 Dear Curious Reader, You've been missing discovering new distilleries? Your patience is rewarded today with a visit at Mampe Neue Heimat in Kreuzberg, Berlin. It is not any brand or any distillery but one of the oldest spirit brand connected to the city of Berlin. When Tom...   Dear Curious Reader, There are all those myths about vodka, is it needed to debunk them or just embrace them? But is there such a thing as something useless about vodka? Let's find out!  Photo by Melissa Walker Horn on Unsplash  Dear Curious Reader,
We all spend way to much time on Instagram, but are we spending that time the right way? To make sure we'll go in the right direction, here are some accounts you may like to follow.  Dear Curious Reader, Ever thought about it? If not that's the occasion to find out. This is not about spirit making stricto sensu but this is a good story to take away and impress people at dinner. Maybe. Actually it is not such a random fact as it may seem: it tells a lot about our societies. So why is a bar called a bar?  Photo by Adam Wilson on Unsplash 
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Let's use this tradition of advent calendar, not for eating chocolate, but for learning about spirits. Use it as a moment to compare spirits from a category, taking notes and tasting notes, and practice blind tasting. Even better, do it with a friend. This is the cheapest way to learn about spirits. Here is a selection. Check the one that is making sense for you. They are all coming out in the coming weeks. So you'll be ready!  Dear Curious Reader,
Did you know that Spiritsfully is organizing tour of the Berlin of good drinks ? Want to know about the new bars ? Want to know about the craft spirits scene ? Want to discover who are the berlin spirits makers ? Check the website or drop an email. Cheers!  Dear Curious Reader,
Earlier this summer, VinePair worked on the greatest translation cheatsheet you can imaging, and I couldn't not share.  Dear Curious Reader, To inaugurate a series of posts about Bar Convent Berlin 2018, let's start with the best and rarest tasting that took place on that sunny Wednesday 10 of October 2018. I'm talking about the BAIJIU tasting hosted by Jürgen Deibel, Paul Mathew and Derek Sandhaus. I can already hear you: WHY SHOULD YOU CARE ABOUT BAIJIU?   Dear Curious Reader, BCB 2018 closed its doors last evening at 7PM after intense three days. What is it to remember ?   Pálinka is a traditional double distilled eau-de-vie produced mainly in Hungary,
Why making an extra article whereas fruit brandies already have a full dedicated page? Because Palinka is ...  Dear Curious Reader,
When I switched career from contemporary art to the art of spirits making, former acquaintances were sometimes coming to me with a lot of surprise in their eyes and ask “are you a medium now?”. The first time I heard that, I was quite astonished as I never thought of the homonymy between spirits and medium. Ghosts are definitely not part of my world and divination neither. However when I am not writing about liquors, most of my activities are...   Photo by Michael Mroczek on Unsplash Dear Curious Reader,
Summer is not over yet (at least in Berlin), and before fall comes, it's time to review your spirit and food knowledge and go bold. Why not trying whisky and steak or a gin with a mirabelle tart? It seems counter intuitive as spirits do have a higher alcohol content. Alcohol can be aggressive, diminish the flavors of a meal. But again everything is a question of measure. Spirits over a dish is like a period at the end of the sentence. Tiny but essential as it reveals the meanng of the whole sentence. If you're thirsty, you drink water, right ? Before we dive, no misunderstanding, it is not about cocktails and food pairing but spirits and food. Let's dive.  Applejack is an alcoholic beverage made from apples. It goes back to the time when the United States was still an English colony. It is produced from the raw must concentration by fractional distillation at very low or hot temperature.
The term apple “jack" comes from...  This is made by Sazerac. This is no way an affiliate post. Just for you to know. this said I think it is a beautiful and clear introduction to Mezcal, Sotol and Tequila. They did a real great work I especially like that they show the diversity of the varietals!   The word peket means "spicy" in old Walloon. According to other sources, this word comes from the language of the coal workers. It probably comes from the Walloon word pèke which, in certain regions of Wallonia, means juniper berries. This name was then transposed, in Wallonia, to brandy flavoured with these berries. Peket is a grain alcohol distilled in the Mosane region, from Maastricht to Namur. It is flavoured with juniper berries which give it that characteristic taste. Today there are several varieties of peket with different flavors such as cuberdon, cherry, strawberry, wild fruits, chocolate, passion fruit, grenadine, mint, orange, lemon, blackcurrant, violet, apple, speculoos, peppers (it then takes the name of "hell"), coconut... Last things to know? Drink it neat but chilled. Spiritsfully hasn't tried it yet but will soon. Want to know how it tastes? Check it HERE  Source of picture: https://www.traveldistilled.com/peket-the-spirit-of-liege/  Dear curious reader, The sumptuous spirits makers interview series is back! This week Spiritsfully met with German Theresa Bullmann who works as a distiller at Atelier du bouilleur, a leading place as per craft distilling techniques and discourses. CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO READ THE INTERVIEW!   Dear curious reader, Another city, another distillery. This time we are in Paris and Nicolas Julhès opened the door of La Distillerie de Paris to spiritsfully. Let the visit begin!   Dear curious reader, You like learning about spirits, that is why you are here. And you are not taking yourself very seriously, this is also why you are here. And you do not want to suffer while you learn, you want to enjoy it. This is what spiritsfully is about. And this is also what Grain d'Ivresse is about and this is the website and You tube channel I'd like to draw your attention upon today. It is in French but with English subtitles. I love what they do as I love their light and unpretentious tone, I feel it totally complements what I'm doing here with spiritsfully as they draw emphasis on the cocktail world and the bar scene (which I decided not to cover) and they go and look outside of the spirits world from tea to wines or beer and coffee. Why do not go and check it right now? A DISTILLERY VISIT IN BERLIN AT THE PREUSSICHE SPIRITUOSEN MANUFAKTUR, THE OLDEST RUNNING FACILITY.5/4/2018
 Dear reader, On another cold and sunny berlin day spiritsfully visited a distillery in the north east of the city. Urban distilleries are not limited to New York and Brooklyn indeed. The Preussische Spirituosen Manufaktur was actually created in 1874 and is in fonction since then. Feeling like visiting history? Let's dive in.  |
