In the coming weeks, we'll build up to Valentine's Day with true love recipes - romantic and sexy foods that you will want to make with (and for) your Valentine. First, Sparkling Vodka Cranberry Snacks. more ›

As part of the North Shore Distillery Tour, we also got to taste their new infused vodka, Sol. more ›

We got a first look at North Shore Distillery's brand new tasting room, which opened to the public on Friday. more ›

-Time Out announced yesterday that North Shore Distillery, a Chicagoist favorite, will be announcing a new addition to their line-up. Sol Chamomile Citrus Vodka will hit shelves on June 1. "We wanted it to be a fun, not so serious, really delicious spirit that is accessible to a broad range of people," says co-owner Sonja Kassebaum. This isn't one of their super-secret limited edition spirits, so it will be available permanently. more ›

Whether you are moving into your first home, trying to jump into the craft cocktail craze or just looking to improve your home mixing, choosing bottles for your home bar can be confusing and expensive. To help you out, Chicagoist will sit down with some of Chicago's best booze experts and get their opinions about what to stock, what brands are worth trying, and how to make your home bar complete. For the first entry, we chose vodkas with The Boozehound, Kyle McHugh. more ›

No. 1: This damned month called February is over; let's celebrate. No. 2: Post-Oscars appraisals are a great way to break the ice. No. 3: Discounted Martinis. As a service to readers, we've supplied the preceding good reasons in case you felt like you needed one to justify going out this coming Monday. The occasion is a special cocktail hour at Bar Deville hosted by North Shore Distillery. more ›

Sometimes, new products are fraudulent, and sometimes new products sound disgusting. Other times, they just seem kind of silly. Medea Vodka, a new "ultra-premium" Dutch spirit, is made with the finest winter wheat, distilled with natural artesian water and probably blown on by angels. However, the distinctive feature of Medea is the bottle. It offers the world's first programmable LED bottle. You can program up to 255 characters to display on the side, and the battery lasts for a year and is submersible, for when you're giving customized vodka to sharks and stingrays. more ›

(Last month we arranged to have our "Properly Sauced" tag team of Anthony and Rob tour North Shore Distillery. North Shore's Sonja Kassebaum told us that today is the distillery's fifth year anniversary. We hope you enjoy this recap of Anthony and Rob's tour.) more ›

Before “Shaken not Stirred,” medium-dry vodka martinis and fresh bottles of Stoli, James Bond was a drinker of a different sort. In his initial outing as Britain’s favorite superhero spy, he instructed the bartender to make him a drink, which has become one of our favorites. Later, the drink was identified with the love interest of the story, Vesper Lynd. We love the Vesper for a lot of reasons - the association with the dapper gentleman of the 60s, the combination of Gin and Lillet Blanc - but it has faded from public view in favor of flashier, neon-colored successors. more ›

People of Chicago, we all know how this works. It feels like autumn, it will soon be autumn. But there will be a weekend between now and snow time where it is 85 degrees. And we will all rejoice and smile at strangers on the street and feel weird that we even began to drink apple cider. We suggest you tuck this little recipe away until that day when you can savor the last bit of summer we have. more ›