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922 South Morton Street
Bloomington, IN, 47403
United States
812-202-6789
Cardinal Spirits is a craft distillery in Bloomington, Indiana that specializes in producing extraordinary spirits from local ingredients.
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Links that make you go Hmmm.
National Cocktail Day is March 24 — this is the best way to celebrate this completely made-up holiday
6 ways to rim a cocktail glass (#3!!!)
A taste-test of Trader Joe's Single Malt Irish Whiskey
Because it's spring break season: check out these cool distillery hotels across the world
Class of 2016 Vodka. Because the college graduate in your life does not want "Oh, the Places You'll Go," a set of Cross pens or a tie.
Would you use this secret (kind of icky-sounding) ingredient instead of egg whites to make your cocktails vegan?
The Gimlet Gets Its Groove Back (was it ever sans groove, really?)
Don't let winter slip by without making this lovely whiskey cocktail
It would be fun to play around with some of these lesser-known Caribbean fruits as drink ingredients
Hey, you LaCroix-and-vodka drinkers. You can do better. Our cocktail classes will help. The next one is all about infusing spirits with fruit and botanicals, and how to make drinks with this DIY elixirs.
A million pretty photos of Dinner at the Distillery, a cocktail-pairing dinner that we hosted recently
Iiiiiinteresting! Cocktails Sip Away at Beer's Market Share
And - oh, the irony - these bartenders like using beer in cocktails and their recipes sound delicious.
"To really be able to taste the season in your ingredient is pretty cool." - what a great line from this interview about foraging ingredients for cocktails.
We are infusing our Vodka four ways in preparation for an incredible Russian-style vodka pairing dinner at the distillery this Friday.
No happy hour, no cold beer at grocery stores, and no booze sales on Sunday: Indiana absolutely made this list of 8 States With The Strangest Alcohol Laws.
Cardinal Spirits' first anniversary celebration is this weekend. Punch, cakes, free t-shirts, free tours ... RSVP here. (Also, how crazy is it that our building used to look like this.)
Have any of you tried Elvis Presley Coconut Water Vodka? Which is a real thing.
A fun video tour of our neighborhood, called McDoel Gardens — and hey, that's us at 1:05!
PepsiCo is opening a restaurant in NYC that will offer an artisanal menu with dishes inspired by the kola nut. It's sodas will be served, of course, but Pepsi says it'll also have a "cocktail curator" on staff.
One genius trick that will change your cocktail game.
To jigger or to pour? Which side of the debate are you on?
Uh, pivot much? Under Armor founder is opening a distillery.
Because it feels like winter is juuuust getting started: 8 hot chocolate recipes (some are boozy)
A few sneak peaks at tonight's amazing cocktail-pairing dinner at the distillery: here, here and here.
Links that make you go Hmm...
We have some incredible cocktail classes coming up at the distillery: Gin, Whiskey, and Tiki.
"Booze in everything," and other food trends for 2016 predicted by grandparents.
Indianapolis employers that have bars right in their offices
Teas that make you forget all about coffee
How to make drinks with crème de cacao and not regret it
Links that make you go Hmmm.
Imbibe's roundup of riffs on milk punch includes our terrific Nocino Milk Punch, created by Cardinal Spirits bartender Chris Resnick. (Yay!)
No More Personal Margarita Pitchers, and Other Drinking Resolutions from professional drinkers.
Did you get one of these in your stocking, and will you actually use it? (Or is it just cute?)
Craft beer is great and all, but we kind of loved seeing those old-school, short-neck Miller Lite steinies at parties during the holidays.
To bookmark for next year: Our essential holiday cocktail recipes.
Ever wonder how our Songbird Craft Coffee Liqueur is made? Edible Indy breaks it down.
2 stellar punches for holiday gatherings.
Icicle the cat saved by Smirnoff vodka after accidentally ingesting anti-freeze.
We interviewed one of our Holiday Gift Boxes, and yes, it is just as ridiculous as it sounds.
Atlas Obscura shines the light on a Bloomington building you've probably seen a million times.
Links that make you go Hmmm.
We've got all new Tiki Tuesday drinks with a wonderful, wintry twist — like the one above with Standard Dry Gin, pineapple shrub, lapsang souchong syrup, lime and sage.
Is there a more polarizing liqueur than this one?
Eating — and drinking — invasive species.
Diddy's birthday apple pie was 30 inches across, had 30 pounds of flour, 20 pounds of sugar — and zero drops of the apple-flavored Ciroc that Diddy just launched. Missed opportunity?
Cocktails for Dingdongs and other new booze books that might be fun to gift (or get).
Links that make you go Hmmm.
3 outstanding cocktails to make with Nocino, our new walnut liqueur.
Would you rather breathe in booze or drink it?
Here's what graced Gourmet magazine's covers decades ago this month: wassail in December 1953, eggnog in December 1943, and a glass of brandy in December 1941.
This is kind of a big deal.
If you're into snagging cocktail ingredients in the wild, then put this Forager's Cocktails recipe book on your wish list.
