Gin
Why Isn't America Drinking More Genever?
Largely unknown in the US, genever isn't juniper-flavored stuff we think of as gin, even if they are related. At its core, genever is whiskey.
Time for a Martini with Enough Crudités to Feed an Army
It's the end of the day and the end of the week, so stir up Mission Chinese Food's ice-cold martini and eat it with a massive platter of crunchy snacks.
Dirty Work: Martinis and Crudités with Sam Anderson of Mission Chinese Food
How do you keep something like a martini current and classic at the same time? For answers, we turned to Mission Chinese Food's beverage director Sam Anderson.
Mission Chinese Martini with Crudités Recipe
One of the best aspects of a great martini is the bar snack that comes with it. Why not combine the two?
Give Your New Year's Party a Punch
This isn’t the diluted Kool-Aid mixed with frozen “fruit punch” concentrate that they were serving in your high school gym. For legitimately delicious punch, we asked some quality bartenders to throw us their favorite renditions of high-end jungle...
Every Cocktail Recipe You Need to Survive New Year’s Eve
Give 2015 the send off it deserves with a cocktail from one of MUNCHIES’ favourite bartenders. Guaranteed to be more fun than the “rad nye house party!!!” you got a Facebook invite for in November.
Millennials Are Drinking More Gin and Tonic Than Any of Us
According to new market research, 42 percent of Brits aged 18 to 34 have drunk gin in the past 12 months, compared to 27 percent of over-45s, pushing UK sales to surpass £1 billion for the first time.
Glasgow Is Going Crazy for a Bar That Only Serves Milk
“People make a face initially when they taste it, then they tell us how great it is. It’s a nice, easy drink—maybe too easy,” says Paul Crawford, a Glasgow bar owner whose establishment serves just one drink: the milk and gin-based Panther Milk.
Scotland Is Running Out of the Gin-Producing Juniper Plant
A new study from conservation group Plantlife has found that Scotland’s supply of juniper, the plant used to flavour gin, is being killed off by deadly fungal disease phytophthora austrocedrae.
Lemon Thyme Jenever Cocktail Recipe
This refreshing jenever-based cocktail only contains four ingredients and takes a matter of seconds to make. What are you waiting for?
Quebec's Forbidden Spirits
Simon Coutu and Ogden Ridjanovic go on an all-day bender in regional Quebec to find out why it's so difficult to purchase locally crafted spirits.