News & Notes

How to Pair Girl Scout Cookies With Craft Beer

Editor's note: This timely piece is cross-posted from our on-premise sister publication, Cheers. As some consumers eagerly await their deliveries of Girl Scout cookie orders, several locations of The Brass Tap restaurant chain are gearing...

Indiana Repeals Sunday Alcohol Sales Ban

For the first time in Indiana’s history, consumers can purchase a bottle of spirits beginning this Sunday after Governor Eric Holcomb signed legislation striking down a Prohibition-era Sunday alcohol sales ban. According to an economic...

Vitani Mule Premade Cocktail

Vitani Spirits has announced its newest pre-mixed cocktail: the Vitani Mule. The Vitani Mule is made with vodka, natural ginger and lime, and is 12% ABV. Currently this canned cocktail comes in 200-ml. single-serve aluminum bottles,...

3 Ways Oak Aging Improves Wine

Most modern wines are fermented in stainless-steel tanks and sold in glass bottles, but winemakers still use traditional oak barrels. These can refine and improve most premium red wines and those whites, like Chardonnay,...

Johnnie Walker Launches Limited Edition ‘Jane Walker’ Bottle

Johnnie Walker has unveiled Jane Walker, the first-ever female iteration of the brand's Striding Man logo, which will debut on a special-edition offering of the Black Label blend. Johnnie Walker Black Label The Jane Walker...

Bacon Wine

Guarachi Wine Partners has announced the launch of Bacon, a Rhône-style red blend from the Central Coast of California. Dark red fruits with hints of peppery spice wrap around juicy flavors that embody a wine...

Campari America Will Move U.S. Headquarters from SF to NYC

Campari America, the U.S. subsidiary of the global Campari Group, announced today it will move headquarters from San Francisco to New York City in the fall of 2018. The new offices will house U.S. operations,...

Allocations Ship for 2018 Rebel Yell Single Barrel

Allocations of the 2018 Rebel Yell Single Barrel have shipped out. This wheated bourbon is 100 proof and aged in charred oak barrels for 10 years. Rebel Yell Single Barrel ranked No. 12 in Whisky Advocate’s Top 20...

Old Overholt Bonded Straight Rye Whiskey

New on shelves and back bars: Old Overholt Bonded Straight Rye Whiskey. In honor of the brand's 100-year-plus history, they've tapped into an American distilling tradition: the “Bottled-In-Bonded” Act of 1897. Old Overholt Bonded Straight...

New Belgium Brewing Announces Layoffs

Another major craft brewer is going through tough times. New Belgium Brewing Company recently announced that it will let go of 28 employees across production, administration, finance, HR and IT. The employee-owned, nationally distributed company first...