Building Community with Spirit Works Distillery By Stephanie Rosenbaum Klassen Eating is an agricultural act, as Wendell Berry famously stated. But what about drinking? Living here in ag-rich Sonoma County, with vineyards...
Spirited Sloe 75 This lovely, balanced cocktail comes from Duskie Estes, co-chef and co-owner of Zazu Kitchen + Farm in Sebastopol, California. This recipe features gin made by the restaurant’s neighbor,...
Contributed by Distillerista I love dark liquor – especially rye and wheated bourbons and whiskies – but as you could probably guess from recent posts (here, here, and here), gin is my usual adult beverage...
Ever tried sloe Gin? (It’s a sort of reddish-purple color — not clear — if you’re trying to picture it.) If so, then you've most likely you've had it in...
On the day of my visit to Spirit Works Distillery in Sebastopol, California, the energy in the building is palpable. In just a few days, the very first barrels of...
In Sebastopol, about an hour north of San Francisco, a development called the Barlow has replaced a 12.5-acre industrial site largely devoted to apple processing with an artisan-friendly commercial district....
Every bar sports marginal bottles that elude even the most seasoned drink-makers. That is, until someone dusts them off and uses them in a new way. In "Bringing It Back...
American craft distillers have fallen in love with a new brown spirit: aged gin SOUTHSIDES. TOM COLLINS. GIN AND TONICS. WITH ITS CITRUSY HERBAL PROFILE AND BRIGHT CRISP FINISH, GIN IS THE...
Crisp, cool and fragrant, the number of gins on the shelves has multiplied like crazy in recent years. Blame the classic cocktail renaissance: We can’t seem to get enough martinis,...
Think of Sonoma County and you undoubtedly think of light, well-balanced pinots and rich chardonnays. But between the vineyards, a new batch of distilleries are cropping up—and they’re making spirits...