 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.
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