I truly enjoy pairing cocktails with food. The classic charcuterie and cheese board is always difficult. When you eat a fat such as cheese or cured meats, your tongue is coated with the fat. This prevents you from tasting any subtleties in your beverage. The secret is to take…
I thought that a simple Old Fashioned with aged rum and bittersweet chocolate would work. It does. Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz. Barbancourt 12 yr old Rum 1/4 oz. Chocolate Simple Syrup – see below Orange peel for garnish Directions: Chill an Old Fashioned glass with ice and water Combine all…
The Last Word The Last Word is a Prohibition era cocktail originally created at the Detroit Athletic Club. Equal parts Gin, Green Chartreuse, Maraschino Liqueur and lime juice create a well balanced cocktail with bold citrus and herbal flavors. Ingredients: 3/4 oz Gin 3/4 oz Green Chartreuse 3/4 oz Maraschino…
While this classic cocktail is white, it isn’t from Russia. Nor was it invented by a Russian or even for a Russian! The black Russian was created by a bartender in Brussels for an American Diplomat in 1949. The White Russian first appeared in the 1960’s. Whatever the origins, it…
Smooth, creamy and delicious. We use Kinsmen Apricot Rakia, an unaged very dry apricot brandy. The flavors are rich creaminess with hints of spice and stone fruit.
The National Drink of Puerto Rico. Think Eggnog with coconut instead of eggs and milk. This recipe is a take on Roberto Berdecia’s from La Factoria, San Jaun, Puerto Rico.
From Death & Company via Epicuriuos. “This is a tiki drink disguised as an old-fashioned, so it’s no surprise that it comes from Brian Miller, Death & Co’s resident scalawag and expert on all things Polynesian. One night a waitress asked Brian to make something stirred and boozy, so he…
A steak dinner often suggests a robust red wine. Instead, what about a cocktail that makes you want to have a bite of steak? The goal when pairing cocktails with food is to craft a drink that makes one want a bite of the food with each sip of the…
Most of the Rum Manhattan recipes that I read make a cloyingly sweet drink. This Rum Manhattan I crafted I hope you will find is amazingly complex. We used Don Q Vermouth Cask Aged Rum, but any Rum that you enjoy neat will do as well, (maybe better to your…
