Small Batch Cocktail & Spirits News from France
This year’s Guide to Gifts for Cocktail Lovers focuses on new liquids that can’t (or can’t easily) be found outside of France. So, while any drinks enthusiast worth their cocktail salt would appreciate something from the selection below, there are a few prime choices for that perfect gift to bring someone from Paris! La Distillerie […]
Just when you thought you didn’t need another booze brand, the newly launched La Distillerie Generale proves otherwise with their exclusive spirits line designed to make the exceptional a little more accessible. The range includes one or more references of various liqueurs and liquors including gentian, absinthe, vodka, gin, Armagnac, Cognac, rum, mezcal, whisky and […]
Paris-based beer connoisseurs are familiar with – and fans of – La Fine Mousse. After opening in 2012, this craft beer bar championed the nascent (for Paris) artisanal beer trend and helped create a legion of local drinkers hopped up on hip hops. As their reputation grew, so did their client-base, giving them good reason […]
For the past few years, the G&T has been poised to be Paris’ next go to drink (like the Aperol Spritz). As more gincentric bars appear on the scene, drinkers search for something simple enough to order most anywhere but still sophisticated and refreshing, and certain marketing forces are at work, the Gin To’ keeps […]
Even with a centuries long pedigree, punch has quietly endured less popular periods as well as stalwartly suffered abuse from the collage crowd. Fortunately, over the past decade, Punch has resurfaced (with a capital “P”!) to regain a position as a serious drinks category and serve as a source of inspiration on the cocktail scene. […]
On your mark, get set…go! There’s some serious ‘small batch’ happening in Paris and if you want to get your hands on this little bottle, you’ll want to get in on it early. In celebration of the upcoming Paris Cocktail Week, the PCW crew teamed up with Nicolas Julhès of Distillerie de Paris to create […]
The French have been particularly prolific when it comes to cocktail books this year, and another new one to hit the shelves, en français, comes from the Liquid Liquid Team of Thierry Daniel, Eric Fossard and Jérémy Auger in collaboration with Olivier Reneau. Liquid Liquid is the communications agency specializing in cocktails and spirits that […]
The latest cocktail guide to hit the shelves, en français, this year is a trilogy of recipe books based on gin, whisky and rhum, written by cocktail and spirits journalist, Laurence Marot, and Jules et Jim head bartender, Regis Célabe. With Les Cocktails a base de Whisky, Gin or Rhum, Marot and Célabe have put […]
Le Syndicat 51 rue Faubourg Saint Denis 75010 Paris French ingredients have always been a cornerstone of cocktail culture, lately, la belle France has really been looking inward for inspiration. Case in point: the newly opened le Syndicat. Le Syndicat is the self-proclaimed “Organization in Defense of French Spirits” and, as such, focuses strictly on […]
