The Lucy June Cocktail

Bartenders from Macao Trading Co teach us about a pear purée Brugal Rum cocktail for sipping from summer to fall

Rum doesn’t tend to be first on most people’s lists when approaching the cocktail scene. Its history lends itself to associations with summer parties and wild nights. In fact, high-end rum has only found a home behind bars over the past few years. CH headed down to Macao Trading Co in Manhattan’s TriBeCa neighborhood to learn how to replace those youthful memories with a sophisticated—but …

SodaStream Source Bottle by Yves Béhar

A reusable bottle design sleek enough to match its namesake soda maker

After being wowed by Yves Béhar‘s SodaStream redesign a year or so ago, CH became steady users of the Source soda maker. While the machine itself is sleek enough to stand alone on the kitchen counter, the rather bulbous bottles always lived behind cabinet doors. To solve this gap in design cohesiveness, SodaStream launched a new reusable bottle designed by Béhar to match his system …

Bunnahabhain 40-Year-Old Scotch

An accidental discovery at this Islay distillery leads to a limited run whisky

Quietly hidden for over 40 years within the prestigious Bunnahabhain distillery on Scottish island Islay’s northern shore, a long-forgotten maturation continued to develop. When reviewing ledgers dating back decades, master distiller Ian MacMillan uncovered a missing series of Turney casks considered by some to be the finest oak casks ever made. Much to his surprise, the casks were filled with maturing malt whisky. This significant …