Category Archives: Cocktails
Searching for a Port in the stormy
The Dark and Stormy cocktail is one of my all-time favorites. Dale DeGroff’s recipe is this: 2 ounces Gosling’s or Myers’s dark rum 5 ounces ginger beer Lime wedge Pour the rum over ice in highball and fill with ginger … Continue reading
Sampling Speakeasy
All of these wine posts made me thirsty for a cocktail. Fortunately, my friend Dushan recently gave me a copy of his book Speakeasy: The Employees Only Guide to Classic Cocktails Reimagined and I tested a few of the recipes … Continue reading
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Salon, part deux
This past Sunday was our second Salon. I generally do not care to have cocktails with food. Before, after, or on their own, absolutely, but the complex flavors and high alcohol content make cocktails a challenge when it comes to … Continue reading
Camp Swampy-tini
My mother-in-law recently mailed me this cartoon as part of a homemade postcard. She describes it as “sort of a tough guy/Swedish/Italian/Southwest drink recipe.”
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Craft American Vodka Tasting Notes
Scrolling through Saveur.com today, I noticed a web component to my article that appeared in the March issue. Victoria, Ethan and I made tasting notes for close to 20 different American vodkas and our favorites are featured on the site. … Continue reading
Fun with gum
Pineapple gum syrup, that is: pressed pineapple mixed with organic cane sugar and gum syrup. We recently got some at the restaurant and I’ve been wanting to mix with it. It used to be in the Haus Alpenz portfolio, but … Continue reading
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So Much Pretty
One week from today, my sister-in-law has a book coming out. You can pre-order it from Amazon. You can read more about the book and about her on her website. My favorite review for it so far is the LA … Continue reading
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Hibiscus Rose Vesper
A cocktail of mine made it into Saveur’s March Issue. I also figured out how to embed documents into wordpress. Big day. Use the zoom key at the bottom so you can actually read what it says. Does my crooked … Continue reading
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Srirazerac
Noah recently picked up these bitters at Formaggio Essex:
Italian Love Bite
Plenty of Aperol in stock inspired Marcella to create her “Italian Love Bite”. The recipe: 1.5 oz. Aperol 1 oz. Dolin Blanc 1 oz. Finger Lakes Distilling Pear Brandy 1/2 oz. fresh lemon juice 1 egg white (equivalent to 1 … Continue reading
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