Old-School Genever Cocktails
I said I would follow up my recent Genever post with a post on Genever cocktails. Here are five recipes for traditional Genever cocktails. These are all drinks you could have ordered in an upscale bar...
View ArticleTwo Unusual Quinquinas: RinQuinQuin and Orange Colombo
To assist my anticipatory salivation ahead of Anistatia Miller and Jared Brown’s Tales of the Cocktail presentation on “The Cafes of Paris”, I have been taking a look at a few lesser known French...
View ArticleMixology Monday: Bourbon
Mixology Monday (hosted at Scofflaw’s Den) has suddenly sprung on me, bringing the theme of bourbon. I feel a bit inadequate about my effort this time round. Recently I have hardly been drinking...
View ArticleDeath in the Gulf Stream: an underappreciated Hemingway drink
Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899. Were he still alive, he would be celebrating his 109th birthday just as Tales of the Cocktail wraps up. No doubt he would mark the occasion with a drink, or...
View ArticleMixology Monday: Revisiting the Ramos Gin Fizz, Pisco Sour, and other Frothy...
This month’s Mixology Monday sees me without ready access to a bar to mix a drink. On well, I’m going to go ahead and post something anyway. The theme this month is New Orleans cocktails, so I...
View ArticleMixology Monday: The Rainbow Warrior
The theme for this Mixology Monday (hosted at Save the Drinkers) is Local Flavor. The idea is to make a drink featuring local ingredients. I will treat New Zealand as my locality. During my...
View ArticleThe Pegu Club
My latest article for DRiNK is on the Pegu Club. It’s a great drink so go check it out. Special thanks to the translator for an excellent job on the Chinese. I did not make her life easy, what with...
View ArticleRum and Sherry Cocktails: The DR Daiquiri and DR Manhattan
I recently did some experimenting with amontillado sherry and Dominican Republic rum. While I do not drink it nearly often enough, sherry might be my favorite wine – it has amazing complex flavors....
View ArticlePink Lady Article
Another issue of DRiNK is out, and I wrote a story on the Pink Lady. This one gets unjustly neglected, and I am as guilty as anyone. Much as I really like the Pink Lady, I only rarely get around to...
View ArticleCorpse Reviver Article
Another article just appeared in DRiNK. Since this issue looks at brandy, I wrote about the Corpse Reviver. The Corpse Reviver is more like a semi-forgotten category than a single cocktail. The famous...
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