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The signature drink at CHOW’s SF launch party.

This is the week to get drunk and eat charcut. St. George Spirits (Hangar One) is having an open house this Saturday at their Alameda distillery. In addition to specialty liquors, the event will feature Fatted Calf grilling...

On the last morning of 2007, Daily Candy teased us with a green fairy tale about St. George Spirits new Absinthe Verte. But, uh oh, it’s sold out until the next batch is ready at the end of January. Has anyone tried it?...

Based on the raves, I went by St. George Spirits on the way home from work a few weeks ago. I met Joerg (as in St. Joerg) and tasted a lot of their wares. We talked for quite a while, which was a good thing because I tried a lot...

Makers of Hangar One Raspberry Vodka (limited edition, not many bottles left in the Bay area) have opened a tasting room at their Hangar in Alameda. I haven’t been since the main opening, but I visited at a one-off opening...

St. George Spirits (aka Hangar One Vodka) is open on the weekends for a $10 tasting fee, but the REAL deal is at their big, fancy-shmancy open house when EVERYTHING they make is open for tasting, PLUS they have other people there...

An interview with the director of preservation for Mount Vernon about George Washington’s whiskey-distilling career.

It’ll taste better, but it’s still bad.

Sure, the spirit is legal. But will it matter?

Old-world fruit brandy gets Americanized.

Drink what famous people are drinking, and making.

How to fix a dying party.

A shot of cask-strength whiskey warms you up in cold weather.

Kosherfest debuts chocolate liqueur and treats for doggies.