Kara Newman

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Makr Shakr cocktail robots
Drink
Mar 4, 2020

Robots Are Making Cocktails Now -- Will They Replace Bartenders?

Are we done with human bartenders?

duty free gifts
Drink
Dec 8, 2019

Top-Secret Spirits You Can Only Get at the Airport

As if you needed an excuse to leave holiday shopping until the absolutely, positively very last minute, here’s your new strategy: As you’re jetting out of town, shop at the airport for special bottles of liquor.

Danna Windsor/Thrillist
Drink
Oct 18, 2019

Cocktails Are Getting Juicy-Juicy in 2020

At first, there was fruit.

Shaking up the typical tour.
Travel
May 8, 2019

Distilleries Are Turning Into Mini-Theme Parks With Booze

When the expanded J. Rieger & Co. distillery and visitor center opens in Kansas City, Missouri, this July, it will include the usual amenities: a tour, a tasting room, a couple of bars.

Milk Room
Travel
Mar 14, 2019

These Hotels Are Hiding Tiny Secret Bars in Their Suites and Lobbies

It’s been more than a decade since the word “speakeasy” returned to the modern cocktail bar lexicon.

Drink
Feb 13, 2017

Are You Ready For Leather-Aged Cocktails?

Forget cocktails aged in barrels and glass bottles.

Drink
Jan 4, 2017

Why Does Your Gin and Tonic Cost So Much?

Whether your drink sets you back $6 or $16, there’s more to the cost of a cocktail than what’s in the glass.

Bloody Mary
Drink
Nov 18, 2016

How the Bloody Mary Became an Iconic Brunch Drink. An Investigation.

Despite all the brunch haters (hi, haters) the between-meals meal was a necessary development.

Drink
Jan 18, 2016

The NYC Cocktail Bucket List: 21 Drinks to Try Before You Die

New York has no shortage of good drinks.

Tiki NYC
Drink
Aug 6, 2014

The rise and fall (and rise again, and fall again) of NYC's Tiki scene

People like to describe Brian Miller as a pirate.