Can Low-Alcohol Gin and Tequila Actually Be Good?
A top bartender has cracked the code. Plus: “Refrosting” martinis and a watermelon mint caipirinha recipe
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It’s Kara Newman, your Top Shelf spirits and cocktail expert. While the economic and market roller-coaster of the past week may have many of us reaching for a drink (no judgments, friends), at the same time, it seems like many are looking for ways to trim alcohol consumption.
But not everyone’s ready to give up their favorite drink. Does the new crop of “low-proof spirits” offer an ideal happy medium? Or are these “midstrength” bottles just kind of … mid?