Mezcal for Día de Muertos: Bottles and Cocktails to Pour
How to choose mezcal for Día de Muertos with respect for the tradition. Dorothy Ramos explains espadín, tobalá and ensamble in plain terms, shows how to taste mezcal from a...
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Whiskey guides, tasting notes, new releases and bottle deep-dives from the Liquor Geeks editorial team.
Mezcal for Día de Muertos: Bottles and Cocktails to Pour
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Green Liquor Guide: Chartreuse, Midori & Absinthe Explained
Green liquor isn't one spirit — it's three completely different ones that happen to share a color. This guide breaks down Chartreuse's monk-made herbal recipe, Midori's melon-forward sweetness, and absinthe's...
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Organic Gin and Heavy Metals: What the Testing Actually Shows
Worried that "organic gin" and heavy metals might overlap? A 2020 spirits-testing study and USDA organic rules tell a clear story: licensed, commercially bottled gin tests clean for lead and...
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Lychee Vodka Cocktails: Best Bottles and 3 Martini Recipes
Lychee vodka cocktails bring floral, delicate sweetness to fall drink menus without the sugar-heavy build of a classic Soho lychee liqueur martini. This guide compares infused vodka like Kai Lychee...
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Spiced Rum for Fall: Best Bottles and Cozy Cocktails
Spiced rum ranges from candy-sweet mixers to drier, barrel-forward sippers, and knowing which is which changes how you use it. This guide covers what goes into a spiced rum, how...
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The Best Bourbon for Fall: 8 Bottles for Sweater Weather
Sweater weather calls for richer bourbon: higher proofs, deeper barrel char, and wheated mash bills that lean into caramel and baking spice instead of summer's bright rye heat. This guide...
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Halloween Cocktails: 7 Party Drinks With a Spooky Twist
Seven party-scale Halloween cocktails built around bottles that do the color work naturally — blackberry punch, a color-changing butterfly-pea gin fizz, a blood-orange tequila drink, and a graveyard-dirt bourbon cream...
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Fall Whiskey Cocktails: 6 Warming Drinks for Cooler Nights
Six fall-ready whiskey cocktails — Apple Cider Old Fashioned, Maple Manhattan, Hot Toddy, Whiskey Sour with cinnamon syrup, Kentucky Mule with pear, and a batchable Boulevardier — with full bar...
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Remy Martin XO Extra Old Cognac: The Buyer's Guide
Remy Martin XO Extra Old Cognac is built from 400+ eaux-de-vie sourced exclusively from the Grande and Petite Champagne crus. This buyer's guide breaks down the XO age classification, the...
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5 Thanksgiving-to-December Cocktails with Orange Curaçao
From the Sidecar to a festive Blue Curaçao Snow Fizz, this guide ranks the triple sec hierarchy — entry-level orange liqueurs, rum-based curaçao, and cognac-based bottles — and walks through...
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Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label: The Thanksgiving Champagne Choice
Veuve Clicquot's range runs from the everyday Yellow Label Brut to a fruit-forward Rosé and the prestige-tier La Grande Dame — and Thanksgiving is a good excuse to know the...
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Crown Royal XO Review: Cognac Finish, Reserve & 18 Compared
Crown Royal XO takes the brand's flagship blend of fifty reserve whiskies and finishes it in Cognac casks instead of sherry or maple casks. This review compares its fruitier, brandy-adjacent...
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George T. Stagg 2026: BTAC Release Notes & Buying Guide
George T. Stagg is the headline bottle in Buffalo Trace's Antique Collection, and every fall it disappears from shelves almost instantly. This guide breaks down what makes Stagg's barrel-proof bottling...
