Welcome to Vine Geeks, with your hostess on all things wine, Kate Crowley. Crowley is not a sommelier, but learned to pour a glass of wine properly at ten years of age — because it is an important life skill to master early. See also: – 10 Favorite Metro Phoenix…
“Los Milics” In this occasional series, Pavle Milic (co-owner of FnB, Baratin, Bodega and AZ Wine Merchants in Scottsdale) will spill about his current mission to learn how wine is made — literally from the Southern Arizona ground up. Today: What’s in a name? And some advice from the pros…
Beer: #9 Brewery: Magic Hat Brewing Co. Style: American Pale Ale ABV: 5.1 percent There are a few ways to judge the strength of beer culture in a city. One would obviously be the number of breweries operating within the community (and judging by recent events, we’ve got this one)…
Ring the bell, it’s time for Last Call, where JK Grence, bartender at Shady’s, serves up booze advice and recipes. Got a burning question for your bartender? Leave it in the comments and it might be answered in a future column. If you’ve been into a cocktail-oriented bar in the…
If you’ve always wanted to taste a liquor that’s been through more than a few medical tests, look no further than G-Spirits. The German liquor company was born from the brain trust of a few classy bartenders who recognized that “it’s not just the taste which makes you enjoy a…
In the past, pumpkin beers were rare — a seasonal sideshow, showing up only in the breweries daring enough to make them and enjoyed only by drinkers willing to take a chance on the oddities. Today, however, brews made with pumpkin have officially become mainstream, with nearly every brewery worth…
Ring the bell, it’s time for Last Call, where JK Grence, bartender at Shady’s, serves up booze advice and recipes. Got a burning question for your bartender? Leave it in the comments and it might be answered in a future column. After working for five years at the now-shuttered Trader…
Beer: Gordon Biersch Märzen Brewery: Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Style: Märzen/Oktoberfest ABV: 5.8 percent It was a cool fall day more than 200 years ago, and the Germans were partying. It had just been announced that Crown Prince Ludwig, who would later become King Ludwig I, was to be married…
In this occasional series, Pavle Milic (co-owner of FnB, Baratin, Bodega and AZ Wine Merchants in Scottsdale) will spill about his current mission to learn how wine is made — literally from the Southern Arizona ground up. Today: the harvest. Momentary Suspension of Reality I have made the drive to…
Ring the bell, it’s time for Last Call, where JK Grence, bartender at Shady’s, serves up booze advice and recipes. Got a burning question for your bartender? Leave it in the comments and it might be answered in a future column. It’s happened to you. At least, I secretly hope…
Beer: Samuel Adams Thirteenth Hour Brewery: Boston Brewing Co. Style: Belgian-style stout ABV: 9 percent See also: Four Peaks Up ‘N’ Runnin’ See also: Odell DeConstruction I like to think I’m pretty advanced, from an evolutionary standpoint. I went to college; I can string sentences together fairly well; my thumbs…
One of my favorite parts of writing Last Call is getting to answer people’s burning questions about booze. I’m not kidding in the intro tag up there, I truly love getting to pull the curtain back on the alchemy of bartending. This week, I opened up the mailbag and read:…
Beer: DeConstruction Ale Brewery: Odell Brewing Co. Style: American Wild Ale ABV: 10.5 percent See also: Four Peaks Up ‘N’ Runnin’ See also: Schneider Aventinus Weizenbock Welcome back to Craft Beer 101, class. Hope you brought your thinking caps as well as your drinking glasses, because today’s lesson is quite…
Ring the bell, it’s time for Last Call, where JK Grence, bartender at Shady’s, serves up booze advice and recipes. Got a burning question for your bartender? Leave it in the comments and it might be answered in a future column. I pity the poor Cosmopolitan. At the turn of…
Ring the bell, it’s time for Last Call, where JK Grence, bartender at Shady’s, serves up booze advice and recipes. Got a burning question for your bartender? Leave it in the comments and it might be answered in a future column. See Also: Want Something With Beer? Have a Shandy…
Beer: Up ‘N’ Runnin’ Brewery: Four Peaks Brewing Co. Style: Mild Ale ABV: 4.8 percent See also: SanTan Count Hopula See also: Schneider Aventinus Weizenbock Mother Road. Mischief. Freak’n Brew. Arizona Wilderness. North Mountain. THAT Brewery. OHSO. Fate. Granite Mountain. Desert Eagle. Oh, and Four Peaks. Some of those names…
Ring the bell, it’s time for Last Call, where JK Grence, bartender at Shady’s, serves up booze advice and recipes. Got a burning question for your bartender? Leave it in the comments and it might be answered in a future column. See Also: Five More Drinks That Get Screwed Up…
Beer: Count Hopula Brewery: SanTan Brewing Co. Style: American Strong Ale ABV: 7.1 percent See also: SanTan Mr. Pineapple Beers that come out every year but don’t stick around for long — seasonals, we call them — are an important piece of any brewery’s portfolio. Drinkers will often eagerly anticipate…
See also: Local Bistro: Happy Hour Report Card See also: Kelly’s at SouthBridge: Happy Hour Report Card The Spot: Richardson’s, 6335 N. 16th Street, Phoenix, 602-287-8900, www.richardsonsnm.com. The Hours: Happy Hour: 2:30 p.m to 5:30 p.m. every day…
Ring the bell, it’s time for Last Call, in which Shady’s bartender JK Grence serves up booze advice and recipes. Got a burning question for your bartender? Leave it in the comments and it might be answered in a future column. See Also: Classic, Straight-Up Daiquiri Ask most bartenders what…
Beer: Aventinus Weizenbock Brewery: Schneider & Sohn Style: Weizenbock ABV: 8.2 percent See also: Dogfish Head Indian Brown Ale With new breweries popping up almost every day to create unique new brews, craft beer is currently experiencing a renaissance in America. All this excitement over beer may confuse citizens of…
Ring the bell, it’s time for Last Call, where JK Grence, bartender at Shady’s, serves up booze advice and recipes. Got a burning question for your bartender? Leave it in the comments and it might be answered in a future column. See Also: Five Safe Drinks in Any Bar See…
