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Sweet Fifteen

Imbibe Magazine • NUMBER 91 MAY/JUNE 2021

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What We're Drinking Now: Vermú Rosé

At the Market: Chamomile

A Few of Our Favorite Things

Anatomy of a Drink: Airmail

Three Ways: Spritz

5 to Try: Dayglow's Single-Origin Coffee Stars

Day Trip: Matt Greeno, Lead Master Distiller, MGP Ingredients

Q&A with Masahiro Urushido

Mixopedia: Best in Show • I take it you’re familiar with the Golden Dawn cocktail. As you’re no doubt aware, this concoction of gin, apricot brandy, Calvados, and orange juice took top honors at the first international cocktail competition in London in 1930. The Golden Dawn was the invention of the head barkeep at London’s swank Berkeley Hotel, someone named T. Buttery. It bested all the other drinks in contention that year, including one called the “Don Bradman,” which was “named for the famous young Australian cricketer who is a strict teetotaller [sic].”

Taste Test: Zero-Proof Spirits

Gear: Liqueur-Focused Glassware

Elements: Jalapeño

Characters: Michael Billingsley • Michael Billingsley grows cider apples where few others have.

Desert Oasis • DIGGING INTO THE SWEET HISTORY OF COACHELLA VALLEY’S DATE SHAKES.

Flavor Fest • LIVEN UP COCKTAIL HOUR WITH THE POWER OF LIQUEURS.

Survival Tactics • New breweries have persevered to open during a difficult year.

Made Stronger • The pandemic proved the value of local, independent wine shops.

Out of Nowhere • HOW KOMBUCHA IS CONQUERING THE WORLD.

Drinks Atlas: Douro Valley, Portugal

Cravings: Coq au Vermouth

Quench: Shifting Focus • We opened Silver Lyan in January of 2020. In March, we closed it.