In Denver for Stranahan’s Snowflake 2017 Rocky Mountain Single Malt Whiskey Release

Why people queue for days in the cold to get their hands on this limited edition expression

On Saturday 2 December 2017, at 8AM, the doors to Stranahan’s distillery in Denver, Colorado opened to the public for one of the whiskey world’s most exciting annual events. Guests began queuing as early as Wednesday. Tents and sleeping bags wove around the facility, across a parking lot and down the road. This was the release of the 20th iteration of Stranahan’s Snowflake, a limited …

Turning a Holiday Meal into a High-Tech Work of Collaborative Art

From laser-etched rolls to turkey decorated with food-grade ink, a dining event that was beyond the traditional dinner

Sponsored by Per La Mente

Working with creative culinary experience designer Michael Cirino of A Razor / A Shiny Knife, lifestyle website Per La Mente created a high-tech yet harmonious holiday dinner. A joyful and celebratory evening, it was a convergence of interdisciplinary creators using food as a canvas, leveraging technology, music, and art to interplay with some of the traditional food associated with the season. From Alejandra Sacasa’s laser-etched …

Bowmore 1966 50 Years Old Islay Single Malt Whisky

A $30,000 bottle, from the Vault Legends Collection, that's actually worth its price tag

When one sips a single malt Scotch that’s 50 or more years old, a common immediate reaction can be “Wow, I can’t believe I tried that” rather than, “My goodness, that tastes superb!” With Bowmore‘s latest, the 50 Years Old from 1966—a new addition, and the rarest, to their Vault Legends Collection—it is actually and uncommonly both. 50 years in, a Scotch normally adopts so …