Beer Fest 2016 - 10th Anniversary of Beer Fest!!!

TODAY!!

• Must be 21 years or older, we will check licenses at the door.
• For speed in checking in, please try to bring a $10 bill or $20 if there are two people.  Credit cards, you will have to go inside and pay at the register.
• We are not doing double points this year during beer fest (do not have that option set up in the system yet)
• Try not to block tables, be respectful and get your taste and step back so others can get to the tables.
• Some beers are limited and may run out. But there are plenty of great beers to taste.
• Some of the limited beers will be spaced out and opened at different times.
• No new beer bottles will be open after 2:45, just enjoy what is open.
• The event ends strictly at 3pm, no pours after that, bottles will be pulled.  
• Be safe do not drive. We have a metrolink station in our parking lot, please use it.
• First 100 people at the Open Session get a commemorative 4 Hands / TWCP Tasting Glass
• You can purchase $1 raffle tickets for rare beer through May 21 until 1:30 - read more
• As you enter you can get a raffle ticket for a chance to purchase Perennial Barrel Aged Abraxas, Perennial Funky Melon Wit and Side Project Noir du Fermier - click here to read more
• Stay updated during the event on Twitter #TWCPFest

This will be our 10th annual Beer Fest!!

Saturday May 21, 2016

The Wine and Cheese Place

7435 Forsyth Blvd, Clayton, MO 63105 

314.727.8788

Plus, Mission Taco Food Truck this year

We are excited to have 4 Hands Brewing

sponsoring the glasses for our 10th Anniversary

Open Session 1pm-3pm - 
$10 per person - no reservations.  Pay at the door.   The first 100 people to arrive for the open session will get a 4 Hands commemorative glass also!   There will be no entrance until 1pm sharp.  

Let us know you are coming in facebook.

As always, please support the breweries coming to the event.  We like to show our support to the participants.

*** not for sale, tasting only.  There will be limited bottles to taste until they are gone.  We will space out opening them out each half hour.  

The breweries and us like to show some limited beers that are not for purchase to show our appreciation for your support this year and through the past 34 years we have been here in St. Louis.

Side Project Brewing - St. Louis

• Side Project Merci Blend #2  ***
• Side Project Bière du Pays Blend #4  ***
• Side Project Fuzzy Blend #2  ***

Perennial Artisan Ales - St. Louis

• Perennial Barrel Aged Abraxas
• Perrenial Saison de Lis
• Perennial Funky Wit  ***
• Perennial Fresh Suburban Beverage *** (will arrive a few weeks later)
• Perennial Funky Wit Melon

2nd Shift Brewing - Missouri

• 2nd Shift Katy
• 2nd Shift Brew Cocky Fresh IPA
• 2nd Shift Technical Ecstasy (uber fresh)  ***
• 2nd Shift  Chateau La Douchebag special keg of Batch #2  ***
2nd Shift Bourbon Barrel Aged Vanilla LSD ***

Ballast Point - California

• Pineapple Sculpin
• Even Keel Mango
• Grapefruit Sculpin

Crown Valley - Missouri

• Crown Valley Antique Amber 
• Crown Valley Strawberry Cider 
• Crown Valley Carriage Cider 
• Crown Valley Blackberry Cider 
• Crown Valley BA Bucking Bronco 
• Crown Valley Saddleback BA Stout

Old Bakery Brewing - Illinois

• Old Bakery Porter
• Old Bakery Citrus Wheat
• Old Baker Hibiscus Tart

Charleville Brewing - Missouri

• Charleville 2013 Barleywine
• Charleville 2014 Barleywine
• Charleville 2015 Barleywine
• Charleville 2016 Barleywine
• Charleville Hoptimistic 
• Charleville Karate kicks
• Charleville Ale Mucho Hoppo
• Charleville Kick in the Cranberries    ***

O'Fallon Brewing - MIssouri

• Barrel Aged Wheat Wine  ***
• Westport Wheat
• Smoked Porter
• Hemp Hop rye
• Coal Train Imperial Stout

4204 Main Street Brewing - Illinois

• 4204 Main Street Strawberry Blonde
• 4204 Main Street Pecan Brown Ale
• 4204 Main Street California Common Ride
• 4204 Main StreetTwo Hop IPA

Firestone Walker - California

• Firestone Walker Easy Jack
• Firestone Walker Union Jack
• Firestone Walker Pivo
• Firestone Walker Parabola  ***
• Firestone Walker 19th Anniversary  ***
• Firestone Walker Bretta Rose   ***
• Firestone Walker Sucaba    ***

Excel Brewing - Illinois

• Flash Bang Wheat
• El Pistolero 
• Stay Gold IPA
• Barrel Aged Mint Julep

Crane Brewing Company - Missouri

• Crane Brewing Farmhouse IPA
• Crane Brewing Grapefruit Gose
• Crane Brewing Orange Gose
• Crane Brewing Kumquat Berliner

Crabtree Brewing - Colorado

• Crabtree Cezanne Saison
• Crabtree Deerfield
• Crabtree Peach Habanero

Saugatuck Brewing - Michigan

• Saugatuck Backyard IPA
• Saugatuck Daze on Saison
• Saugatuck Serrano Pepper
• Saugatuck Blueberry Maple Stout

Latitude 42 - Michigan

• Latitude 42 Lucifer's Cuvee
• Latitude 42 Red Beards India Red Ale

Goose Island Brewing - Illinois

• Goose Island Rare 2015  ***
• Goose Island Halia 2015  *** (we should still have some 2016 for sale)
• Goose Island Lolita 2015 *** (we should still have some 2016 for sale)
• Goose Island Four Star
• Goose Island Green Line
• Goose Island Summertime Kolsch
• Goose Island Sofie
• Goose Island Illinois

Grey Eagle Distributor

• Elysian Space Dust IPA
• Elysian Super Fuzz
• Breckenridge Nitro Vanilla Porter
• Breckenridge Summer Bright
• Kona Lemongrass Luau
• Best Damn Cherry Cola
• Omission Lager

Urban Chestnut Brewing Company - St. Louis

• Hopfen Bavarian IPL
• Dorfbier Munich Dunkel
• SLIPILS Imperial Pilsner  
• ***
• Oxnbrau Doppelbock   
• ***
• Mercator Flemish Red  ***

Shelton Brothers - Importer

• Prairie Birthday Bomb!
• Prairie Standard
• Prairie Vous Francais
• Jolly Pumpkin Bam Biere
• Jolly Pumpkin Madrugada Obscura
• North Peak Archangel
• Crooked Stave Vieille
• Crooked Stave Hop Savant
• Argus Ciderkin
• Argus Ginger Perry
• Mikkeller Simcoe IPA
• Mikkeller Mosaic Black IPA
• De La Senne Taras Boulba
• plus some surprise beers

Odell Brewing - Colorado

• Odell St. Lupulin
• Odell Tree Shaker
• Odell Friek (2015)   ***
• Odell The Meddler (2016)  

Alpha Brewing - St. Louis

• Atheist Ale
• The Sagwa Imperial IPA. 9% 120 IBUs brewed for our 3rd anniversary 
• Rouge Beier Raspberry Sour Ale aged in Red Wine barrels   ***
• Braun Flemish Red Ale aged in Red Wine Barrels
• Sunkn Treasure Gose 

Tallgrass Brewing - Kansas

• Top Rope IPA
• Songbird Saison
• Half Pipe Tart Pale Ale
• Raspberry Jam Berliner Weisse
• Sweet Tooth Belgian Dark Strong w/Salt & Brown Sugar

New Belgium - Colorado

• La Folie 2016  ***
• Heavy Melon
• Citradelic
• Fat Tire
• New Belgium / Hof Ten Dormaal Golden Ale

Destihl Brewing - Illinois   (preview, beers coming soon to TWCP)

• Abbey's Single  ***
• Weissenheimer Heffeweizen  ***
• Vertex IPA  ***
• Plum Sour Stout  ***
• Here Gose Nothin  ***

Earthbound Brewing - St. Louis  (preview, beers coming soon to TWCP)

• Belgium Pale Ale ***
• Irish Red ***
• Open Source Brown  ***
• Mahlab ESB  ***

Bur Oak Brewing - Missouri

• Big Tree IPA
• Boone County Brown
• Trailbender

Great River Brewing - Iowa

• Dirty Blonde
• 483 Pale Ale
• Milk Stout
• Farmer Brown Ale
• Roller Dam Red

Major Brands

• Founders KBS   ***
• Founders Rubaeus
• Founders Sumatra Brown
• Founders Mosaic
• Schlafly Walking Tree Wheat
• Schlafly BA Imperial Stout
• Avery Samaels Barrel Aged Demon Series
• Logboat Shiphead Ginger Wheat
• Logboat Mamoot Mild Ale
• Logboat Snapper IPA
• Logboat Lookout Pale Ale
• Seattle Ciders Botanical Gin
• Seattle Ciders Semi Sweet
• Seattle Ciders Dry

4 Hands Brewing - St. Louis

• 4 Hands Contact High with Lime
• 4 Hands Passion Fruit Prussia
• 4 Hands City Wide
• plus a few surprise beers

Oskar Blues - Colorado

• Oskar Blues Chaka ***
• Oskar Blues Beerita Mexican Lager
• Oskar Blues Priscilla White ***
• Oskar Blues Ten Fidy Imperial Stout 2014  ***
• Oskar Blues Ten Fidy Imperial Stout 2015  ***

Merchant du Vin - importer

• Brasserie du Bocq Saison 1858
• Brasserie du Bocq Blanche De Namur –Witbier
• Lindemans Lambic Cuvee Rene Oude Kriek
• Lindemans Lambic Cuvee Rene Oude Gueuze
• Westmalle Trappist Dubbel
• Westmalle Trappist Tripel
• Samuel Smith’s Organic Apricot Ale
• Samuel Smith's Organic Raspberry Ale
• Samuel Smith's Organic Chocolate Stout

Public House Brewing - Missouri

• Rod’s Cream Ale
• Revelation Stout
• Hide and Seek Hefeweizen
• Elusive IPA
• Thorn & Heat Strawberry Wheat Ale

Beer list is subject to change based on availability and what might be released between now and the event.  But this list is going to be amazing.  Thank you.

Beer Fest Day Raffle

We are doing our Beer Fest Raffle again this year.

$1 per ticket 

You can buy as many tickets as you wish between now and May 21

Must purchase tickets at one of our 4 locations

Names will be drawn at 2pm May 21 during or Beer Fest 

Same details as last year.
Deadline to purchase will be 1:30 on May 21

You do not need to be present at our Beer Fest.  You will be contacted. 

Must be 21 years of age to enter

Stop by one of our stores for more details.   At least 10 names will be drawn....

• Side Project Merci
• Side Project Noir du Fermier
• Side Project Noir du Fermier
• Prairie Artisan Ales Pirate Bomb!
• Drie Fonteien Oude Kriek
• Perennial Savant Blanc
• Founders KBS
• Crooked Stave Raspberry Origins
• T-Shirts
• Hats
• plus maybe more

Rare Beer Releases during Beer Fest May 21

A chance to purchase one of these bottles during Beer Fest.
We are very excited and lucky to have these available to release.

12 bottles available

Perennial Funky Melon Wit....$14.99 / 375ml
Funky Wit with Charentais Melon

10 bottles available

Perennial Barrel Aged Abraxas....$29.99 / 750ml

Imperial Stout aged Twelve months in Rittenhouse Rye barrels with cacao nibs, vanilla beans, ancho chiles & cinnamon sticks

12 bottles available
Side Project Noir du Fermier...$24.99

Barrel Fermented Missouri Black Saison
(we supplied a couple of red wine barrels for this one)
"Noir du Fermier is a dark farmhouse ale in which the robust yet dry malt bill is balanced with the brightness, depth and rustic character of the wild Brettanomyces and Lactobacillus found on our family's Missouri farm. This farmhouse ale was fermented in and aged in red wine and bourbon barrels for several months before being naturally bottle conditioned in this bottle." - back label

How will these be released?

Everyone is asking about the details.  This is the plan. 

If you are interested in purchasing one of these rare bottles - when you check in to the beer fest you need to grab one of these tickets to enter for a chance.

• We will pull the tickets at 1:45 on May 21 during Beer Fest
• You must be present to win for this one.  If your ticket is drawn you can purchase the bottle.   Do not lose your ticket.  You will need it to claim the bottle.
• We will pull 12 tickets for the Funky Wit, 10 for the BA Abraxas, and 12 for the Noir du Fermier.  In that order.
• We will take a picture of all the winning numbers and post it on our Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook all at the same time with the hash tag #TWCPFest - so if you do not follow us on one of those, find somebody that does.
• You will have until 2:15 to claim your bottle.  No substitutions.  If you find one of the other winners that is willing to trade with you, that is fine though.
• If there are some unclaimed bottles at 2:15 we will draw more names and again post them on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook

We will use the hashtag #TWCPFest during the beer fest to keep you updated on what is going on and many of the surprise beer openings as possible on our Social Media pages.

Verzet Oud Bruin -- new!

Verzet Oud Bruin 2013....$9.99 / 375ml
Anzegem, Belgium

This " old brown " is a beer that we like to call our flagship , it is a typical beer style for our region. This beer is a blend of some 'old' brown beer already has a maturation of 6 months in oak barrels behind it, and some "young" brown beer. Each vessel is tasted separately and cut to taste in different concentrations with each other . So we get the perfect blend. Each year the taste slightly different. The main characteristics remain always the same : the aroma is dominated by green apple, red fruits and oak. The taste is refreshingly acidic and very thirst-quenching. Enjoy your meal! Oud Bruin has an alcohol content of 6% and is available in bottles of Geuze 37,5cl .

Avery Expletus Barrel Aged Sour Ale

Avery Expletus Barrel Aged Sour Ale...$11.99 / 12oz
Ale Aged in Tequila Barrels with Cherries Added
5.9% ABV
Experimentation Ales and lagers that defy styles or categories.  This is what we are about: our driving force, our passion.  To further facilitate this innovative spirit,  we've developed our Barrel Aged Series where anything and we mean ANYTHING goes!  Brewed for those as adventurous as we are.  
No. 36. Sometimes you set off on a journey with a destination in mind, but you find what you were seeking many miles before.  

Amager / Crooked Stave Collab

Amager / Crooked Stave Chad King of the Wild Yeasts...$8.99 / pint
“After long years of the beer community discussing hops to exhaustion, yeast is finally getting a glimpse of the spotlight following what seemed to be a lengthy Batman-like existence: outcast, living in the shadows, not getting enough credit for his work. However, the importance of fermentation is no news to Chad from Crooked Stave, a.k.a. the king of Hipsters, who has been fondling with various fermenting agents for longer than most people have been drinking. So it was that on a beautiful – yet excruciatingly hungover – Wednesday Mr Yakobsen came to Amager to bombard us simpletons with his knowledge on all things yeasty, and especially, bretty. Due to stubbornness from our end, we still insisted the brew carried a motherf#&@ of hops, despite intents of a brett forward beer. The answer to what ingredient won the battle lies within this bottle. But in our opinion, we are all winners. “
Style: Wild Ale
ABV: 5.00%

Mikkeller Spontan Dry Hopped

Mikkeller Spontan Dry Hop Centennial...$6.49 / 11.2oz

Give it up for the Dry Hopped Centennial Sour Ale – She’s about to change your look on hops for good!
-Dry Hopped Sour Ale
--Abv: 5,5%

Mikkeller Spontan Dry Hop Citra...$6.49 / 11.2oz
Give it up for the Dry Hopped Citra Sour Ale – She’s about to change your look on hops for good!
-Dry Hopped Sour Ale
-Abv: 5,5%

Mikkeller Spontan Dry Hop Simcoe...$6.49 / 11.2oz
Give it up for the Dry Hopped Simcoe Sour Ale – She’s about to change your look on hops for good!
-Dry Hopped Sour Ale
-Abv: 5,5%

Freigeist new beers...

Freigeist Abraxxxas Pear...$8.99 / pint
Freigeist Abraxxxas Apple....$8.99 / pint
Based on Freigeist’s classic sour east-German wheat beer, Abraxxxas Apple Lichtenhainer and Pear Lichtenhainer feature all the complexity, funkiness, and drinkability of the original but go one step further by adding tart & flavorful real fruit during fermentation. The resultant brews are incredibly lively, characterful, and thirst-quenching.
Style: Fruit Beer
ABV: 6.00%

Freigeist Geisterzug Traditional Spruce Gose...$4.99 / pint
Based on a recipe dating back at least six hundred years, this is Freigeist’s quirky version of the nearly-extinct traditional sour beer of Leipzig. “Geisterzug” (“Ghost Train”) spruced gose is unusually complex, funky, and full-bodied, the perfect modern-day medieval German ale.

Freigeist Geisterzug Rhubarb Gose...$7.49 / pint
Freigeist Geisterzug Quince Gose....$7.49 / pint

Based on Freigeist’s ancient spruced Gose recipe, Geisterzug Quince & Geisterzug Rhubarb feature all the complexity, funkiness, and body of the of the original but go one step further by adding tart & flavorful real fruit & vegetable during fermentation. The resultant brews are incredibly lively, characterful, and thirst-quenching.
Style: Gose
ABV: 5.20%

Ridgeway stouts

Ridgeway Foreign Export Stout...$4.49 / 500ml

Ridgeway Foreign Export Stout bottle matures in a similar way to vintage port. Roasted malts and leaf hops initially provide an aroma of breakfast coffee and fresh spices that gradually fades to reveal licorice, caramel, and raisin notes that are products of the aging process. Beneath all this change sits a solid and resilient backbone of bitter English hop. Satisfyingly foreign. You might even imagine the glow of the peat fire?
Style: Stout
ABV: 8.0%

Ridgeway Imperial Russian Stout...$4.49 / 11.2oz
Master brewer Peter Scholey tells us:

“Imperial Russian Stouts historically tend to be declared in the range of 9 to 10% alcohol by volume, at 10% Ridgeway’s is at the top of that range. What differentiates the style from simply a strong stout or porter is that extended ageing and perhaps a little judicious “infection” before bottling which makes them considerably more vinous and sharp than an export stout so there is MUCH more of a wine character than you normally get in a strong ale. Not soured but just that little nod towards a lambic beer. Very roasty and very bitter. That bitterness mellows over time in the bottle but if you are lucky enough to get an Imperial Russian on draught it will be full on. The style is not intended to be overtly hoppy once settled but obviously with so many hops used the draught experience will have something on the hop front that won’t be there in a bottled version.”

Ridgeway’s Russian Imperial Stout will be brewed once a year. A small number of numbered bottles will be made available for you to enjoy immediately or to lay down for a while.”
Style: Imperial Russian Stout
ABV: 10.0%

Two new Mikkeller Spontan beers -- Pear and Pineapple

Mikkeller Spontan Pear....$12.99 / 375ml
In the spontan series we present Pear– this time, forming an alliance with pears that were generously added underway the brewing process, creating a truly unique and distinct, sour beer.

Aged at our barrel house in Belgium.

- Spontaneous fermented beer
- BA in oak barrels
- ABV: 7,7 %


Mikkeller Spontan Pineapple....$12.99 / 375
In the spontan series we present Pineapple– this time, forming an alliance with pineapple that were generously added underway the brewing process, creating a truly unique and distinct, sour beer.

Aged at our barrel house in Belgium.

- Spontaneous fermented beer
- BA in oak barrels
- ABV: 7,7 %

De Molen new releases

De Molen Spanning & Sensatie Imperial Stout....$6.49 / 1.2oz
Spanning & Sensatie was intended to thrill your taste buds. We tried to achieve this by adding cacao, chili peppers and salt to an already powerful imperial stout. Have fun. Flavor indication: cacao, chocolate, chili, salt. Translates as Excitement & Sensation or in meaning Thrills & Spills.

De Molen Mout & Mocca....$6.49 / 11.2oz
Mout & Mocca is especially brewed for lovers of both coffee and imperial stout. Rich and full, sweet and roasted. A perfect beer to finish your diner with. Flavour indication: coffee (strong), chocolate Translates as Malt & Mocha

Mikkeller Fig Stout and All Other Pales

Mikkeller Crooked Moon Tattoo Stockholm...$5.49 / 11.2oz
Fig Stout brewed for our friends at Crooked moon tattoo

Mikkeller All Other Pales Pale....$3.99 / 11.2oz CAN

Act One – Int. Mikkeller Night
Henry & Sally arrive at the bar. Sally orders a pale ale. She takes a sip. Then another.
Henry: “How is it?”
Sally: “All other pales pale”

Neal Wine Tasting - Meet Mark Neal

Just added....

Neal Family Vineyards Tasting
Tomorrow - Wednesday May 18th 5-7pm
Open House Format
let us know you are coming on facebook - click here

The Wine and Cheese Place
7435 Forsyth Blvd, Clayton, MO 63105

Please join us in welcoming Mark Neal, owner of Neal Family Vineyards for a special tasting event this Wednesday from 5-7pm. This open house tasting will feature the current Neal Family Vineyards portfolio of wines as well as two very special 2006 Single Vineyard Cabernets, usually only available at the Winery.  We are thrilled to be pouring the 2006 Neal Rutherford Dust Vineyard and 2006 Neal Second Chance Vineyard Cabernet at this tasting. No revesvations required just come and enjoy these lovely wines and meet Mark Neal.  Invite your friends


Some amazing wines will be Poured:

• 2015 Neal Sauvignon Blanc....$19.99
• 2011 Neal Cabernet Sauvignon....$56.99
• 2010 Neal Petit Sirah...$33.99
• 2013 Neal Zinfandel
• 2006 Neal Rutherford Dust Vineyard Cabernet...$85.99
• 2006 Last Chance Vineyard Cabernet...$85.99

Crooked Stave Progenitor

New lower price!
Crooked Stave Progenitor....$5.99 / 375ml
Rated 99/100 RateBeer
Dry Hopped Golden Sour Ale

Anchorage Love Buzz Saison is back!

Anchorage Love Buzz Saison......$13.99 / 750ml

Rated 100/100 on RateBeer

Rated 100/100 for its style on RateBeer

"Ale brewed with Hobb Family rose hips, peppercorns and fresh orange peels. Dry hopped in the barrel with Citra Hops. Triple fermented - first in the tank with a belgian yeast, second in french oak Pinot Noir barrels with brett, and finally in the bottle with a third yeast for natrual carbonation" -- bottle
"A feeling overcomes, deriving of a most curious perplexity. A rich desire awakens to explore the contents of such delicate loveliness. Upon a deep connection with rounded lips, a bitter sweet complexity enters the soul...and so begins an amorous affair heightened awareness envelopes the senses as the grandeur of such bold character develops. Caramel beauty exhibits itself, sprawling its full body widely upward, bubbling with excitement. Tantalizing effects of peppery bitterness grasps the tongue. Enchantment takes hold as a blanket of citrus slowly unfolds. As in any noteworthy love story, a subtle fruity sweetness of a rose emerges to the finish. A warm contentment grazes over, signifying a united marriage of balance and pleasure.

Fortitude has revealed itself to those who have encountered such an enriching experience. An experience so delectable, so defining, so unequivocal. An experience that is Love's Buzz." -- bottle

Odell Tree Shaker Peach IPA

It is back 

Odell Tree Shaker Imperial Peach IPA...$11.99 / 4pk
Tree Shaker Imperial Peach IPA has roots right here in Colorado. We balanced familiar citrusy hop notes with the subtle sweetness of local peaches. You might say we gave both the tree and the style a playful little shake.

Bruichladdich tasting with Emily Arseneau

Meet Emily Arseneau,

Bruichladdich Brand Ambassador

Mark it on your calendar

June 1 from 3-5pm
The Wine and Cheese Place

7435 Forsyth Blvd, Clayton MO 63105

We will taste a selection of Bruichladdich scotches.  

• Bruichladdich Octomore 6.1
• Bruichladdich Islay Barley Unpeated
• Bruichladdich Port Charlotte Islay Barley Heavily Peated
• Bruichladdich Port Charlotte Scottish Barely Heavily Peated
• The Botanist Gin

For any purchase during the event of the above products you will receive two complimentary Bruichladdich glassware while supply lasts

Open house - no charge for the tasting.

Reservations are not needed.  

But you can let us know on Facebook if you are coming and share with your friends.

Brand Ambassador
Emily Arseneau is a Dallas-based beverage consultant currently collaborating with Collectif 1806, an international group founded by Rémy-Cointreau for the purposes of championing its exquisite portfolio through cocktail and spirits education. Emily first entered the service industry ten years ago, as she was pursuing her BFA at Louisiana State University. Upon graduating, Emily gained much passion, knowledge and experience working in a wide variety of pubs, beer gardens, cocktail bars and restaurants throughout the United States. Her first experience with brand advocacy was with Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum. Since joining the Collectif 1806 team, Emily has consulted on concepts for multiple bars and restaurants in Dallas, and has been a returning guest on KTXD's "The Broadcast" as a cocktail expert. She is also a contributor to Dallas Morning News' "Cocktail Lifestyle Blog." Emily and her cocktail creations have been recognized by publications such as American Way, D Magazine, Dallas Observer, Eater, FD Magazine and The Dallas Morning News. Her cocktails of choice are the Queen's Park Swizzle and the Botanist Gin Collins, because they'll never go out of style!