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Imbibe is your ultimate guide to drinks culture, from wine, spirits and beer to coffee, tea and everything in between. Every issue features the world’s top drink destinations, recipes, how-tos and in-depth stories covering the fascinating people, places and flavors of liquid culture.

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Imbibe Magazine • NUMBER 92 JULY/AUGUST 2021

Contributors

What We're Drinking Now: Smoke Lab Aniseed Vodka

At the Market: Blackberries

A Few of Our Favorite Things

Anatomy of a Drink: Tequila Sunrise

Three Ways: Piña Colada

5 to Try: Japanese Gins

Day Trip: Keyatta Mincey Parker, A Sip of Paradise

Q&A with Ryan Chetiyawardana

Mixopedia: When He Poured, He Reigned • “You can’t do a little arty movie and put it out in 1,000 cinemas in the summertime,” movie director Roger Donaldson said in 1988. Summer is the time for extravaganzas, for epics, for blockbusters—for movies that can be measured on the Richter scale.

Taste Test: Sparkling Red Wines

Gear: Essentials for Al Fresco Cocktail Hour

Elements: Passion Fruit

Characters: Sarina Prabasi and Elias Gurmu • How a couple from Addis Ababa brought Ethiopian coffee to Washington Heights.

Just A Pinch • To understand salt’s modern use in cocktails, explore its history—starting with the Stone Age.

Take it Outside • Summer cocktails for sipping in the great outdoors.

Fresh Air • This summer, breweries are bringing beer drinking outside in a big way.

Red Flag Warning • IN A WARMING WORLD, WINERIES ADOPT STRATEGIES TO LIVE WITH THE GROWING THREAT OF FIRE.

Cà Phê Culture • Inside the Vietnamese coffee movement brewing across America.

Drinks Atlas: Western Cape, South Africa

Cravings: Lime-Spiked Pineapple Salad

Quench: Hitting Reset • The year before COVID, a lot of interesting things were happening. I’d been working at Harvard & Stone—a high-volume cocktail bar in East Hollywood—since 2011. I always take my time if I want another job; I make very small moves, because I want to make the right ones.