The Shakerato Iced Espresso Drink
Jet lag. It’s the biggest force out there trying to make travel less fun. As someone who used to cross the Atlantic at least once, and up to three times, a month for a couple…
Category Archives: Cocktails
Pamplemousse Cocktail au Morroc (Pomegranate and Grapefruit)
Pamplemousse may be the most charming word in the French language. French has many charming words, but just say it out loud – Pamplemousse. I’m in a better mood already. It’s hard to say it…
Gin Gin Mule Cocktail
The Gin Gin Mule is an important drink to me, and has been since I first encountered it 8 years ago. I would like to say I discovered it while sitting in Pegu Club (flash…
Homemade Ginger Beer
Ginger beer isn’t brewed. It doesn’t contain barley, or hops, and this version doesn’t even contain yeast. It’s not alcoholic. It’s not really beer, in any meaningful sense of the word beer. Ginger beer is,…
The Perfect Margarita
The Margarita has almost become America’s national drink. Mexican restaurants serve them by the thousand. BBQ joints serve them. I’ve been in Italian restaurants where the featured drink was a Margarita. And, no backyard cookout…
Saving a cocktail for later
If you have never worked in a bar, this may not have come up yet. If you have, you know what I mean. “Did I say Tanqueray? I wanted Bombay.” “Hey, can you put this…
Whiskey Smash Recipe | Cocktail Friday
I can’t believe it’s Whiskey….. A refreshing, summertime drink based on Bourbon? Yep. That’s the Whiskey Smash. It’s easier on the palate than straight whiskey, dryer than a Whiskey Sour, and just plain better than…
Bloody Marys at Bonnaroo | Cocktail Friday
This should finish my posts from Bonnaroo this year, and start a Friday tradition of posting cocktail recipes. So to start off that tradition, what better than an epic Bloody Mary we served at Bonnaroo.…