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The 7 Coolest Flasks You Can Buy Right Now

By | Mixology News

VSSL Flask with accessories, featured image

There are a lot of flasks in the world, but the vast majority do the same thing in slightly different packages.

But some designers have pushed the category beyond simply supplying booze on the go. They’ve incorporated flasks into all sorts of sports equipment, camping tools and fashion accessories, making it easy to pack a beverage for any outdoor situation. While some innovative flasks are merely stunt products or cheap trash, these seven amazing flasks emerged as the ones we actually want to try in the real world.

WhiSki Poles

It’s cold out on the slopes, but there’s no reason to wait until you get to the bottom of the mountain to sip on an après-ski beverage. The ingenious folks at WhiSki Poles engineered these ski poles to pull double duty as mountaintop flasks. Each ultralight and durable aluminum pole holds eight ounces of liquid, which should be plenty to warm you up. Don’t worry about the logistics of drinking in the snow and wind—WhiSki poles feature easy caps that you can snap on and off through gloves, and the polypropylene rims prevent your lips from sticking to the poles like in A Christmas Story.

WhiSki Poles, ski poles with flask container

WhiSki Poles


Ahearne Cycles Mud Flask Seat Mounted Holder

Ahearne Cycles, a workshop in Portland, Oregon, puts out rad custom steel bikes for all the good riders of PDX. But the shop also crafts a number of handy attachments, including this underseat flask. While you can buy the bike mount alone and use it to hold any standard six or eight-ounce flask, Ahearne’s own flask, emblazoned with the shop’s unique crest, makes an awesome accessory to any bike. Plus, the Mud Flask won’t interfere with a traditional bottle cage mounted elsewhere on the bike.

Mud Flask Seat Mounted Holder bike attachment

Mud Flask Seat Mounted Holder


Binocular Flasks

The sneaky flask market is booming these days. Retailers shoehorn hidden alcohol compartments into all sorts of everyday objects, making it possible to bypass security checkpoints and BYOB to a big event where vendors would otherwise gouge you on drink prices. Our favorite of the bunch is the binocular flask because it’s the only one we’ve actually seen work. A woman attending horse races on New Year’s Day at Cheltenham became a brief internet celebrity in the U.K. when she was spied on TV swigging from her fake binoculars. If she can get away with it, so can you. There are a couple models of the binocular flask available around the internet, so just be sure to pick one up that provides chambers on both sides. You’ll be able to fill each compartment with a different spirit, or make one a mixer to swish up cocktails a la minute in your mouth.

Binocular Flasks, liquor pouring

Binocular Flasks


VSSL Flask

There are really only three things you need in life: a compass, a flashlight and a flask. With those three tools, you can go anywhere, at any time of day, with any beverage. And with the tactical flask from VSSL (pronounced “vessel”), your toolbelt just got a little lighter. VSSL combines the classic flask with a four-mode LED light, an oil-filled compass, and two collapsible shot glasses. According to the brand website, which sells all sorts of stylish camping supplies, “The VSSL Flask was specifically designed to help you celebrate the summit, an epic pow day, or good friends around a fire.” If you weren’t planning on summiting a mountain or tearing up some fresh powder, you can still use the flashlight on a tipsy evening stroll through the park.

VSSL Flask with accessories

VSSL Flask


Cynthia Rowley Gold Flask Bangle

Sure, there are more affordable bracelets that function as flasks, but this glitzy version from Cynthia Rowley outshines all those knockoffs. The gold-plated stainless steel bangle only fits three ounces, so make sure to pick a precious wine or spirit to complement the fancy design. Drop more than $350 on this stunning flask, and your drinkware will be the talk of any soiree.

Cynthia Rowley Gold Flask Bangle

Cynthia Rowley Gold Flask Bangle


Club Champ Kooler Klub Drink Dispenser

Golf can be a slow game, but this cooler disguised as a golf club is sure to speed up the action. Snuggle the cooler among the clubs in your golf bag, fill the insulated chamber with your drink of choice, then use the pump dispenser to refresh your glass on any hole. With a hefty supply of booze in hand, the sun shining down on the links, and good friends to share the course, you’ve got the makings of a perfect day.

Club Champ Kooler Klub Drink Dispenser, clubs in golf bag, golfer pouring

Club Champ Kooler Klub Drink Dispenser


High Camp Firelight Flask

All of the above products mash together a flask with some other tool to make something more useful and unique than either object alone. Firelight Flask doesn’t do that, but it does provide way more utility than your standard hip flask. Most flasks serve one thirsty drinker. That’s great if you’re exploring the world on your own, but it doesn’t quite fit the needs of a social drinker. The team at High Camp get that, which is why they designed an oversized flask for sharing. The 750-milliliter, stainless steel flask sports a sleek design that looks equally at home in a luxe speakeasy or camping tent. Two six-ounce tumblers attach to either end magnetically. Designed to emulate classic six-shooters, the cups are easy to grip and provide enough room for a serious pour of your favorite wine or spirit. The Firelight Flask practically guarantees that you won’t run out of booze on a multi-day trip.

High Camp Firelight Flask on grey table, light background

High Camp Firelight Flask

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3 Gorgeous Valentine’s Day Cocktails from Brockmans Gin

By | Mixology News

Purple Spring, cocktail with garnishes, dark background, featured image

Brockmans Gin is bringing the colors of passion and romance into Valentine’s Day cocktails this year.

While champagne is fine, this trio of sophisticated pink and violet libations are delicious and gorgeous, to boot. All three cocktails feature award-winning Brockmans Gin, which is housed in a beautifully romantic bottle and brims with blueberry and blackberry notes.

Ultra Violet, cocktail with garnishes, bottles on dark background

Ultra Violet

Ultra Violet

If you’re longing for a taste of spring, look no further than this smooth, floral cocktail.

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz. Brockmans Gin
  • .75 oz. Absinthe
  • .75 oz. Crème de Violette
  • .25 oz. Dry Vermouth
  • Edible Flower (to Garnish)

Preparation: Combine all liquid ingredients in a mixing glass with ice and stir for 5-6 seconds. Strain into a chilled coupe or cocktail glass and garnish with an edible flower.


Frosé, cocktail with garnishes, bottles, dark background

Frosé

Frosé

Served frozen or over crushed ice, this warm-weather treat gets a Valentine’s makeover with the aromatic scent of rose petals.

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz. Brockmans Gin
  • 1 oz. Rose Liqueur
  • .25 oz. Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice
  • 4 oz. Sweet Rosé Wine
  • Rose Petals (to Garnish)

Preparation: Combine Brockmans Gin, rose liqueur, lemon juice and rosé wine in a shaker with ice. Strain into a large stemmed wine glass filled with crushed ice. Alternatively, add all the liquid ingredients to a blender with two small scoops of ice cubes and blend until the ice is crushed. Scoop the frozen mixture into a large stemmed wine glass. Garnish with sugared or fresh rose petals.


Purple Spring, cocktail with garnishes, dark background

Purple Spring

Purple Spring

Beetroot is an impressive ingredient in this refreshingly light and sparkling libation.

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz. Brockmans Gin
  • 2 oz. Beetroot Juice
  • 4 oz. Wild Berry Cider
  • Sliced Beetroot (to Garnish)
  • Edible Flower (to Garnish)

Preparation: Add Brockmans and beetroot juice to a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a stemmed Copa glass (bowl glass) filled with ice. Top with Wild Berry Cider and give it a gentle stir. Garnish with a very thin slice of dehydrated beetroot and edible flower.

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Longway Tavern is the French Quarter’s Coolest Neighborhood Hangout

By | Mixology News

Robert LeBlanc, headshot featured image

Longway Tavern sits in one of New Orleans’ oldest buildings and was once home to Roark and Mary Rose Bradford, two accomplished writers.

Back in those days, friends and notables—like William Faulkner and John Carroll of Zorro—often enjoyed a drink and snack at the Bradford home before heading home after a long day or evening in the Quarter. That tradition continues at Longway Tavern today, created as a “third place” for everyone living, working and playing in the French Quarter to grab a bite and a beer before heading off to another destination or to savor a nightcap when the party is winding down. Longway offers creative twists on nostalgic tavern fare from the comfort of its interior bar or the open-air courtyard. We chatted with owner Robert LeBlanc to learn more about the space and Longway Tavern’s most popular cocktails.

Robert LeBlanc, portrait

Robert LeBlanc

What are some of the most popular drinks and dishes?

Our most popular drinks are the Greeña Colada—our take on the Piña Colada incorporating Chartreuse—and our classic White Russian, which uses a traditional float of heavy cream. Our most popular dishes are our grits and coffee, calamari, and steak sandwich.

What would you like drinkers to know about the space? What can visitors expect?

While the space is well-appointed and our offerings are higher quality, Longway Tavern truly is a “come as you are,” everyday place where we want everyone to feel welcome. Everything is accessibly priced so people can join us frequently as opposed to on occasion, and there is always a touch of mischief in everything we do. We think eating and drinking should be both fun and communal.

What sets the space apart from others in the area? 

Longway Tavern is in a 220-year-old building that looks mid-century modern on the interior, making it a well-tailored spot with an amazing courtyard. However, we love dive bars, and Longway Tavern feels much closer to a great dive bar than a slick restaurant.

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The Bourbon Flowed Freely in New Uncasville, Connecticut, at the 16th annual Sun Wine & Food Fest

By | Mixology News

Sun Wine Food Food Fest, featured image

This past weekend, Mohegan Sun Casino’s annual wine and food festival began with a grand bourbon tasting that gave attendees an outstanding glimpse into the latest offerings in bourbon, and the favored brown spirit continued to flow throughout the weekend.

Grand Tasting Mohegan Sun, crowd overhead view

Grand Tasting Mohegan Sun

The 16th annual Sun Wine & Food Fest four-day affair started with the Boston Brews & Bites event, with guests Pedro Martinez, Paul Pierce, Ray Bourque, and Willie McGinest. The next night, guests sampled the finest bourbons paired with a rich selection of cigars.

Roscato Dark & Roscato Smooth groups of bottles

Roscato Dark & Roscato Smooth

Day three offered a sampling of more than 1,000 varieties of wine, beer, and spirits (with—you guessed it—bourbon), with a celebrity chef lineup that included live cooking demonstrations and tastings throughout the day. The one-of-a-kind event concluded on Sunday with a brunch hosted by country music star Martina McBride and Little Big Town’s Kimberly Schlapman, with The Roots’ Questlove serving as DJ.

Michelob Ultra Pure Gold and Budweiser Copper Lager, bottles on ice

Michelob Ultra Pure Gold and Budweiser Copper Lager

The thousands of attendees enjoyed bourbon tasting, along with incredibly informative (and flavorful) wine and beer tastings, and, of course, any foodie’s dream—meals cooked by more than 20 celebrity chefs, including Bobby Flay, Michele Ragussis, Todd English, Aaron Sanchez, and Jasper White.

Pouring Budweiser Copper

Pouring Budweiser Copper

The atmosphere was fun-filled, the guests were delighted, and the food and drinks were out of this world. We can’t wait to return for number 17!


About Mohegan Sun:
Owned by Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment, Mohegan Sun is one of the largest, most spectacular entertainment, gaming, dining, and shopping destinations in the United States. Situated on 185 acres along the Thames River in scenic southeastern Connecticut, Mohegan Sun is home to 3 unique casinos, 1,600 deluxe hotel rooms, 2 world-class spas, a golf course, over 90 shops, restaurants, and bars as well as 3 award-winning entertainment venues, including a 10,000-seat arena. Mohegan Sun is within easy access of New York, Boston, Hartford, and Providence, and located 15 minutes from the museums, antique shops, and waterfront of Mystic Country. More information is available by calling 1.888.226.7711 or visiting MoheganSun.com. Connect with us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @MoheganSun, view us on YouTube, and find us on Snapchat at username MoheganSun.

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5 Turmeric Cocktails to Help You Drink a Little Healthier

By | Mixology News

Tumeric Cocktails, mixologist pouring, featured image

We can all agree that drinking alcohol will never be completely healthy. But it doesn’t have to be particularly unhealthy, either.

That’s why we’re turning to the wholesome powers of bright yellow turmeric. Turmeric is known to help with ailments like pain and inflammation, it can boost your immune system, and it has even been associated with radiant skin. So if you’re looking for a way to drink a little healthier this season, look no further than these five turmeric cocktails. Not only do they taste great, but they’ll help you glow from the inside out.

Delhi Cooler cocktail with tropical 80's background

Delhi Cooler

Delhi Cooler

London Dry Gin gets an extra splash of botanicals in this cocktail from Chicago’s The Whistler. A spice-rich curry nectar deepens the flavors of tropical pineapple and bright lime juice.

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz. London Dry Gin
  • .75 oz. Curry Nectar*
  • .75 oz. Pineapple Juice
  • .75 oz. Lime Juice

Preparation: Add all ingredients to a shaker tin with ice. Shake and strain into a Collins glass with fresh ice.

*Curry Nectar

Ingredients:

  • 5 cups Water
  • 1 cup Cumin
  • 1 cup Coriander
  • 1 cup Allspice
  • .5 cup Black Peppercorn
  • 2.5 tbsp. Turmeric
  • 2 Thai Chili Peppers (Stems & Seeds Removed)
  • 5 cups Sugar

Preparation: Add all ingredients except for the sugar to a large pot. Bring to a boil and simmer uncovered for 10 minutes. Turn off heat, add sugar and stir to dissolve. Cover and steep an additional 15 minutes. Strain through multiple layers of cheesecloth.


loverboy cocktail, bar with angel painting

Loverboy

Photo by Jenn Wong

Loverboy

This cocktail from Spoonfed beverage director John Neumueller gets a double dose of wellness from both turmeric and ginger syrups. They are mixed with rich cognac and Giffard banana liqueur to create a drink that we’d describe as sunshine in a glass.

Ingredients:

  • 1 oz. Cognac
  • 1 oz. Giffard Banane du Bresil
  • .75 oz. Lemon Juice
  • .5 oz. Cold Pressed Ginger Syrup*
  • .25 oz. Turmeric Syrup**
  • Club Soda, to Top
  • Candied Ginger (to Garnish)

Preparation: Add all ingredients, save for the soda water and garnish, to a shaker tin with ice. Shake and strain over fresh ice in a Collins glass and top with club soda. Garnish with candied ginger.

*Cold Pressed Ginger Syrup

Ingredients:

  • 400 gr. Fine White Sugar
  • 440 gr. Cold Pressed Ginger Juice

Preparation: Combine and stir to dissolve.

**Turmeric Syrup

Ingredients:

  • 400 gr. Fine White Sugar
  • 440 gr. Hot Water
  • 20 gr. Fresh Turmeric

Preparation: Steep turmeric in hot water for five minutes. Strain through a coffee filter and add sugar. Stir to dissolve.


rat tail cocktail with garnish

Rat Tail

Photo by Bourbon & Banter

Rat Tail

All of the cocktails at Dallas’ Bourbon & Banter, which is just one of the many food and drink options at The Statler hotel, are named after haircuts to pay homage to the bar’s former salon roots. “I was inspired to pair the earthy, tannic flavor of turmeric with the smoky, peppery flavors tequila and mezcal,” says Kyle Hilla, The Statler beverage director. “The Rat Tail’s garnish is meant to be eaten after you sip the cocktail—adding the perfect balance to the drink with bites of avocado.”

Ingredients:

  • .5 oz. Agave Syrup
  • .75 oz. Lime Juice
  • .5 Piece Turmeric, Diced
  • .5 oz. Suze
  • .5 oz. El Silencio Mezcal
  • 1 oz. Uno Por Favor Blanco Tequila
  • Diced Avocado (to Garnish)
  • Espelette Pepper (to Garnish)
  • Micro Cilantro (to Garnish)

Preparation: Muddle the diced turmeric in the bottom of a shaker tin. Add the rest of the ingredients, save for the garnishes, to the tin with ice. Shake and double strain into a clay cup or rocks glass. Add avocado, pepper and cilantro to a small spoon. Balance it on the rim of the glass, for garnish.


Chakra Opener cocktail with orange garnish

Chakra Opener

Photo by Anya Bacon

Chakra Opener

This pretty libation was created by Pennyroyal bartender Travis Sanders, which is tucked inside the vintage-inspired Kimpton Palladian in downtown Seattle. While all of the ingredients are bold on their own, they come together in perfect harmony in this bright and refreshing lowball.

Ingredients:

  • 1.5 oz. Bourbon
  • 1 oz. Blood Orange Juice
  • .5 oz. Cinnamon Simple Syrup*
  • .25 oz. Zucca Amaro
  • 1 barspoon Turmeric Powder
  • Blood Orange Wheel (to Garnish)

Preparation: Add all ingredients, save for the garnish, to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well and double strain into a rocks glass. Garnish with a blood orange wheel.

*Cinnamon Simple Syrup

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 1 Cup Water
  • 3-4 Cinnamon Sticks

Preparation: Add ingredients to a small saucepan. Bring to a simmer for about five minutes until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat, let cool then remove cinnamon sticks.


To Say Adieu cocktail with garnish

To Say Adieu

Photo by Nathan Elliott

To Say Adieu

If you’re looking for a way to warm up during happy hour, look no further than this Aquavit creation from Bacchus Bar’s Bryan Galligos. If you happen to be in Portland, Oregon, sip this hot-tail while playing pool, shuffleboard or classic video games in the bar’s game lounge.

Ingredients:

  • 1 oz. Krogstad Aquavit
  • .75 oz. Calisaya
  • 1 oz. Lemon Juice
  • 1 oz. Saffron and Turmeric Syrup*
  • 2 dashes Orange Bitters
  • Lemon Wheel (to Garnish)

Preparation: Combine liquid ingredients in a small saucepan and simmer until just warm. Pour into a mug and garnish with a lemon wheel.

*Saffron and Turmeric Syrup

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup Water
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 6 Saffron Threads
  • 1 tbsp. Turmeric Powder

Preparation: Bring the water to a boil. Add sugar, saffron strands and turmeric powder. Reduce heat and allow the sugar to dissolve. Let the saffron and turmeric steep for at least a half an hour. Strain and enjoy.

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Source: Mixology News