Reviews of Everything Nice

  ABK6 might seem like a fairly edgy and high fashion name for a Cognac, yet it's actually the acronym affectionally used by the Cognac-maker's da...

Water from Lake  Ladoga in Russia, which is said to be used in the distillation of Russian Standard Vodka.  Did you know that "vodka" means "...

When it comes to vodka and the countries that produce it, Russia, Poland and even the United States comes to mind, but what many people might not...

  Kuro Kirishima is one of the most popular Shochu's on the market and you can pretty much find it anywhere, or at least in any Japanese store. An...

  Some history buffs would argue that “Chinese” isn’t one language, but a tapestry of tongues as distinct as German is to English. Speakers of one...

    If you take a closer look at the Armagnac category, you’d learn that it is actually a spirit with 3 distinct regional styles: you've got the b...

  If there's only one Sherry you ought to know about - I'd argue it should be Tio Pepe. The world of Sherry is long and storied, with a history sp...

  It's been several years since former bartender Tatsuya Motonaga had embarked on producing a made-in-Japan bitters, a liqueur that is of course p...

    I firmly believe that within our Southeast Asian corner of the world lies a whole microcosm of rice fermented drinks - those that are brewed i...

  In 1924, the Jincheon Liquor Company started what was to be a century-long legacy: Jinro Soju. In the signature green bottles today we all know ...

  The other evening, I found myself in conversation with a bartender at a whisky bar who asked me what I’d recently been up to. I replied that I’v...

  And no, we're not talking about awkward formalities when you first meet someone. We're talking about taking a shot of the Italian herbal bitter ...