Here are some of the older media and blogger pieces about us and our products.
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Chicago Magazine covered our tasting room opening in a photo essay |
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Tasting Table wrote about our new tasting room and tour program |
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Time Out Chicago broke the print story about our new tasting room |
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Anthony Todd at Serious Eats writes a detailed review of our new spirit, Sol |
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The fine folks at Grubstreet in Chicago wrote about our new tasting room and tour program |
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CNN Eatocracy writes about absinthe, and mentions our Sirène Absinthe Verte. |
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Barrie Lynn, the Cheese Impresario on Cheese Rules, talks about our Aquavit - Private Reserve on this great video. |
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Chicagoist wrote about our new tasting room, as well as our new product, Sol - find that one here. |
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Leah Zeldes at Dining Chicago wrote about our new tasting room
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The fun folks at Norpie's Forks & Corks visited our tasting room and shared a great cocktail with Sol |
January 2011 |
In their "Best of the USA" list, the gents at Dappered.com recommended our Distiller's Gin No. 11 for your cocktails - January 2011 |
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Chicago Sun-Times wrote about our Sirène Absinthe Verte in honor of Bastille Day.
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Chicago Tribune wrote about our newest limited release, CR2 in the Sunday Magazine. On Trib Local, the paper's suburban news service, Ed Brill wrote about it as well. |
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Tasting Table wrote about our newest limited release also. |
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The readers of Mindful Metropolis voted us the Best Midwestern Spirit for 2010!
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Time Out Chicago wrote about our latest limited release, it's "killer." |
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The bar patrons at The 100 Bar Project discovered our gins at the Elysian hotel with our friend Tom behind the stick |
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Hal Wolin at A Muddled Thought in NYC wrote about our Distiller's Gin No. 6, as part of a gin-tasting series |
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Chicago Tribune wrote about our contest to guess the new limited release.
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Imbibe Magazine reviewed vodkas, and said great things about ours. |
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The New York Times wrote about craft distilling in Illinois, including our little operation here on November 29, 2009
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Chicagoist visited us and wrote about it. |
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Tasting Table, a new daily foodie email based in Chicago profiled us in their debut edition |
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Chicago Tribune wrote about our Mole Poblano in the Sunday Magazine on July 26, 2009
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The folks at Sloshed!, a great cocktail blog, wrote about and reviewed our gins Here's the article!
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Luxist wrote about our Mole Poblano.
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The guys at Proof 66, a fun website for liquor reviews & profiles, came to visit us recently. |
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The ADI Bloggers group interviewed us. (May 2009) |
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The folks at Urban Daddy wrote up a nice piece about our new limited release, Eldergin (April 2009) |
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Jill Jaracz over at Drive-Thru wrote about regional distilleries at WhiskeyFest, and talked about us (Apr 3, 2009) |
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Edible Chicago wrote a great article about us, with some fantastic pictures (.pdf)
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Karl Klockars at Chicagoist.com interviewed Sonja on his weekly podcast. Give it a listen!
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Men's Journal wrote about Aquavit, including our Aquavit - Private Reserve
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The folks at Brides.com recommended our Sirène Absinthe Verte as a unique, alternative beverage at your wedding (Dec 26, 2008) |
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Sheridan Road wrote about North Shore Distillery (.pdf)
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Men's Book profiled North Shore Distillery and talked about our latest products (.pdf)
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Chicago Drinks (part of the Chicago Reader ) writes about North Shore Distillery
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| September 2008 |
Chicago Scene wrote about great vodkas, including our own North Shore Vodka (.pdf)
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Pioneer Press has a great article about our absinthe, as well as some reviews and tips on drinking absinthe (all .pdf files)
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Chicago Magazine recommends trying Sirène Absinthe Verte this month
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Kelly's Grape Times - although she mostly writes about wine, this writer talks about making infused syrups and using one in a cocktail with our Distiller's Gin No. 6
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Blotto - This very fun "Journal of the North American Booze Council" talks about our Distiller's Gin No. 6
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Luxist wrote about our 2008 limited release, Alphonso Mango No. 11, on this blog about new & cool stuff
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190 North piece about Absinthe on ABC-7 in Chicago; original air date July 27, 2008, to be rebroadcast on August 2, 2008 (look for the piece called "Chicago's Absinthe Scene")
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Crain's Chicago Business Online Video About Sirène Absinthe (loads in a player)
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University of Illinois Chicago Alumni Magazine profiled Derek Kassebaum |
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Drive-Thru Chicago reviewed our reviews Sirène Absinthe Verte - from June 20, 2008 |
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Narcissism, It's Not Just for Breakfast Anymore - on this fun blog, Aurea posted about her experiences with our recent absinthe seminar. |
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Consume with Desire blog - Sean Murphy wrote about comparing absinthes, including our Sirène Absinthe Verte (which the group loved) |
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Eyeliner Robot writes about absinthe on this Chicago-based blog, and a review of Sirène was posted on May 6, 2008 |
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Business Week (Chicago edition) profiled North Shore Distillery (Mar 24 2008) |
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Time Out Chicago taste-tested a variety of Midwestern spirits, and our Distiller's Gin No. 6 and North Shore Vodka did very well in the competition (Feb 21 2008) |
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Ideal Bite recommended our Aquavit - Private Reserve (.pdf). |
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Red Eye Chicago recommends taking our Aquavit - Private Reserve along for a BYOB adventure at a local Scandinavian eatery (Jan 10 2008) |
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The Boozehound selected our Aquavit - Private Reserve as the spirit of the month for January 2008! |
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Time Out Chicago includes our Rhuginger No. 6 in the 100 best things they ate and drank this year |
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Chicago Tribune includes our Tahitian Vanilla Vodka in their top handcrafted holiday gift picks for foodies |
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The guys at Gin Reviews gave our Distiller's Gin No. 6 a great review |
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New York Times chief wine critic, Eric Asimov, talks about midwestern spirits (and likes ours) |
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Chicagoist wrote about our 2007 limited release, Rhuginger No. 6 |
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The Boozehound posted a video tour & interview of North Shore Distillery |
| September 2007 |
The food editors at Chicago Magazine write The Dish blog - check out what they said about our 2007 limited release, Rhuginger No. 6 (look for "Lucky Six" heading)
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On the Chicago Localvore blog, they wrote about Rhuginger No. 6 |
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Hear on Earth radio program on Wisconsin Public Radio about vodka - Sonja was a guest (you can stream it on that site)
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June 2007
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On Explore the Pour, Robert Heugel's blog about all things cocktailian (now Drink Dogma), he wrote about Distiller's Gin No. 6 on June 11, 2007 & about Aquavit Private Reserve on April 18, 2007 |
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On the Chicago Tribune's food blog, The Stew, our Distiller's Gin No. 6 was mentioned on May 9, 2007 (link to .pdf)
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Chicago Tribune articles about gin and comparing gins (both pdf)
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Wine Enthusiast article on small-batch gins (pdf)
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On Gapers Block's Drive Thru Blog, Tim wrote about our distillery on April 10, 2007 and recommended a cocktail with Distiller's Gin No. 6 on February 8, 2007
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The Backlit Vodka Lounge reviewed North Shore Vodka on April 1, 2007 |
March 2007
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On the Pro Bono Baker blog, Gemma wrote about Aquavit Private Reserve on March 12, 2007 |
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190 North piece on ABC7 Chicago about NSD (link to video) or click here for automatic streaming of the .m4v file (big file)
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Imbibe Magazine article on Aquavit (pdf)
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UR Chicago praise for Tahitian Vanilla Vodka (pdf)
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Time Out Chicago piece on Tahitian Vanilla Vodka (pdf)
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Chicago Tribune on The Next Big Things for 2007 (pdf)
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Chicago Magazine - on Distiller's Gin No. 6 (pdf) |
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Metromix TV (on CLTV) piece about us (streaming video) |
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Forest & Bluff Magazine - about NSD (.pdf) |
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Cheers Magazine - Gin Renaissance (.pdf) |
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Epicurious.com post about NSD vodka and gin (.pdf) |
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Crain's Chicago Business on our infused gins (.pdf)
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TimeOut Chicago on taste testing flavored spirits (.pdf) |
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Chicago Tribune on NSD (.pdf) |
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Time Out Chicago on NSD products (.pdf) |
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North Shore Magazine about NSD (.pdf) |
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Chicago Reader on NSD (.pdf)
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Pioneer Press on NSD (.pdf) |
