Category Archives: Cocktails
Put your Christmas tree to good use
Before your Christmas tree dries out, make some Evergreen Simple Syrup: Combine 1 cup of water with 3/4 cup sugar and bring to a boil. Add a handful of fresh pine needles from your Christmas tree and boil for 3 … Continue reading
Bitters to go
Leave it to the ever-traveling Germans to come up with a way to have classy cocktails on the go. Today’s Times clued me in to this adorable kit. Tasting notes from the company’s website: CELERY BITTERS: Very complex and exotic. … Continue reading
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Greenmarket Mixology for Holiday Cocktails
If you’re free in NYC tonight, Union Square wines is presenting, Slow Food U: Greenmarket Mixology for Holiday Cocktails with Allen Katz from 6-8 pm. From USQ’s website: Holidays are a time for good cheer… and good cocktails. Local, legendary, … Continue reading
Mixing a Martinez
For round 2 of our spirits project, we focused on the Martinez cocktail. Some believe the Martinez is the precursor to the dry martini. We tried two different recipes, each with two different gins. The first recipe we tried: 1 … Continue reading
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Tackling the Dry Martini Cocktail
We’re launching a new project at school that will require creating and testing cocktail recipes. Yes, my job is awesome. For some reason, we decided to start with a cocktail about which many professionals don’t see eye to eye. We can … Continue reading
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Corn Tassel, take 5
In preparation for USQ’s Autumn Cocktail Classic, I’ve been playing around with some cocktails featuring Glen Thunder. Brian emailed me this recipe: Corn Tassel 1.5 oz Mellow Corn 4-year old whiskey 1.25 oz fresh lemon juice 1 oz Cointreau 2 … Continue reading
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Fashion’s Night Out
This past Friday I attended my first Fashion Week event. The focus was more food and drink than it was fashion. Finger Lakes Distilling was invited as one of the artisanal whiskeys.
How would you like your eggs?
In this week’s The Talk of the Town in the New Yorker, Michael Schulman hosted an unofficial summit with egg experts to discuss the recent recall of more than half a billion eggs. His guests were Dave Arnold from the … Continue reading
Free booze this week
Finger Lakes Distilling has two upcoming events at Union Square Wines & Spirits. From their website: Event Date: Friday, July 30, 6:00pm – 9:00pm Description of tasting: Join USQ and Finger Lakes Distillery’s Selena Shannon for a look at their … Continue reading
Asimov enjoys a McKenzie rye Manhattan
Granted, the Diner’s Journal post on July 16th focused primarily on vermouth, but it’s always exciting to get a mention in the New York Times! ABC Kitchen Rye Whiskey Manhattan 1 1/2 ounces McKenzie rye whiskey 3/4 ounce Carpano Antica … Continue reading
