Tom Bulleit introduced his 10 years old to Belgium and we don’t mean his grandson, we’re talking about his ‘Bulleit Bourbon 10 Years Old’. The place to be was Jord Althuizen’s grill tower, ‘Black Smoke’. Actually it was the grill tower’s rooftop, bathing in sunlight, were we spent a very pleasant afternoon, soaked in beer,…
Tag: Bourbon
Uncle Babe’s Burger Bar
Technically it’s not a cocktail bar or at least not meant to be one. The concept was to be a normal bar where you could eat real burgers. However with a backbar as impressive as this, it turns out to be a little more than just a “normal”bar. And they serve cocktails too. Uncle Babe’s…
Bar Convent Berlin 2014 – Too soon for the next trend in cocktails and spirits?
BCB or Bar Convent Berlin, is easily the biggest cocktail and spirits convention of Europe. Now having successfully closed it’s 8th edition and welcomed more than 9000 visitors it should call itself EBC – Berlin (European Bar Convent – Berlin). Because – and we quote a female bartender standing in the waiting line – “Holy…
The many faces of American whiskey and stuff they put on their labels
Recently I had the extraordinary privilege to receive a private lesson about Bourbon by Mr. Henry Joe of Heaven Hill Distilleries, who machine-gunned me the full 60 minutes with the history, process, differences, label terms and tastes of Bourbon and American whiskeys. Conclusion: there’s a lot to know…and a lot to taste. All this happened…
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