No. 40: November/December 2012

FEATURES

Season's Bounty

Celebrate the fruits of winter in your holiday cocktails.

BONUS RECIPE: Aged to Perfection

BONUS RECIPE: Bar Fly

BONUS RECIPE: Belsnickel Cocktail

BONUS RECIPE: Ebony Wood

BONUS RECIPE: Figgy Pudding

BONUS RECIPE: Golden Apple

BONUS RECIPE: Maple-Cranberry Bourbon Smashed

BONUS RECIPE: Reforma

BONUS RECIPE: Winter G&T

BONUS RECIPE: Winter Sour

2012 Holiday Gift Guide

A New Day for Chardonnay

American winemakers are letting the classic grape speak for itself.
WEB EXTRA: 10 domestic Chardonnays worth pouring at your holiday table.

Wheat of the Moment READ »

Warming wheat wine ales make an ideal cold-weather companion.

Coffee After Dark

Six classic after-dinner coffee drinks revisited.

BONUS RECIPE: Irish Coffee

BONUS RECIPE: Spanish Coffee

Up and Away READ »

Whatever you do, don’t call Toronto’s growing cocktail and beer scenes provincial.

WEB EXTRA: Exploring Toronto’s coffee scene.

BONUS RECIPE: Lady Sniper

BONUS RECIPE: Tailor of Panama

DEPARTMENTS

Uncorked A winter-ready Montana chai, where to go for the ultimate Tom & Jerrys, and Ree Drummond on her favorite coffee-fueled winter indulgence.

BONUS RECIPE: Whiskey Maple Cream Sauce

BONUS RECIPE: Dulce de Leche Coffee

BONUS RECIPE: Anvil’s Southern Tom ‘n’ Jerry

BONUS RECIPE: The Barrelhouse Flat’s Tom & Jerry

BONUS RECIPE: Williams & Graham’s Tom & Jerry

WEB EXTRA: Holiday beers of the moment.

WEB EXTRA: 10 budget-friendly holiday wines.

Old Fashioned David Wondrich brings an old-school bartender out of the shadows.

Taste-Test Moscato is Northern Italy’s brunch bubbly at its best.

Gear Hot chocolate pots mix up a favorite wintertime treat.

WEB EXTRA: Cozying up to the best cocoas of the season.

BONUS RECIPE: Malted Hot Cocoa Mix

Elements Give your cocktails and punches an exotic twist with Batavia Arrack. READ »

BONUS RECIPE: Battle of Trafalgar

BONUS RECIPE: Long Snake Moan

BONUS RECIPE: Smoking Cinnamon

Characters In Texas’ High Plains, Cliff Bingham has made viticulture a family affair.

Mix It Up DIY spiced rum adds a kick to your holiday gift-giving.

BONUS RECIPE: Cranberry Cobbler

BONUS RECIPE: Spiced Rum Toddy

BONUS RECIPE: Sure Shot

BONUS RECIPE: Bob Roy

BONUS RECIPE: Spice Rum Daisy

BONUS RECIPE: Homemade Marshmallows

BONUS RECIPE: Candied Orange Peel

WEB EXTRA: Downloadable Spiced Rum recipe cards

WEB EXTRA: Downloadable Spiced Rum gift tags

Scene Scout The SoCal bean scene gets geeky with a six-seat experimental coffee bar.

Cravings A bourbon-rich bread pudding hits a sweet note.

BONUS RECIPE: Kentucky Bourbon Cake

Quench Coming home to a father’s Brandy Alexanders.

RECIPES

Cocktails Dick Francis’ Special, The Spotted Pig's Mulled Wine, Western Passage, Bushwacked, Javanese Yule, The Softer Side, Nutty Squirrel, The Spiced Apple, Winter Pisco Punch, Solstice Sunset, Kumquat-Cardamom Sidecar, The Brown Turkey, Cranberry Smash, Keoke Coffee, Don the Beachcomber’s Coffee Grog, Café Brulot,  Spanish Coffee,  Irish Coffee, Café Pucci,  Athol Brose, Wasabi Caesar, Rumhattan,  Dad’s Brandy Alexander

Cravings Bread Pudding With Dried Sour Cherries in Vanilla Bourbon Sauce

How-to Homemade Spiced Rum