Last week's crash course on martinis made me realize that I've never covered one of my favorite spirits in the column: gin.

LONDON — Sloe gin is a festive old English drink that’s especially well-suited to the winter sipping. You can drink it over ice, try it in a cocktail, or forage for sloe berries and make a home batch.

Juniper berry: the herbaceous and aromatic “fruit” of the cypress tree is the only ingredient required to classify a spirit as gin. Beyond that, gin provides a beautiful and boozy blank slate for ...

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In 2020, our lives were turned upside down when a global pandemic ensued and shut the world down for many months. That summer, we were provided with some normalcy, as the borders opened back up and ...