Evan Rail

2 days ago | vinepair.com | Evan Rail

Recently, Catoctin Creek Distillery was about to close two new distribution deals that would bring its award-winning rye whiskeys to customers in Quebec and France. With craft spirits and other small businesses facing big headwinds, new exports could have provided the award-winning Virginia producer with a welcome lift. But both deals suddenly fell apart, explains Scott Harris, who co-founded the distillery with his wife Becky Harris in 2009.

5 days ago | demorgen.be | Evan Rail

Boedapest, ontstaan in de Keltische en de Romeinse tijd, is in de loop van de eeuwen uitgegroeid tot een prachtige metropool. Dat heeft het voor een groot deel te danken aan de benijdenswaardige ligging aan de Donau, én aan zijn dynamische bevolking, die momenteel ongeveer 1,7 miljoen zielen telt.

1 month ago | vinepair.com | Evan Rail

When Devin “DJ” Ballard heard his name announced as the winner of Elijah Craig and VinePair’s 2025 A New Era of the Old Fashioned Cocktail Contest, he had trouble believing what was happening. “They call my name and I’m just like, ‘No, I must be mishearing this,” he says. “They’re handing me the trophy and I’m looking around. I’m just like, ‘Oh my God.’”As one of just five finalists, Ballard knew he was up against some truly excellent bartenders. “Everyone there was so good,” he says.

1 month ago | vinepair.com | Evan Rail

The total number of breweries in the U.S. might be at a temporary plateau, but the quality of what those breweries are serving is only getting better. Around the country, craft brewers keep pushing the boundaries to achieve new flavors, developing hitherto unknown ways to pack the most refreshment possible into a single glass. Beer professionals on either side of the bar carefully follow who’s doing what — and have strong opinions about which beer makers you should keep an eye on going forward.

2 months ago | vinepair.com | Evan Rail

Few occupations have as much insight into contemporary beer culture as the people who actually make the stuff. Throughout their years behind the kettles, brewers have been the first to watch possibly iffy new releases grow into nationwide sales stalwarts, traced the trajectory of overhyped styles as they soared close to the sun before crashing back down to earth, and witnessed personal favorites seek out and eventually find their audiences.