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Imbibe Magazine • NUMBER 118 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2025

What We're Drinking Now: Eagle Rare 12 Straight Bourbon

At the Market: Pomegranate

A Few of Our Favorite Things: Holiday Edition

Anatomy of a Drink: Boothby

Three Ways: Boozy Coffee

5 to Try: Dessert Wine

Day Trip: Jena Derman and Jack Schramm, Solid Wiggles

Q&A with Cha McCoy

Mixopedia: Face Time • The smiling, ruby-cheeked Santa Claus drinking mug became ubiquitous in 1949, when the Holt Howard Co. released its yuletide tableware line. Filled with creamy concoctions and dusted with nutmeg, these mugs were perfect for toasting holiday cheer in the weeks before Christmas.

Taste Test: Crémant d'Alsace Sparkling Wines • Crémant d’Alsace is one of the best and bubbliest value propositions in wine. Hailing from northeastern France, near the German and Swiss borders, these sparklers are produced in the same method as Champagne. An array of très spécifique governmental regulations ensure they’re aged for at least nine months before they’re sold, and producers can only use specific grapes harvested in certain ways. From bone-dry bruts, to tart rosés, to gently priced bottles perfect for mixing into sparkling cocktails, crémant d’Alsace keeps holidays bright—without breaking the bank.

Gear: Bottle Stoppers • With celebratory dinners and festive gatherings on the horizon, make it easy to answer the question, “Should we open another bottle?” Worry less about wasted wine with an array of bottle stoppers that range from long-term preservation to options that make pouring the next glass a breeze. Here are six we love.

Elements: Calvados

Characters: James Hoffmann • How James Hoffmann inadvertently became the first coffee influencer.

In a Fog • THE HISTORY OF THE LONDON FOG IS ANYTHING BUT CLEAR.

Livin' Large • CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS WITH LARGE-FORMAT DRINKS MADE FOR A PARTY.

A Dark Turn • Breweries are evolving their approach to making and selling stouts.

Such Great Heights • The benefits—and burdens—of being Burgundy.

Maize Matters • Mexico’s atole is a drink that spans centuries.

Drinks Atlas: Speyside, Scotland

Scene Scout: Boulder, Colorado

Cravings: Spicy Ginger Chai Cookies

Quench: Tea and Time • Somewhere along my 15 years of drinking tea, my apartment turned into a warehouse. At last count I have more than 20 kilos of tea stored in crocks, jam jars, and humidity-regulated containers. I don’t plan to touch most of it for a decade or more. The future may be uncertain, but I know I’ll have something good to drink.