It’s Mixology Monday! This Month, our host Frederic of the CocktailVirgin blog, has revived the Swizzle. Yes, the Swizzle is a drink, not just a stick! When ice found its way to the Caribbean in the 19th Century, it quickly found a home in cocktails. No longer did one have…
I got the idea of jerky infused white whiskey from the Ranger Creek folks at this years San Antonio Cocktail Conference. My original intent was to use it to make Bloody Mary’s. However, I found that the tomato overwhelmed the jerky flavor. More importantly, I started out making a huge…
It’s Mixology Monday for March and this month’s theme is ‘Burden of Proof.’ Brought to us by this month’s host Dagreb of the Nihil Utopia blog, we are challenged to use spirits with no less than 101 proof. I have found a number of uses for 151 proof spirits, other…
I love kumquats, partly because it’s a fun word, but mainly because of the sweet and sour flavor. It’s the only citrus I know of that you eat whole – peel, seeds and all! A few years ago, I bought and planted a kumquat tree and eagerly awaited it’s first…
It’s Girl Scout Cookie season and the little girls, with Mom’s in tow, can be found in front of grocery stores and pharmacies across the Nation. The ones I met were very pleased to sell me 2 boxes of each variety. Of course I wasn’t purchasing all of those boxes…
Well, it’s Mixology Monday and this Month’s theme is “Spring Break.” Brought to us by the Southern Gentleman himself, Joel DiPippa of the Southern Ash blog, we are challenged to imagine winter is over and turn our thoughts to Spring Break. I know that Spring Break generally evokes thoughts of…
This drink combines the herbal St. George Botanivore Gin with the slightly bitter and equally herbal Aperol and the nutty, bittersweet Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur. The Pimento Bitters add depth of flavor and mellow the sweetness of the Luxardo. It is a very smooth drink. I started out with the following…
I have created several cocktails with Dorçol’s Kinsman Rakia Apricot Brandy*. It makes for an interesting twist on anything made with gin or vodka, (or tequila or bourbon for that mater). For this Mule, I tried 3 different apricot brandies whose brands will go unmentioned. They were either too sweet,…
This cocktail is simply a Blood and Sand with a little smokey twist. According to an article by Gary Regan on Liquor.com, the Blood and Sand first appeared in Harry Craddock’s The Savoy Cocktail Book and was probably named after the 1922 silent movie. History aside, the Blood and Sand…
The theme for January’s Mixology Monday CV was Brace Yourself: to create a cocktail that will fortify the will against that moment just before you step out into the cold. Yes, I live in San Antonio where people bundle up because it’s 54 degrees. However, I grew up in the…