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  • January 22, 2018 Meredith Lantz

    The first female founded Scotch company nails delicious, affordable whisky


    Like snowflakes, no two spirits are the same, and no two founding stories are either.  Sia's is particularly unique.  
    She was going through a break-up and began exploring her local whiskey shop as a new hobby.  It didn't take long for her to develop a passion and a palate for great Scotch, but she felt there was a hole in the market for great, affordable blended Scotch.  Necessity is the Mother of invention, and Carin Luna-Ostaseski, Sia's founder, had found her need.
    Newly single, she realized she was not at all alone. Droves of people shared her need.  So she did what every 21st century entrepreneur wants to do, but rarely pulls off: crowd funded her first barrel of Whisky.  And with that, she became the first woman to start a Scotch company.
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  • January 22, 2018 Meredith Lantz

    B+B Team picks, SF Summer Edition: Bottles so good they barely make it to the floor

    We get new arrivals weekly, and deciding which one to take home is as hard for us as it is for you. This summer there have been dozens of new arrivals, and we've loved them all.

    Occasionally, though there are bottles that struggle to make it to the floor because so many of our Bitters + Bottles team stock their home bar with them first.  We save the limited edition whiskey for y'all.  The bottles we tend to covet are the flavor packed cocktail workhorses whose cocktail possibilities are limitless.

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  • January 22, 2018 Meredith Lantz

    Engagement Lemonade Recipe - a not so modest proposal for a swift knee drop

    If you’re familiar with “engagement chicken”—the roast chicken recipe that continues to take certain corners of the internet by storm (it’s so good, allegedly, that it guarantees a marriage proposal)—you’ll recognize the flavor profile here, because this is its cocktail counterpart. A quencher to serve up or over rocks for summer’s final few weeks, it’s super easy to make, and also incredibly tasty and impressive. *Someone* will end up on their knee(s).
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