Small Batch Cocktail & Spirits News from France
Today’s technology means we’ve all gone global and there are very few things that can’t be shipped directly to your door with the touch of a few buttons (and a credit card!) While this might make life easier, it makes finding truly original and unique presents to bring back from Paris a little harder. Wanna know […]
We’ve all got at least one Renaissance Man (or Woman!) in our lives. You know that talented multi-tasker with all kinds of random and fascinating bits of knowledge on every topic? A lot of cocktail lovers are kind of like that. While mixed drinks may be their main area of interest, they usually like to […]
Most home bartenders aren’t sitting around drinking alone on a Friday night – they’re getting all their friends around to appreciate their crazy cocktail skills! So, today, we’re talking cocktail gift ideas for the avid entertainer. Punch bowl: Once you get a good amount of people over, it’s hard to keep shaking and stirring for […]
Unlike yesterday’s Cocktail Gift Guide for newbies, today’s Gift Guide is for the Cocktail Lover that has everything. You know that friend that has the goodies and gadgets to make any cocktail from Aviation to Zombie? They’ve already got their smoking guns and aging kits or they’re so picky about their products that you’re just […]
It’s that time of year again…time to celebrate and spend time with loved ones and…oh yeah…wrack your brains for perfect present ideas. To make things just a little easier, we’re bringing you some suggestions on what to give the cocktail lovers in your life with seven days of Gift Guides. Because I often get questions […]
As regular readers know, we occasionally feature passionate players in the Paris food and drink scene and ask them to share their favorite bars or tips. Grape harvest season has been wrapping up and in honour of the upcoming arrival of the Beaujolais Nouveau and the somewhat recent vendanges, we’ve asked some of our favorite professionals in the […]
Squadron 303 Vodka Squadron 303 is an unfiltered, single distilled 40% ABV vodka made from English potatoes in Cambridgeshire. It’s currently only available in UK and France. Why we like it: Squadron 303 is vodka that’s not afraid to assert some personality, unlike most vodka that try and hide the flavor factor. Much like a […]
What do you get when you mix Monkey Shoulder with the fantasy film board game Jumanji? Paris’ latest PopUp, Jumonki. Jumonki is the brainchild of Bordeaux based barman Thibault Gaufryau. As the winner of their Monkey Shoulder Bartender Championship with this jungle themed cocktail concept, he got to realize his fantasy bar, which will remain […]
As we’re heading into drizzly days and winter weather in Paris, it’s nice to have an address in your back pocket for a place that recalls the sunnier times of 50’s California. And, that place is Bluebird. Bluebird is brought to you by Liquid Corp, the same group responsible for the ever-popular and always-fun Dirty […]
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 […]
