After some forty days and nights of unseasonable wet & cold weather, perhaps a warming drink is in order..? The Bishop Brûlée seems just the thing.

Crispin Cider ~ a natural hard apple cider that's to be served on ICE! Another on my list of things to try sometime...

Maine Mead Works ~ their mead is beautifully bottled, and sounds delicious ( i hear it might be tracked down at some whole foods? must try to find the honeymaker blueberry!)

Blackberry mint margaritas

Wow - Trek'n'Eat ~ WINE! Literally wine in powder form for backpackers/campers... just add water?

Mezcal made with ... chicken? Bevlog investigates Pechuga, an very rare Mezcal where a chicken breast is used in the distillation process.

DeLeon Tequila is a premium tequila with a bottle that is topped with an ornately wrought metal top, the master for which was hand-carved from a one-pound ball of sterling silver by rock 'n roll jewelry designer Bill Wall.

Drinks from the muddle TDN.

Samurai - Loving this new vodka brand by Moscow based designer Arthur Schreiber.

Two at the Most enjoys Martin Miller's gin in a Fin de Siècle cocktail.

NELSON beer banded together with The Temper Trap to produce a new label design for Batch #19 of the new lager. The Temper Trap with artist/friend Reece Hobbins then created the latest limited release label for the NELSON beer bottle.

Old Tom gin is making a comeback, and Happy Hour shares a bit of its unique lore along with a couple of cocktails made with this nearly-forgotten spirit.

Bottle Opener on the strap! Chrome Corsair ~ the streamlined Chrome Messenger (seatbelt strap still, but no buckle!)

The Gingerino is a ginger, rum and vermouth cocktail.

Drinking trends come and go, but tiki will always be with us. It keeps returning every few years or so, like the mustache or animal-print fabric. Jason Wilson explains in the Washington Post.

Red Patent Leather Swinger; A drink inspired by a pair of pants!

A ginger and blanc vermouth cocktail, dubbed "Derek," takes the win for the muddled TDN.

A brand new drink for MxMo: Ginger, featuring four(!) rums and a goodly amount of ginger, mint and Thai basil.

RumDood hosts Mixology Monday: Ginger, with more than FIFTY cocktails in the round-up!

SpiritMeAway reports on Diageo's move on the at-home market with their purchase of Stirrings mixes

Homemade Japanese plum liqueur: start now, ready in October.

Love from Lovey Package: New packaging designs for Bold City Brewery designed by the Robin Shepherd Group - Mad Manatee!

Sipsmith is a small independent distiller crafting truly artisanal spirits of uncompromising quality.

A Restaurant Insider's guide to making great drinks. Creating great cocktails can be easy if you think like a chef.

The Pegu Blog stumbles into a ginger genever collins for MxMo.

The Gemmy--a perfect spring cocktail of spiced rum, boysenberries and thyme.

The simple, yet lovable, Rye and Ginger

Two at the Most celebrates MxMo: Ginger with a Gingered Rum Old Fashioned.

BeerPaq CarboPouch...

The Firebiter cocktail and a scientific approach to making ginger syrup that keeps its flavor.

Dr. Bamboo asks: What's the worst drink you've ever had?

Japanese Sake taught me Tolerance and Endurance though I did not drink it.

Marshall creates a Ginger-Rhubarb Fizz for Mixology Monday XL.

For this month`s MxMo A Mountain of Crushed ice mixes a gingery and rummy Zingiber cocktail.

We Shoot Cocktails. Raising the visual bar for the self promoting mixologist.

Chris Brock, beverage manager at the Detroit Athletic Club, said he had to look up how to make the Last Word, a cocktail invented in the 1920s at the DAC.

Custom made leather beer holsters

Girly Drinks delves into the wonderful world of Ice Wine Martinis

Named after the Hotel King Kamehameha in Kona, Hawaii, as the origin of the drink. But really..the hotel took the name after a great Hawaiian King – Kamehameha.

Tiare celebrates the international cachaca day with some tropical batidas.

Marshall reviews PUG! muddlers.

Robert Simonson of Off the Presses finds a use for Dubonnet, and his windowsill thyme, at the same time!

Skinny Blonde Beer ~ this aussie beer has found an interesting use of heat sensitive inks ~ as it warms (and as you drink it) the label exposes more.

80's Soviet Anti-alcohol posters have some amazing graphics