The primers built into every kit's PDF, plus the party-planning logistics that come before you even open one: how much to buy, how to set the table, and how to run the night. No fluff, nothing dated, just the reference material.
How to Taste Candy and Whisky: Sip, Bite, Sip Again
The order you taste in decides whether a candy pairing tells you anything. Here's the three-step method, what order to run the candies, and the mistakes that flatten a Halloween tasting.
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Why Candy and Whisky Actually Agree
This isn't a party trick. Chocolate, caramel, and coconut share real flavor compounds with whisky. Here's the chemistry.
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Christmas Party Games for Adults (That Everyone Will Actually Play)
The best Christmas party games for grown-ups, from a white elephant that doesn't drag to an ugly sweater contest with real ballots, plus how to run the night.
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Friendsgiving Ideas: How to Plan the Food, the Table and the Games
A practical Friendsgiving plan: when to host, how to run the potluck, how much turkey to buy and when to thaw it, plus games that keep the table talking.
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How to Host a Champagne Tasting Party
How many bottles to buy, which styles to compare, how cold to serve them, and how to run a blind tasting that finds the real Champagne.
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How to Host a Hard Cider Tasting
Hard cider vs. apple cider, which styles to compare and how much to buy, the right serving temperature, a blind tasting game, fall food pairings and a zero-proof track.
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How to Host a Christmas Cookie Exchange
Cookie swap rules that keep it fair, the simple math for how many dozen each guest should bake, which cookies travel well, and how to run the party.
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How to Host a Mulled Wine Party
Which wine to buy and how much, why you should never boil it, whole spices vs. ground, a blind tasting game, food from the Christmas markets and a zero-proof pot for everyone else.
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How to Host a New Year's Eve Party at Home
A simple plan for a New Year's Eve party at home: when to invite, how much bubbly to buy, a 9 p.m. to midnight run of show, and games that carry you to the countdown.
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How to Host an Eggnog Tasting Party
Which store-bought nogs to compare, how much to buy, the 160°F rule for safe homemade eggnog, a blind Nog-Off, a spike bar for the adults and the cookies to serve with it.
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How to Play Dreidel: The Rules, the Letters and a Game That Ends
What Nun, Gimel, Hei and Shin mean, how the pot works, the house rules to settle before the first spin, and how to keep a dreidel game from running all night.
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How to Set Up a Hot Cocoa Bar
How much cocoa and how many toppings to buy, a slow cooker batch that keeps a crowd going, the toppings that actually get used, a blind Cocoa-Off and a spiked corner for the adults.
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You don't need a cabinet of crystal. Here's what glass shape changes, what it doesn't, and the one swap worth spending money on.
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How Much to Buy for a Tasting Party of Six
The real math behind pour sizes and bottle counts, so you buy exactly enough and not a case you'll never finish.
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How to Host a Bourbon Tasting at Home
What legally makes it bourbon, which four bottles to pour, how much to buy, how to taste from low proof to high, and a blind mash bill game your guests will argue about.
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How to Host a Chocolate Tasting at Home
Which bars to buy and how much, the right order to taste them, how to snap, smell and melt, a blind tasting game and what to pair with each style.
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How to Host a Gin Tasting (and a G&T Bar)
What makes gin gin, which four styles to pour side by side, how much gin and tonic to buy, how to taste it neat, a blind Juniper-Off game and how to set up a build-your-own G&T bar.
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How to Host a Hot Sauce Tasting Party
Which sauces to buy and how much, the Scoville scale in plain English, how to climb from mild to wild, a blind heat ladder game, what actually cools the burn and how to handle superhots safely.
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How to Host a Japanese Whisky Tasting
What really counts as Japanese whisky under the 2021 labeling standard, which four bottles to pour, how much to buy, how to taste, a blind style game and the highball round to finish.
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How to Host a Scotch Tasting at Home
What legally makes it Scotch, how to build a flight that climbs from gentle Speyside to smoky Islay, how much to buy, how to taste, and a blind region and peat game.
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How to Host a Tea Tasting Party
Which teas to compare and how much to buy, the right water temperature and steep time for each, how to taste side by side, a blind game and what to serve with it.
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How to Run a Blind Tasting Without Making It Weird
Guess first, reveal second: the one format change that makes any pairing night more interesting, straight from our advent kit's own method.
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Printable Invitations: What to Say and When to Send Them
Every kit ships an editable invitation template. Here's what actually belongs on it and a realistic send-by timeline.
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Setting Up a Tasting Station in 30 Minutes
Glassware, water, palate cleansers, and labels: the checklist that turns a kitchen counter into a real tasting table.
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Rum Styles, Decoded: White, Gold, Navy, and Agricole
Rum has almost no enforced production rules, so the label tells you less than it does for Scotch. Here's what the style names actually mean.
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Every Tiki Drink Is the Same Four Parts
Spirit, sour, sweet, spice. Learn the four-slot structure behind the Mai Tai and the Jungle Bird and you can build a tiki drink without a recipe.
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What the guides keep recommending
The table basics that come up guide after guide: measured pours, water, a palate reset, and a way to keep track of the glasses.
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- OXO angled measuring jiggerRead half-ounce pours from above. No squinting, no free pours.See it on Amazon →
- Glass carafes with lids, set of 2Water on the table, always. One carafe per end of the table.See it on Amazon →
- Carr's Table Water crackers, 24 snack packsThe plain palate reset. Single packs, so nobody shares a sleeve.See it on Amazon →
- Numbered bottle bags for blind tasting, 10 packCovers the label and numbers the pour, so the guess stays honest.See it on Amazon →
- Metallic glass markers, 8 packWrite names or pour numbers right on the glass. Washes off.See it on Amazon →
- Pilot G2 pens, 12 packA pen at every seat. Notes in the moment beat notes from memory.See it on Amazon →