Cutwater Canned Cocktails

• By David Kirkpatrick
Cutwater cocktails-in-a-can, which are a step above the usual premixed drinks, have just arrived in the Treasure Valley.
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The French 75

• By Zach Hagadone
Named for a piece of World War I artillery, this gin cocktail packs some firepower.
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Absinthe Any Objections

• By Zach Hagadone
One sip over the line and we know what happened to van Gogh.
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Campari and Beer?

Find out what you get when you mix Italy's iconic aperitif with an Idaho IPA

• By Zach Hagadone
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Alaska Glacier Vodka

• By Zach Hagadone
This gluten-free, twice-charcoal filtered vodka surprises, with a smooth, cool—dare we say "glacial"—mouthfeel.
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Greenall's: The Original London Dry Gin

• By Zach Hagadone
We found Greenall's a sufficiently pleasant gin for sipping or mixed in a (very) dry martini.
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Springtime Sippers

Three cocktails for toasting the end of winter (hopefully)

• By Zach Hagadone
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Executive-Level Drinking

• By Zach Hagadone
We cobbled together a few Trump-themed concoctions that—whatever their serious flaws—will get the job done.
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Turkey Tipples

Giving thanks for Wild Turkey

• By Zach Hagadone
In honor of this most American of birds, and during the season when turkey takes pride of place on our dinner tables, we sampled a quartet of offerings from Wild Turkey.
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America's Spirit: Applejack

Glory in moderation with these two historic cocktails

• By Zach Hagadone
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Tasting America’s Native Spirit

Three sips and a surprise for Bourbon Month

• By Zach Hagadone
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Two Mules to Sip and Savor

Take a ride with a pair of Moscow Mules

• By Zach Hagadone
Sauce scholars tend to agree that despite its unlikely creation, the Moscow Mule introduced vodka to the American drinking public and launched the spirit, which would become the most-heavily consumed in the country.
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Time for a Mai Tai

The old-school cocktail is still a delightful summer refresher

• By Greta Gardner
Inspired by the summer heat, a Boise Weekly tasting panel took up its own tiki torch and mixed up some mai tais.
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Three Rums, Three Hemingway Daiquiris

Papa knows best

• By Zach Hagadone
Ernest Hemingway described the daiquiri as having “no taste of alcohol and felt, as you drank them, the way downhill glacier skiing feels running through powder snow.”
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Three Unique Spins on Gin

From Scotland to Idaho, these gins are winners

• By Zach Hagadone
Properly mixed and sipped responsibly, gin can be the pinnacle of summertime refreshment.
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Three Whiskeys for Kentucky Derby Day

Boise Weekly mixed up mint juleps with two bourbons and a rye

• By Zach Hagadone
Make no mistake, the julep is a day drink meant to signal you don't have a damn thing to do but sip whiskey and watch horses run in a circle.
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Mill Town Distillery

A quartet of tipples from the mountains of the panhandle

• By Zach Hagadone
Drawing on the edgy pedigree of backwoods booze, Sandpoint-based Mill Town Distillery puts out a range of small batch liquors: rum, vodka, and two corn whiskeys.
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Crown Royal Varieties

Smooth and sweet

• By Tara Morgan
Encased in a plush purple sack with gold embellishments, Crown Royal is an iconic Canadian whisky.
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Small-ish Batch Bourbon

A wonderful winter sipper

• By Tara Morgan
With oak-kissed vanilla and caramel notes, good bourbon can smell like a freshly baked batch of booze cookies.
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Mini Vodkas

Welcome to peak booze season

• By Zach Hagadone
Between holiday travel, ramped up credit card debt and negotiating family personalities, odds are you may need of a little pick-me-up.
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