The Paloma is a great warm-weather cocktail; zippy and refreshing and easy to drink. But do you prefer the simple preparation or the complicated one?

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From his days with Seagram’s to his current role as Master Blender for Sazerac, Drew Mayville has worn a lot of hats in the spirits industry. He witnessed the rise (ryes) of the Buffalo Trace brand and continues to oversee Sazerac’s new and existing projects.

• Benchmark Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon
• Benchmark Bonded Kentucky Straight Bourbon
• Benchmark Full Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon
• Sazerac Straight Rye
• Buffalo Trace Bourbon Cream Liqueur

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You might not know much about Alsatian wines and it’s likely you know even less about Alsatian beers, but we’re here to change that and tell you why you should check out this underappreciated region of France.

• Goldfinger Bank of the Rhine collaboration with Pollyanna and Binny’s
• Kronenbourg 1664 Blanc
• Leon Beyer Pinot Noir 2019
• Camille Braun Cremant d’Alsace Brut
• Trimbach Pinot Blanc 2022
• Marcel Deiss Complantation Alsace Blanc 2021
• Hugel Riesling Classic 2023
• Emile Beyer Pinot Gris Tradition 2023
• Domaine Weinbach Gewurztraminer Cuvee Altenbourg 2022

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What’s new, and newly returned in beer? For every brewery that’s innovating, there’s another brewery revisiting classic styles, or resurrecting classic beers.

• Newcastle Brown Ale
• Noon Whistle Fortunate Day
• Revolution DDH Nelson Hero
• Off Color Sibling Rivalry
• Avery The Reverend
• Pollyanna Czech Dark Lager
• Phase Three Kastalia collaboration with Binny’s

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Binny’s wine consultants always have great wine to recommend, at any price point, in any style. For the spring season, we asked all 46 stores to hold their own blind tastings of their favorite wines under $30.

The first and second place wine from each store were blind tasted by wine consultants throughout the chain at our quarterly wine meeting and narrowed down to the top 30. Alicia grabbed 11 highlights from that list to try this week on the podcast.

• Thomas Labille Chablis 2023
• Chateau Ducasse Blanc 2023
• Andis Wines Semillon Bill Dillian Vineyard 2023
• Presq u’ile Pinot Noir 2023
• Jean Foillard Beaujolais Villages 2022
• Tablas Creek Patelin de Tablas Rouge 2023
• Vietti Dolcetto d’Alba Trevie 2023
• Palacios Petalos 2022
• Marques de Murrieta Reserva Rioja 2019
• Dry Creek Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
• Lucien Albrecht Brut Rosé Cremant d’Alsace

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Barrel to Bottle is back with another blind tasting, just in time for summer tequila season. Dan brought 12 tequilas under $40; four each of blanco, reposado and añejo. These are perfect for mixing with your favorite tequila cocktail, but you might find a few you just want to sip on as well.

Blanco

• Lunazul Blanco Tequila
• Cimarron Blanco Tequila
• Aguasol Blanco Tequila
• Lalo Tequila Blanco

Reposado

• Tequila Arrette Reposado
• Lunazul Reposado Tequila
• Cimarron Reposado Tequila
• Teremana Reposado Tequila

Añejo

• Pueblo Viejo Añejo
• Gran Centennario Añejo
• Corralejo Añejo Tequila
• Agave Trails Tequila Añejo

Bonus

• Libelula Joven Tequila

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Binny’s is constantly getting new products, and Chris always has his eye on different, interesting and fun wines for us to try. After taking a stroll through the domestic wine aisles, he found eight new wines for spring.

• Andis Wines Semillon Bill Dillian Vineyard 2023
• Presqu’ile Chardonnay 2023
• Left Foot Charley Riesling Le Caban Old Mission Peninsula 2023
• Giornata Orangotango Orange 2024
• Turley Cinsault Bechthold Vineyard 2023
• Capiaux Pinot Noir Chimera 2023
• Arnot Roberts Red Blend 2022
• Bezel Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

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Kevin Aslan is Head Distiller for Hirsch Whiskey as well as the other Hotaling brands like Old Portrero and Junipero Gin. Starting at the beloved Anchor Brewing (RIP), Kevin moved over to Anchor Distilling (now Hotaling) and spent ten years resurrecting the Hirsch brand with former guest of the pod Bruce Joseph.

• Hirsch ‘The Horizon’ Straight Bourbon
• Hirsch ‘The Bivouac’ Straight Bourbon
• Hirsch White Label Straight Bourbon Single Barrel #19-32768
• Hirsch White Label Straight Bourbon Single Barrel #19-32777

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