In September, I had the opportunity to attend GinWorld, a week-long series of gin-related events in St Louis, Missouri. Why St. Louis, you ask? That’s where Natasha Bahrami, a.k.a. @thegingirl lives and runs a gin bar , offering hundreds of gins, tastings, and educational seminars. Her love and knowledge of …
Recently, I had the pleasure of touring and tasting the gins from William Price Distilling in Houston, my hometown. Yes, Houston is a big city, but I’m so excited that more and more local distillers are producing gins – and some quality gins at that. William Price was launched in …
For those of you who aren’t familiar with Kemah, Texas, it’s a suburb (?) of Galveston – a small bayside town with lots of strip shopping centers and fried fish restaurants. Of course it’s also home to marinas that host both small and breathtakingly expensive boats, very close to the …
Recently, I was told Leandra, the Sales and Marketing Manager for Corgi Spirits, was in town introducing a selection of gins to Houston-area bars. I reached out to Leandra, and inadvertently muscled my way into a tasting with the bar manager at Axelrad. (If you haven’t been to Axelrad, fix …
Recently, I had the honor and pleasure of judging both the local and regional cocktail competition for Roxor Gin. Cocktail competitions are a great opportunity for bartenders and for spirit brands. For bartenders, the competition requires them to create an original drink, then make the drink while telling the story …