The unique and rare Azure from Wild Sun Winery is a small batch white port made from the Chardonel grape and offers flavors of sweet pears and apple, both of which are used in the Pear and Date Crumble.
Read MoreA crumble is inherently easy to make -- no need to bother with a pastry crust -- and in this recipe, sweet, rich dates mingle with pears and apples to create a filling that will make your guests ask for seconds.
Read More"Hidden in plain sight in downtown St. Lous, in the shadow of the Arch, in one of my favorite places in America."
Read More"That's all we're trying to do here, create the best possible spirits so you can have the best possible moments," says StilL 630 Master of Sales, Andrew Spaugh.
Read MoreJuniper, coriander ... horseradish (!) ... pink peppercorn and galangal root. Those are the botanicals that make up the flavor and aroma profile of StilL 630's best-in-class craft gin.
Read MoreThe largest spirit botanical library in the entire world? It's just south of the Arch in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, where distiller David Weglarz is crafting some of the most awarded carft spirits in the United States.
Read MoreOne of the most restrictive liquor laws in the world, Missouri bourbon has to be made with Missouri-grown corn, Missouri water, mashed and distilled in Missouri and also aged in Missouri-made oak barrels.
Read More"Gin has the widest spectrum of flavors of any spirit," says Natasha Bahrami of The Gin Room in St. Louis, Missouri. "Maybe not every gin is for everybody, but there is a gin for everybody."
Read MoreThink of it like siblings who grow up in the same household, the same environment, but have different personalities.
Read MoreCat tasted a variety of gins with Natasha Bahrami, aka the Gin Girl, from an Italian gin that smells like a freshly cut tomato to a Norwegian gin with wild blueberries. This is exactly what makes gin so fun!
Read MoreTiki cocktails aren't only about the rum. Gin adds an herbal note to bartender Meredith Barry's fresh juice-forward tiki cocktail that includes fun ingredients like Golden Falernum and a "dibble dabble" of coconut and some salt.
Read MoreWhat happens when you mash up a White Lady and a 20th Century? A White Platypus, of course?
Read MoreThere's a lot of tinkering at StilL 630, and on "experimental nights," they release a new small batch experimental spirit, letting customers sample for free in exchange for their unbiased feedback.
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