Let’s Talk Whisky Whisky is often seen as a man’s drink, oozing machismo, strength, and power. That is changing though. Francis Hasegawa, part owner and resident whisky concierge of new Japanese whisky bar Lit in Serendra, sees the tide shifting. “The ratio of male to female customers is close to 50-50. There are a lot of women whisky drinkers out there.” So this … Read More
Cheers to National Whisky Sour Day! August 25, is National Whisky Sour Day. This humble yet very charming cocktail belonging to the cocktail family of “sours” is primarily composed of a base liquor – in this case whisky – lime or lemon, and a sweetener – sugar, syrups, triple sec, etc. (and the optional egg white, which adds a silky, velvety texture to the drink, and softens … Read More
The Coffee Conundrum It is disconcerting that while this article is fueled by a hot cup of coffee, whether the drink is healthy or unhealthy is still up for discussion. Depending on your level of paranoia or hypochondria, coffee can either improve your well-being or give you cancer or heart disease. It has been a universally accepted habit, though, that if you are … Read More
Toasting Traditions: How drinking the wrong way can cause seven years of bad sex Yes you read the title right. There are so many ways that sex will be affected when a person has had too much to drink, but we are not going into that. We’re talking about the myths and traditions that people practice before and after drinking. Every culture has different traditions when it comes to drinking. Some even go back … Read More
Peanuts in Coke: Why Is This Something That People Do? Dropping salted peanuts in a bottle of ice-cold Coke is one of the slowly disappearing traditions of the Southern United States that never quite made it to other parts of the world. It’s a puzzling combination for the uninitiated. Will this result in soggy peanuts and flat soda? Or have we been missing out on a salty-sweet-crunchy-fizzy sensory experience that … Read More
Filipino fruits you can use for cocktails Illustrations by INNA ANTIG Fruits are a major ingredient in mixing a cocktail and sometimes using the freshest ingredients can make a whole lot of difference in your glass of an ice cold drink. The Philippines is home to a lot of tropical and exotic fruits, and while you’re used to eating them fresh or adding them to your healthy juicing, … Read More
BevTools.com: Tools of the Trade Photos by Star Sabroso As per international research firm Euromonitor, a whopping 87 percent of all alcohol purchases in the Philippines are from off-trade consumption (bought in supermarkets or through wholesale retailers). While this translates into bars and lounges putting that extra oomph in getting people out of their homes and buying cocktails, it also foretells the emergence of a … Read More