UNFILTERED Archives: Spirits

Bar Convent Brooklyn 2024

Bar Convent Brooklyn 2024
The Skurnik team made a big splash at Bar Convent Brooklyn, the biggest New York spirits event of the year.    Bar Convent Brooklyn is a gargantuan, two-day trade show featuring a confluence of spirits and spirits professionals from around...

Summer Cocktails with Tom Jackson of Supergay Spirits

Summer Cocktails with Tom Jackson of Supergay Spirits
In this video, Tom shares two summery cocktail recipes he developed specifically with Supergay vodka: the Farmer’s Cosmo and the Spicy Boy.  Tom left his previous career driven by his twin passions: to create the best vodka ever and to...

A Trip to the Finger Lakes

A Trip to the Finger Lakes
The itinerary included the vineyards of Hermann J. Wiemer, Ravines, and Apollo’s Praise, plus a stop at Finger Lakes Distilling.   Most regions with a continental climate enjoy four seasons: spring, summer, fall, and winter. Much of Upstate New York,...

Unboxing “Batch Ceniza” from Distilería Santanera

Once a year, our friends at Santanera release a special, limited edition bottling of intensely terroir-specific blanco tequila. Each batch is produced from agave grown by the Santanera team in a unique parcel in Los Valles, fully certified organic in...

The 2024 NYC Grand Portfolio Tasting

The 2024 NYC Grand Portfolio Tasting
Every two years we bring winemakers, brewers, and distillers together under one roof for our Grand Portfolio Tasting. This tasting presents an exceptional opportunity to taste over 900 spirits, wines, sakes, and ciders while meeting the artisans behind the bottles....

Spirited Resolutions: What We’re Drinking in 2024

Spirited Resolutions: What We’re Drinking in 2024
In the magically liminal last week of December, when anything seems possible just a few calendar squares from now, Skurnik Spirits team members from the East, West, and South look to the coming year, and it seems that wishes for...

THE 2023 SKURNIK SPIRITS TOUR

THE 2023 SKURNIK SPIRITS TOUR
It’s the season to fall (even deeper) in love with the Skurnik Spirits Portfolio. This fall, Skurnik embarked on its most ambitious spirits showcase to date. We featured producers from across the globe and bottlings, both practical and precious, for...

Hey, Bartender, Where’s My Vermouth?

Hey, Bartender, Where’s My Vermouth?
This isn’t another romanticized, flowery piece about the greatness of the Martini and its cultural relevance, nor is it a deep dive into its murky history. This is a decidedly—perplexingly less popular—take, or rather a desperate plea to please put...