{"id":9725,"date":"2025-10-20T18:40:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T18:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/9725\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T18:40:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T18:40:15","slug":"ja-rule-celebrates-new-whiskey-venture-amber-opal-in-new-york-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/9725\/","title":{"rendered":"Ja Rule celebrates new whiskey venture Amber &#038; Opal in New York City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ja-rule-amber-and-opal-.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ja Rule celebrated the launch of his new whiskey venture, Amber &amp; Opal.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Ja Rule celebrates new whiskey venture Amber &amp; Opal in New York City 2\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Ja Rule celebrated the launch of his new whiskey venture, Amber &amp; Opal.<\/p>\n<p>Photos by Stolen Heart Media<\/p>\n<p>Ja Rule hosted his Cocktails &amp; Conversations at Amali NYC, celebrating his latest venture, a whiskey brand called Amber &amp; Opal.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>Amber &amp; Opal is a honey botanical rye, coined as the new standard in sophisticated spirits. Guests enjoyed a cocktail hour with light bites and signature cocktails, including the Amber Rush and an Old Fashioned, both crafted with Amber &amp; Opal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The evening transitioned into an intimate, southern-inspired autumn dinner, where Ja Rule led a toast: \u201cMay your life be like Italian bread, long and full of dough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/?attachment_id=137804816\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-137804816 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-137804816\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AOAEvent-187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" title=\"Ja Rule celebrates new whiskey venture Amber &amp; Opal in New York City 3\"  \/><\/a>Photo by Stolen Heart Media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/?attachment_id=137804817\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-137804817 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-137804817\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AOAEvent-141.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" title=\"Ja Rule celebrates new whiskey venture Amber &amp; Opal in New York City 4\"  \/><\/a>Photo by Stolen Heart Media<\/p>\n<p>The dinner was prepared by Chef Shannon, who crafted the meal specifically for this intimate evening. \u201cIt was a pleasure creating this menu. It was something different, out of the ordinary, so it was exciting,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The spread included a spicy feta and smoked trout spread, baby romaine for an appetizer, porchetta and short rib for the entr\u00e9e, and was topped off with a slice of pecan pie cake featuring an Amber &amp; Opal caramel glaze.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Before the night ended, Ja Rule announced his upcoming bar takeover tour across the country. He will throw parties in hotels, bars, and restaurants to promote the spirit. He encouraged any interested vendors to join the fun by contacting him via email at orders@amberopalspirits.com.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/?attachment_id=137804818\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-137804818 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-137804818\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AOAEvent-99.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" title=\"Ja Rule celebrates new whiskey venture Amber &amp; Opal in New York City 5\"  \/><\/a>Photo by Stolen Heart Media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/?attachment_id=137804819\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-137804819 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-137804819\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AOAEvent-151.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" title=\"Ja Rule celebrates new whiskey venture Amber &amp; Opal in New York City 6\"  \/><\/a>Photo by Stolen Heart Media<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/?attachment_id=137804821\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-137804821 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-137804821\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AOAEvent-129.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" title=\"Ja Rule celebrates new whiskey venture Amber &amp; Opal in New York City 7\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/?attachment_id=137804822\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-137804822 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-137804822\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AOAEvent-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" title=\"Ja Rule celebrates new whiskey venture Amber &amp; Opal in New York City 8\"  \/><\/a>Photo by Stolen Heart Media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/?attachment_id=137804823\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-137804823 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-137804823\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AOAEvent-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" title=\"Ja Rule celebrates new whiskey venture Amber &amp; Opal in New York City 9\"  \/><\/a>Photo by Stolen Heart Media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/?attachment_id=137804820\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-137804820 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-137804820\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AOAEvent-132.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" title=\"Ja Rule celebrates new whiskey venture Amber &amp; Opal in New York City 10\"  \/><\/a>Photo by Stolen Heart Media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ja Rule celebrated the launch of his new whiskey venture, Amber &amp; Opal. Photos by Stolen Heart Media&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[8110,8111,8112,8113,9,24,63,134,136,135,8114],"class_list":{"0":"post-9725","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-alcohol","9":"tag-amber-opal","10":"tag-amber-opal-whiskey","11":"tag-ja-rule","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-nyc","15":"tag-staten-island","16":"tag-staten-island-headlines","17":"tag-staten-island-news","18":"tag-whiskey"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}