The back bar
This is my back bar. Each entry says what a spirit is, which cocktails it belongs in, how to buy it and where the popular stories go wrong.
brandy · distillation
Wine turned into spirit, then handed to oak. Cognac's six crus and two-pass Charentais stills, Armagnac's single column and vintages, calvados and the grape brandies of the wider world, with the age letters decoded.
7 min read · 11 sources
brandy · distillation
Two countries, two legal definitions, one name. How Peruvian and Chilean pisco are made and categorized, why the dispute exists, and why the Pisco Sour and the Chilcano belong on any serious menu.
6 min read · 9 sources