It’s time again for the world’s best online cocktail party. The theme for this month’s Mixology Monday is “Hometown Hooch,” as set forth by Stuart Putney at Putney Farms. You can read more at the announcement post here, but the idea is to use locally distilled spirits in a cocktail. …
We have two offerings for this Month’s Mixology Monday, “I’ll take Manhattan!” This one, from our fearless MxMo leader, Frederic of the CocktailVirgin blog, challenges us to revisit the classic cocktail. Our first submission is the Manhattan 2.0 – a “Modern” version of the Manhattan with the added nuance of…
For the the bourbon in this cocktail, we tried Basil Hayden and Belle Mead. Both were excellent. The bourbon brings flavors of maple, tobacco, smoke and vanilla. This blends well with the rich, earthy Carpano Antica’s tastes of herbs, spice and slight bitterness. Tasting this without knowing the ingredients, one…
It is Mixology Monday! The theme, “Drink of Shame,” is the invention of our host Tipicular Fixins. We have all quaffed a few sweet, strange libations and I have imbibed my share of questionable drinks. This Month’s challenge, (now that we are real mixologists), is to create a cocktail that…
I love a bitters forward Old Fashioned. So, the March Mixology Monday theme of “Call me Old Fashioned” is right up my alley. Thanks to Sass & Gin for hosting and choosing a most magnificent theme! This drink requires Bad Dog Barcraft’s Fire and Damnation Bitters available here. “Fire and…
It seems that any cocktail containing gin and Lillet gets labeled as a Vesper. Other than the gin and Lillet, this drink is not even close to 007’s original concoction in Casino Royale. It is, however, delicious and visually stunning, which goes along with this season of glitz and glamor. …
Practically everyone who mixes drinks on any level has their own margarita recipe. Without disparaging anyone’s favorite, here is our most requested version. It is a simple but classic margarita on the rocks. We make this as a sour, shaken and served straight up without a salted rim.
Here we are with another excuse to party! Fat Tuesday always means Mardi Gras and New Orleans. So to celebrate, let’s take a look at two iconic libations from the Crescent City, the Vieux Carré and the Sazerac.
I choose to ignore all of you anti-Valentine’s Day types, (which probably suits you fine today)! Just FYI: Valentine’s Day was not started by Hallmark Cards. Hallmark’s first Valentine’s Day card was sold in 1913, while the first official Valentine’s Day observance as a special day of romance was in…
Mixology Monday XCIV is upon us and this month’s theme is “That’s Not a Martini!” Our host, Nihil Utopia, has hit upon something we really enjoy: messing with gin and fortified wines. We have two offerings for this round, (We had to pare it down from 6 or 8!!). First…