Dylan Ettinger

Los Angeles

Writer at Freelance

Contributing Editor for Drinks at Food & Wine

Freelance booze writer. Indiana Hoosiers Basketball fan. Opinions are 100% my own.

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Old Fitzgerald’s New 9-Year-Old Bourbon Is Already a Collector Favorite

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Dylan Ettinger

Key pointsThe 2025 spring bottling of Old Fitzgerald has a 9-year age statement. The whiskey was distilled in the spring of 2016 and bottled in the spring of 2025. Like every bottle of Old Fitzgerald produced by Heaven Hill Distillery, the spring 2025 version is a wheated, bottled-in-bond bourbon. This bottle is allocated and will be making its way to store shelves in the coming weeks with an MSRP of $130. Anyone who has spent time around online whiskey communities is familiar with Old Fitzgerald.
特別な道具はいらない！美味しい「水出しコーヒー」の作り方

2 weeks ago | businessinsider.jp | Dylan Ettinger

※本記事は、2021年7月23日に公開した記事の再掲です。水出しコーヒーは自宅で手軽に作ることができる。ガラス製のピッチャーさえあればいい。自分の好みに合わせて、挽いたコーヒー豆を12～24時間水に浸そう。完成した水出しコーヒーは水や牛乳で薄めたり、オルチャータやアルコール飲料などを混ぜてもいい。水出しコーヒーは今や広く普及した人気の高いコーヒーの1つだ。夏の暑い時期のホットコーヒーに代わるキリっとした冷たい飲み物だ。大量にまとめて作っておけばパーティーにもぴったりだし、冷蔵庫で保存しておけば好きな時に飲むことができる。さまざまな手間のかかる道具や高価なパッケージ商品なども売られているが、いずれも自宅で水出しコーヒーを楽しむために"絶対に必要なもの"ではない。濃縮された水出しコーヒーは自宅で手軽に作ることができる。特別な道具をほとんど必要としない、簡単でミスをしづらい水出しコーヒーの作り方を紹介しよう。必要なものコーヒー抽出用の器（ピッチャー、瓶など）コーヒーフィルターグラインダー（任意）はかり（任意）水出しコーヒーの基本...
What You Can Tell From the Color of Your Whiskey

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Dylan Ettinger

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The Color of Your Whiskey Can Inform How It Will Taste - This Is What to Look For

2 weeks ago | foodandwine.com | Dylan Ettinger

Photo: barmalini / Getty Images When enjoying a pour of fine whiskey, taking in the complexity of aromas and flavors is the main event. But to appreciate a whiskey’s appearance, specifically its color, is often overlooked. “Color is one of the first ways a whiskey introduces itself,” says Will Fabry, head distiller for CraftCo. “It sets the tone, introduces assumptions, and can even reflect the decisions we’ve made as craftspeople.
Expert Tips for Beginners and Pros Alike

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Dylan Ettinger

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How to Drink Mezcal: Expert Tips for Beginners and Pros Alike

2 weeks ago | mensjournal.com | Dylan Ettinger

Mezcal has seen a meteoric rise in popularity over the past decade. Anyone who has been to a high-end cocktail bar recently has probably seen a mezcal cocktail on the menu or a few bottles on the back bar. Despite this rise to prominence, many Americans still don’t know much about mezcal or how to enjoy it. Put simply, mezcal is a spirit distilled from a variety of different species of agave plants in Mexico. If you ask the people who truly love mezcal, they offer a much more poetic definition.
We brewed 10 pounds of coffee to find the best espresso machines for every skill level

3 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Lily Alig |Owen Burke |Dylan Ettinger |Henry Blodget

We tested manual, automatic, and pod brewers to find the best home espresso machines. Isabel Fernandez/Insider 2025-04-24T15:49:50Z Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . A creamy shot of espresso is the caviar of the coffee world.
Experimental Whiskey Brand Drops Its Most Straightforward—and Potentially Best—Bourbon Yet

3 weeks ago | mensjournal.com | Dylan Ettinger

Jefferson’s Bourbon, known for its aging experiments, has just released perhaps the purest expression of its whiskey yet: Jefferson’s Reserve Cask Strength. Since founding the brand with his father in 1997, Trey Zoeller has always approached the category with an outside-the-box strategy. The brand has made its name with unique cask finished bourbons as well as whiskeys aged in different environments.
A Beginner’s Guide to the Agave Species Used to Make Mezcal

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Dylan Ettinger

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Different Types of Agave Create Different Tasting Mezcal — Here’s Your Guide to Each

3 weeks ago | foodandwine.com | Dylan Ettinger

Photo: Matt Mawson / Getty Images Agave is the heart of any bottle of mezcal. When produced in a traditional manner, mezcal is more than just a simple distillation of agave. It reflects generations of focus on these unique and impressive plants. As opposed to tequila, only made from Blue Weber agave, mezcal can be derived from a variety of different species. Each has its own characteristics, are grown in different environments, and impart unique flavors.