When you're feeling a bit emo and brooding, the best remedy is an amaro cocktail. Deep in the Black Forest bordering Switzerland and Germany, a melody of 13 moody plants is gathered to create this famously herbaceous, artichoke-flavored bitter liqueur and cousin to Fernet Branca - which are both also powerful digestives. Sip on Cynar and soda, or mix up a batch of classics: the Black Betty, the Adriatique, the Dell'Erborista Spritz, the Cafe Corretto, or Cynar Juleps.
Even as a Westward pioneer, you would have been a gentleman, a scholar, and a fine judge of horses — today, you enjoy the rich smell of mahogany and leather-bound books. You're the people who still subscribe to print newspapers and magazines. A marriage of High West's award-winning bourbon, Vya sweet vermouth from Quady Winery in California, and Gran Classico bitter amaro from Switzerland, The Barreled Boulevardier is a complex and satisfying cocktail-in-one — named for Erskine Gwynne's The Boulevardier magazine and eponymous cocktail, whose contributors and fans included James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe, and Sinclair Lewis. Your wedding party is full of similarly fashionable, intellectual and cultured friends, worldly whiskey folk who would enjoy being gifted this unique bottle.
Weird and wonderful things happen when you enjoy a good Mezcal with friends and spirit animals, from weddings in Marfa to urban vision quests. Where there's smoke there's usually fire, and this Ilegal Mezcal Joven offers up the best sweet smoked agave, minty eucalyptus and rich earth with just a hint of flowers, like a smudge stick for the soul. Sub it into your favorite tequila cocktails, like you would replace chili peppers with chipotle when you want more umami in a favorite dish, or share a finger or two over ice to help your nearest and dearest tune in to Mezcal's magical powers.
When George Bernard Shaw said that whisky was liquid sunshine, you're pretty sure he was talking about Macallan. The world’s third largest-selling single malt Scotch whisky (behind Glenfiddich and Glenlivet), Macallan is known for their rich, fruity "new make" Speyside style Scotch. The Rare Cask series is a true rarity, richly blended from the top 1% of all mature Macallan whiskies and only those identified by Master Whisky Maker Dhavall Ghandi as worthy, and designed to show off the complexity and depth of this world-famous distillery. It's an elegant, soft and "slightly meandering" style of Macallan with flavors of vanilla, spices, and raisin, a rich, mahogany-colored Scotch that's full, warming, and woody from ample time spent in seasoned, first-fill Spanish and American sherry casks. Enjoy it on the rocks, with a splash of water, or with a massive ice mold for minimum dilution and maximum enjoyment.