Effervescence Unleashed Cocktail of the Month: The Sparkling Negroni Sbagliato
The Effervescence Unleashed Cocktail of the Month for January 2025 is the Sparkling Negroni Sbagliato Cocktail. We modified this recipe slightly and used an amaro instead of Campari and a red sparkling wine instead of Prosecco. Method The Copper Fox Distillery’s Amaro y Arroyo is handcrafted with over 25 different botanicals and produced with 100% […]
Effervescence Unleashed Bonus Cocktail of the Month for December 2024 is the Peppermint Twistmas Cocktail
The Effervescence Unleashed Bonus Cocktail of the Month for December 2024 is the Peppermint Twistmas Cocktail The NOËL Family Vodka is a fresh clean spirit made from 100% American corn and charcoal filtered to remove any impurities. It is produced in Donaldsonville Louisiana, just 25 feet above sea level on the banks of the Mississippi, […]
Effervescence Unleashed Cocktail of the Month: The Poinsettia Sparkling Wine Cocktail
The Effervescence Unleashed Cocktail of the Month for December 2024 is the Poinsettia Sparkling Wine Cocktail. Quartier Lafrance is a Quebecois reproduction of a classic citrus liqueur. Here we have an apple brandy base that has been aged in barrels, before being blended with oranges. The Fête Sparkling Viognier is also made from 100% Monticello […]
Pomme and Perry Showcase: Single Varietal Ciders
We look at each cider as a story. When we are making our ciders from the year’s harvest we take the apples we are given, the characters, and try to blend into a particular story. Some might be more easy going, others might be more edgy. Making single varietal ciders subtracts the whole story and […]
Effervescence Unleashed Cocktail of the Month: The Silver Daisy Sparkling Rum Cocktail
The Effervescence Unleashed Cocktail of the Month for November 2024 is the Silver Daisy Sparkling Rum Cocktail. 1/4 ounce 2:1 simple syrup 3/4 ounce lime juice fresh squeezed 1/2 ounce Lyon Rum Orange Curaçao 1 1/2 ounces Amrut Two Indies Rum 2 dashes Angostura bitters 2 ounces Veritas Scintilla NV Sparkling Wine The Veritas Vineyard […]
Effervescence Unleashed Kicks-off on #ChampagneDay
Today is #ChampagneDay, and as we celebrate the bubbly libation we also celebrate and appreciate the women behind some of the icon names. They were mothers, wives, entrepreneurs, daughters, sisters, and pioneers. During our Effervescence Unleashed program we will explore the rich and often turbulent history of all sparkling beverages, from wine to cider, and […]
The Norton Network Launches the Virginia Norton Wine Tour
October is Virginia Wine Month and that coincides with the first-ever Virginia Norton Wine Tour that commences the weekend of October 18 and continues through November 10. The Norton Network, a collective of Virginia Norton growers, wine producers, and advocates, formulated the tour in order to to highlight the “exceptional qualities of this historically significant native grape across 22 Virginia […]
Attention Sparkling Brands: Effervescence Unleashed
Effervescence UnleashedOctober 25th, 2024 – December 31st, 2025 Unveil the magic of sparkling wine, cider and other beverages with Effervescence Unleashed, a year-long celebration of bubbly brilliance. Starting October 25th, 2024, and culminating on New Year’s Eve 2025, this campaign invites enthusiasts to explore the elegance, charm, and joy of all things sparkling from around the […]
Scenes from the 2024 Baltimore Speakeasy & Bartender Lab
From Sunday August 25th through Wednesday August August 28th, BevFluence hosted a series of events in Baltimore designed to provide education to bartenders, sommeliers, media, craft beverage professionals, and even distillers. The sessions were a combination of seminars, forums, hands on training, and distillery tours presented by well known local and national craft beverage experts. […]
Pomme and Perry Showcase: Cider Cocktails Part 1
Cider cocktails are an underutilized format in the craft beverage domain and we have been discovering several intriguing recipes. These start with the simple, like a dry cider and a shot of vermouth or amaro, to the more complex with an Old Fashioned or Cider Mule. Here are several recipes that were posted as part […]
