Monthly Archives: October 2017

Flying Dog Brewery Scraps Expansion, Cites Maryland Regs

Maryland’s largest producer of craft beer paid $2.55 million for nearly 32 acres of farmland near the Frederick Municipal Airport to create a brewery five times its current 50,000-square-foot plant. 

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Tinto Amorio Intros Sparkling Wine Cocktail

Tinto Amorío announced today that it is releasing its first sparkling wine cocktail – Red Wine of the Summer – with limited availability in New York and online. The flavor is based on a Spanish wine cocktail, Tinto de Verano, … Continue reading

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Second Sight Spirits Releases Oak Eye Bourbon

It’s the first bourbon made in Kenton County, Ky., in 97 years. Second Sight Spirits is a small, artisan distillery located in downtown Ludlow, Ky.  Its founders, Rick Couch

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Northside Distilling to Debut Bourbon Nov. 4

Just 500 bottles will be available from the Cincinnati craft distiller.  The Bourbon was aged in 5-gallon new charred oak barrels. The small surface area of the barrels allows for more contact with the wood and allowing a faster maturing … Continue reading

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What We’re Reading —

Maximilian Riedel: Farewell to Champagne Flutes The 11th generation ceo and president of Riedel, the glass makers, observed when he was 18 years old that ‘true lovers’ of Champagne would choose to drink from wine glasses, rather than the narrow, … Continue reading

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F.Y.I. —

‘Selfish Brain’ Wins Out When Competing With Muscle Power, Study Finds Human brains are expensive, metabolically speaking. It takes lot of energy to run our sophisticated grey matter, and that comes at an evolutionary cost. Now, a new investigation into … Continue reading

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