3027
If you want to develop a taste for anise, sambuca, or absinthe, start young. Good advice, indeed, for many tastes. *smartset

If you want to develop a taste for anise, sambuca, or absinthe, start young. Good advice, indeed, for many tastes.

#3022
From the Washington Post's new All We Can Eat blog, Jason Wilson goes scoping out new aperitivi in Italy. *smartset

From the Washington Post's new All We Can Eat blog, Jason Wilson goes scoping out new aperitivi in Italy.

#3010
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It only happens a few times in a decade, but this spring port makers have declared 2007 a vintage year. Jason Wilson discusses fine port in a time of economic collapse. *smartset

It only happens a few times in a decade, but this spring port makers have declared 2007 a vintage year. Jason Wilson discusses fine port in a time of economic collapse.

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