Funny, I just posted about this earlier today on the Spirits board www.chowhound.com/topics/334408 . As a beer-snob bar, Deep Ellum is the last place I expect to find superb vintage tails, but they indeed make them there. (I...

IMO your two top bets for classic tails in this city are Green Street in Cambridge and Eastern Standard in Boston. I’d also look at this list of bartenders: http://drinkboston.com/bartenders/ and look at the bars...

the best of its type and there’s no better place in the area to get an education in German and Austrian wine styles. Coming off a four-day wine exam marathon, we had told each other that we were celebrating with tails, fine...

This is kind of a flexible survey. No absolute rules except you have to be self-limiting in terms of your selections. In reading the new Difford’s Guide to tails, I was surprised by his “14 key Ingredient” list....

work areas (soapstone, maybe?) for the bartenders, essentially staging areas for the main event, the tails. Priced at $10 each, these are served in smaller tail glasses, many of them repros of vintage glassware that hasn’t...

). - Martignetti’s Soldier’s Field Road Pretty good selection of everything wine and alcohol. Quirky but knowledgeable crew in the wine department. - Cambridge Wine & Spirits 202 Alewife Brook Pkwy Cambridge, MA 02138 (617)...

and I enjoy a tail just about daily in the evening, after the wee ones are in bed, so the supply is rotating at a good rate. I like experimenting with new and interesting spirits, especially ones I try while traveling.

Now-a-days it’s all about the fruit-infused, muddled this-n-that, specialty tail (or what some people refer to as “martinis”, glorified tails shaken and strained into a martini glass...yet they are still only...

on this list located in Niagara instead of Beamsville. Ask questions about architecture, etc. 2059 Niagara Stone Road, Niagara http://www.stratuswines.com/ *Lenko (premium everything, I recommend the Late Harvest Vintage similar...

- Kenmore Sq and S. End El Pelon – Fenway House of Siam – S. End There are a few more but these are my personal favorites and my go-to restaurants. Stella is always a good place to bring out-of-towners – good...

It has come to my attention that Lillet, a French aperitif wine has been discontinued by the LCBO? Why on Earth would the LCBO do that? It’s an enormously popular drink used in MANY famous tails or enjoyed straight up. One...

There is no rye grain in Canadian Whisky. Canadian Rye Whisky however is typically 100% Canadian rye grain spirit. Crown Royal and Canadian Club are not rye based anymore. Haven’t been for years. There are several very good...

funny, i found your post because i’m looking for a bitters recipe myself. i’ve been making a lot of forgotten classic tail recipes from old til guides lately, and i am trying to move toward making my own ingredients....

As a collector of vintage tail shakers sets, many from the 20s and 30s, I can tell you a more typical size for home use was about 3.5 to 4 oz. This makes sense, since the typical Martini recipe of the day (the so-called "Nick and...

There is, apparently, a legal option in the states, or soon to be. A company called Viridian Spirits is making a legal Absinthe approved by the Feds....