So you’re new to craft beer. After hearing how great it is from friends, neighbors, relatives and internet strangers, you’ve decided to take the plunge and surround yourself with a deluge of, brands, beer styles and flavors. Your thirst (pun intended) for knowledge has brought you to this glorious site and upon this little musing.
I like your style.
For all the progress craft beer has made in the past few decades—reaching an all-time high brewery count and successfully reinventing America’s beer palate—there’s still a large portion of the population that doesn’t get craft beer. To reach the Brewers Association’s aspirational goal of helping craft beer reach 20 percent market share by 2020, as craft beer fans, we’re going to have to be even bigger and louder advocates for our favorite breweries.
You're going to have some friends over for a cocktail housewarming party. No problem, you think to yourself, I'll just pick up some glassware at Crate & Barrel. You get there, and panic sets in. It's an absurd, transparent cornucopia of tumblers and flutes and who knows what else, in every conceivable shape and size. You weren't prepared. Pay attention now, and you will be.
Set the mood this V-Day with these sip-worthy cocktails, inspired by the Feb. 14 holiday. From romantic red concoctions to blissful bubbly, we've rounded up 20 sweet, tart, and fruity drinks for you to toast to a romantic night in or to share with gal pals at a Valentine's Day singles soirée.
If you're feeling frisky, whip up this suggestively named strawberry and vodka sipper.
No other drink seems better suited to a celebration than Champagne, but when those special moments arrive, you'll want to make sure that the Champagne is chilled to just the right temperature and, when the bottle is opened, there's no overflow.