In May, Copper & Kings Distillery hired me to manage the making of a modest cookbook of recipes and pairings using its excellent grape and apple brandies. C&K co-owner Joe Heron’s cool idea needed a great team, and, lucky me, I got one: chef Dallas McGarity (Fat Lamb, Portage House), Erika Chavez-Graziano (Cellar Door Chocolates) […]
Old Forester Distilling Co. opens remarkable Whiskey Row distillery
If you stand on the Main St. sidewalk with your back to the new Old Forester Distilling Co., you’ll see George Garvin Brown’s picture painted on the east-facing wall of Merle’s Whiskey Kitchen. From that angle, Brown’s fixed gaze peers over your head and at the 19th Century brick edifice behind you, which long-ago housed […]
ALEX&NDER bar opens at Copper & Kings distillery in Butchertown
For fans of Copper & Kings American Brandy Distillery in Butchertown, the opening of its ALEX&NDER rooftop bar has been a long time coming. They knew it would represent more than just another good watering hole, they knew it would be first rate like everything else the state’s lone brandy distillery does: innovative, modern, artistic […]