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Spirits in the Material World is a multimedia portfolio by journalist Arun Kristian Das about the trends, brands, product releases, and — most of all — people of the adult beverage (alcohol) industry.
SITMW places an emphasis on independent (and especially minority) innovators, producers, and hosts in New York and New Jersey.
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These cocktail recipe cards prepare you for that hot summer party
This box of well-designed cocktail recipe cards could make a good gift for the casual home bartender.
My top 3 beers from Brewsolgy Beer Fest in Jersey City
I went to the Brewsology Beer Fest at Liberty Science Center in Jersey City. These festivals are held in museums and similar venues and are billed as field trips with booze. Here are three beers I liked.
That time I created a silly cocktail and named it after my fiancée
A vacation to Iceland introduced me to an Icelandic vodka brand called Eldurís, which inspired the creation of this weird, refreshing, and fruity vodka-whisky combo cocktail that we served at a holiday party.
6 holiday cocktail recipes (chilled and hot) that don't contain pumpkin spice
These holiday-themed cocktail recipes are creative and fun. The fall-and-winter holiday season shouldn't be so stressful, should it?
Our/New York releases limited basil-infused vodka for Earth Day ‘21
Our/New York, Manhattan's first distillery since the end of Prohibition, created this infused spirit with surplus basil from Square Roots, an indoor urban farming company.
Alex Thomas, the woman behind The Sexton Irish whiskey, embraces being a 'caretaker of precious things'
Chances are if you order a single-malt at a bar, the bartender will ask you what region of Scotland you're in the mood for. Well, a single-malt whiskey from Ireland and the woman who created it want to change that assumption.