Standing Stone Brewing Company, located in quaint, green downtown Ashland, stands out as down to earth in the predominantly Shakespeare-themed town. At the bi-level brewpub, which features a bar, brew deck, and outdoor patio, taste the Steel-Cut Stout, which is brewed with 100 pounds of oats and won Silver at this …
Elysian Super Fuzz Pale ale. Seattle, Washington 5.4% Orange Crush color, funkadelic label, outstanding combination of blood oranges and hops. Some pine tree with your creamsicle? Add to that some fresh grapefruit and you have one of the best fruit beers I’ve tasted. 94 Pts.
Craft whiskey is hugely popular these days, and many of the standout producers are located in New York State. (There are, of course, other great ones around the country.) One such notable distillery is Rochester-based Black Button Distilling, which is debuting their new young bourbon the day after Thanksgiving. Little …
Every evening, as we inch closer to winter, we are bestowed with awe-inspiring displays of orange, pink, and purple as stunning as a painting. One of the finest ways to enjoy such beauty is with amazing wines, sitting back and taking in the romantic scenery. Here are some of the …
It’s impossible to overstate the sheer physical grandeur of South Africa, the beauty of the scenery that, at various moments throughout the day, forces you to stop in your tracks, look around, and catch your breath: The sweep of a sky speckled with birds wheeling overhead; the variously jagged and …
Beer Belly bar has been filling guts with LA’s craft beer and crafty food since 2011. Sourcing most of its brews from greater Los Angeles, married owners Jimmy and Yume Han rotate 12 taps daily to include rare sours and barrel-aged specialties at the relaxed bar in LA’s Koreatown. With mosaic …
You might be a little skeptical of a beer made with cranberries any time of the year, but recommend this beer during Thanksgiving… and you probably think we’re head over heels for a marketing ploy. We get it, seasonal flavors are all the rage right now. The thing is though, the Allagash Red …
Since it’s right inside the SF JAZZ building, you might assume you have to be attending a concert to venture in South. But everybody’s welcome at this Hayes Valley cocina for drinks or Mexican fare. Not Mexican as in “The taco truck’s here, you guys hungry?” We’re talking clam ceviche …
As British traditions go, drinkable ginger is just about as prominent as Yeoman Warders or afternoon tea. In addition to ginger tea and ginger beer, for over 250 years British tipplers have quaffed a fermented ginger drink made from a blend of ginger, sugar, and raisins. It’s known as ginger …
The occasional fire truck double-parked outside this former mortuary at South Van Ness and 22nd Street isn’t responding to an incident. The precinct firefighters are simply among the neighborhood denizens who have heard what’s been going on and have been dying for a first-hand look-see. Indeed, what’s been going on …
AVIV is a mesmerizing potion, and the only vodka in the world that is distilled from this unique collection of kosher ingredients: wheat, barley, olives, figs, dates, grapes, and pomegranates. Cut down to proof with the refreshing waters of the Sea of Galilee, its sleek texture uncovers an entrancing purity with a …
Game, an adventurous New American restaurant, opened in San Francisco on Nov. 6. The menu is informed by the name itself: game is sourced locally and the world over. Try the roasted venison with king trumpet mushrooms, pumpkin, and watercress ($36) or the cavatelli with wild boar sugo, fennel, and …
Industry City Distillery, the experimental Brooklyn distillery behind sugar beet-based Industry Standard Vodka began leading tours through its factory at the City Foundry this June. For their Industry Standard Vodka, the distillery uses an immobilized cell bioreactor fermentation system to transform beet sugar into 80-proof vodka made with yeast grown on-site from …
