Famous for his love of premium cigars, comedian Ron White’s broad and successful portfolio will now expand to include Zino Platinum Ambassador. Read the full story
Cuenca Cigars’ elegant Montecristo Lounge in Hollywood, Florida will hold its Grand Opening Celebration on Friday, February 25th. This much anticipated event will begin with a ceremonial ribbon cutting by Mayor Bobber and Altadis U.S.A. executives at 6:30 P.M. Read the full story
Uncovered: Whiskey Row store owners find wall-sized century-old cigar ads
By Joanna Dodder Nellans, The Daily Courier
PRESCOTT, Arizona – Rich and Jenny Schulte thought it would help boost the historic look of their new Whiskey Row store to remove the pegboard and plaster on one long wall to uncover the old brick. But they never suspected what else they’d find. Read the full story
The highly successful 12th Annual Montecristo Cup Charity Pro-Am golf tournament, which benefits the Montecristo Relief Organization, was held this past December 1st through 5th at the world class Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island, Bahamas. Read the full story
Just when you think you’ve seen it all in the baconsphere, we now give you Bakon Vodka. We’ve been hearing some rave reviews so we took a little visit to their website to see what its all about!
People have been mixing savory ingredients with alcohol as long as we have been drinking alcohol. Writers from the 17th century, including John Locke and Samuel Pepys frequently imbibed and wrote about savory infused ales. It turns out that mixing sweet and savory in food and beverage is not a new idea.
Around the world today, high-end lounges are serving a variety of “carnivorous cocktails.” The best mixologists are like chefs behind the bar and they don’t want to be limited to standard fruit-flavored infusions. These bartenders have found that the savory aspect of bacon makes a great dominant profile in a cocktail like a Bakon martini with a blue cheese-stuffed olive. But it can also take the back seat, with bacon’s smoky flavor subtly enhancing the taste in a concoction like a Chocolate Martini.
We started out testing various infusions in our kitchen in the fall of 2007. We wanted to do it right, to create a premium-quality vodka you’d enjoy drinking. To match an infusion, we tested recipes for over two years, finally landing at the one true “Bakon Vodka”.
We start with a superior quality potato vodka. Distilled in Idaho from potatoes, it is smooth, slightly sweet with the well-rounded flavor that you only get from a quality potato distillation, with no strong burn or aftertaste. Our vodka is column-distilled using a single heating process that doesn’t “bruise” the alcohol like the multiple heating cycles needed to make a typical pot-still vodka. Getting the perfect savory bacon flavor took us a while to get right too. We wanted it to have the essence of a delicious crisp slice of peppered-bacon.
After numerous recipes and a lot of testing, we got it right. And we think you’ll agree.
You’ll never want to use another vodka for your Bloody Mary… and you’ll be amazed with the versatility of Bakon Vodka – see our Recipes page for more ideas!
Check out the website for yourself @ http://www.bakonvodka.com/
Part One of this Outstanding Video Interview
Michael Gladis plays the pipe smoking copywriter, “Paul Kinsey” on AMC TV’s, Award Winning, Mad Men. Not only does his character Paul smoke a pipe on screen, but Mr. Gladis smokes a pipe in real life. Read the full story
Creating world Class Scotch Whiskies is an arduous task that takes the proper ingredients, time, and a tremendous amount of god-given patience. Read the full story
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Since John F. Kennedy signed the Cuban Embargo in 1962, nine straight U.S. presidents have come and gone, with so much talk of lifting it. Now we have the most liberal president in the history of mankind, and the question isn’t “if” the embargo will end, the only question is “when.” Read the full story
By Jonathan Perlow, Courthouse News Service
(CN) – A Cuban government-owned tobacco company won its 12-year legal battle to stop a U.S. cigar producer from using the Cohiba name and trademark in the United States. A federal judge in Manhattan once again backed up Cubatabaco, which accused General Cigar of “exploiting the reputation and goodwill of the Cuban Cohiba.” Read the full story
Our friends at Ego Tv have a terrific article up on their site that should appeal to PlanetZman fans everywhere! Read the full story
