We love cocktails on Barrel to Bottle. We love classics, and we love riffs. We might love riffs more. This week, we’ve got three mixologists riffing on three classic cocktails for Greg and Jim to judge.

Check out our blog for all the recipes.

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Firestone Walker’s Matt Brynildson returns to Barrel to Bottle. He’s in Chicago to launch a collab with our friends at Half Acre for the annual Firestone Walker Invitational. You can hear all about that event on our previous episode with Matt Brynildson.

Matt loves returning to Chicago and we love having him on the podcast to share his extensive knowledge of brewing, particularly hops. There’s always something new to enjoy from Firestone Walker, but we appreciate revisiting some of their classics as well.

• Firestone Walker Trailing West Pils collaboration with Half Acre
• Firestone Walker California IPA
• Firestone Walker Luponic Distortion
• Firestone Walker Hopnosis
• Firestone Walker Union Jack IPA
• Firestone Walker Parabola

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Ivo Jeramaz is the winemaker at Grgich Hills Estate. His uncle, Mike, started the winery shortly after his Chardonnay won the 1976 Paris Tasting for Chateau Montelena. Ivo passionately believes in regenerative farming of grapes, without the use of artificial fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides.

This week on Barrel to Bottle, Ivo explains the process of regenerative farming and why he believes it makes the best wine.

• Grgich Hills Sauvignon Blanc Fume Blanc 2021
• Grgich Hills Chardonnay 2021
• Grgich Hills Zinfandel 2019
• Grgich Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

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