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Upgrade Your Gin And Tonic With These 10 Recommended American Craft Gins

The botanical-driven spirit is being reinvented

May 21, 2013 2:01 pm

Gin is no longer a harsh, toxic liquor fit for ruining mothers and breeding destruction. Today’s gin can be aromatic, organic, made with locally grown botanicals and decidedly American. Step up your springtime gin and tonic with one of these American craft gins.

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Nolet's Gin Silver Raspberry Buck Cocktail Recipe

Refreshing drink to sip while watching the Masters

Apr 12, 2013 3:01 pm

Searching for a cocktail to make while watching Tiger Woods take on the field at The Masters this weekend at Augusta? Nolet's Gin — coincidentally, the official gin of the PGA Tour — shared an exclusive and highly refreshing cocktail with us, created by Nolet Spirits U.S. Mixologist Jaren Singh. The recipe, right this way.

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8 Cocktails That Remind Us That Spring Has Officially Sprung

The dark spirits can take is easy for a bit

Mar 22, 2013 2:02 pm

Hey, guess what? Spring started yesterday. That’s right, you can stop complaining about winter right about now. Spring also means that it’s time to push those dark spirits aside (don't worry, just a little bit). It's more refreshing tipples. Because sunshine and warm weather calls for citrus, gin and — hell, man — maybe even a Pimm’s Cup.

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How I Came To The Conclusion That Making Gin Was My Destiny

Simon Ford on the birth of Fords Gin

Feb 27, 2013 3:02 pm

Gin is my favorite spirit and has played a huge role in my career since I first started working for Plymouth in 1998. After 15 years in the juniper business, I pulled from the knowledge and ideas that I had picked up and Fords Gin was born! Read on to learn about the process of making gin.

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The Problem With Terms Like Craft Distilling, Artisanal And Small-Batch

Trying to decode spirits terminology

Feb 15, 2013 3:01 pm

How many so-called craft distillers are just former bankers wondering what to do with their Wall Street millions? On the flip side, some of the most experimental and best distillers in small distilleries are young, passionate industry experts who have become entrepreneurs after years of industry experience and have turned to making excellent spirits. Our columnist Simon Ford tackles the dilemma of what to call independent spirits makers.

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Step Away From The Gun: 5 Very Good Tonics To Mix With Gin

Hey barkeeps! How about a bottled tonic, OK?

Feb 14, 2013 2:03 pm

Here at Food Republic, we love gin. We love when it’s made in England. We love learning fun facts about it too. But mostly, and obviously, we love drinking the stuff — in cocktails or a well-stirred gin and tonic. But it makes us super sad when the tonic is shot out of a gun. Here are five reason's we're all for the banning of guns. Soda guns.

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16 Bottles To Buy: Vodka & Gin

Gift something stiff this holiday season

Dec 10, 2012 3:01 pm

Anyone who has every participated in a Secret Santa exchange knows one simple truth about gift giving: you cannot go wrong with booze. So, to ensure that you’re everyone’s favorite person at the holiday party this year, best to stock up on a few choice bottles. Sure, it’s a safe bet. But it’s also pretty darn smooth, if you’re looking to win points with the recipient. If you’re lucky, you might even get a sip as a thank you.

Cocktail of the Week

Forest For The Trees Cocktail

A perfect, and piney, match for your next steak

Oct 26, 2012 3:31 pm

The ceremony of a three-martini lunch may no longer be a staple of the American businessman, but the pairing of stirred spirits and steak is something that we hope will never fade. Typically, one might consider requesting whiskey as a great match for beef, but at Prime Meats in Brooklyn, head barman Damon Boelte has given us one more reason to consider gin, or in this case, genever, with his Forest for the Trees cocktail.