Sailor Guevara

With an eye toward modern craft spirits, top bartenders share their favorite riffs on two classic drinks: the swizzle and the negroni.

• Cocktails
• Negroni
• craft spirits

Fall drinks that deliver to your guests delight (or fright) can be so much more than Halloween gimmickry and red food coloring. Here’s how to elevate them while making use of great craft spirits.

• Halloween
• Cocktails
• Halloween cocktails

What’s hot at the bar has a direct relationship to which bottles are mostly likely to get a spot behind it. For distillers who want to meet the mixology moment, here’s a look at real-life cocktail trends developing in 2024 and moving on into 2025.

• Cocktails
• Mixology
• Trends

The martini is an undeniable classic with timeless appeal, yet it’s also evolved over the years. Here’s a look at the modern history of the martini, as told via recipes that give craft spirits pride of place.

• spirits
• martini
• recipes

The cocktails you serve at your distillery’s bar can be the gateway to a new world of consumer connection to your spirits. From seasonal offerings to homemade practicality, here are some tips on how tasting bars can win new friends and sell bottles.

• Cocktails
• Cocktail recipes
• whiskey

As the temperature soars, here are some simple ideas for refreshing cocktails that use artisanal spirits and modifiers to help you and your guests stay cool.

• Cocktails
• low ABV cocktails
• artisanal spirits

For Independence Day and beyond, here are some cocktails perfect for enjoying while you work the grill or enjoy those summertime foods kissed by fire.

• Cocktails
• Whiskey
• cocktail recipes

From the pros who make the spirits, here are some surefire ways to mix the spirit-loving dad in your life something special on Father’s Day.

• Father's Day
• whiskey
• cocktails

Here’s how to celebrate Mother’s Day in a way that befits a distiller.

• Cocktails
• Mixology
• Mother’s Day

Granulated peat—pulled from American soil and driven by environmental concerns—is different from the peat moss traditionally used in the production of Scotch. At least one distillery is experimenting with cold infusions that add a different dimension to single-malt whiskey.

• peated whiskey
• granulated peat
• distilling

An on-site liquid-to-lips program is essential for producers to connect with customers—and not just your visitors, but also the bars where you aim to gain a foothold. Here are some key points to keep in mind when setting up and refining the bar program at your own distillery.

• distillery bar programs
• cocktails

Once you get into making your own liqueurs, it can be hard to stop, whether at the bar or at home—there are many ways to get creative, they make great gifts, and they can help you use up those leftover spirits.

• Liqueur
• Coffee liqueur
• Liqueur recipe