Liquor On Vacation: Where the Whiskey Comes From
On this small island, there are eight Scotch whisky distilleries. My wife and I visited three of them, all within a couple miles of each other: Ardbeg, Lagavulin and Laphroaig. Here’s what we learned.
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Liquor In The Coffee: From The Frozen Depths
An iced coffee cocktail that you stick in a blender and drink by the pool or by an ocean full o’ monsters.
Liquor In The Blender: Frosé for the Family
I started researching frosé and half the recipes made my screw my face up in a terrible wince. Vodka? Strawberry simple syrup? Could you even taste the rosé in the end? I decided to riff on a recipe that would cut the sweet down a bit.
Liquor In The Horse Show: a Make-And-Take Lady Shirley
It’s not the prettiest drink, but the advantage of this one? You make it and take it with you to an outdoor event that allows alcohol!
Liquor In the Moving Boxes: A Monkey Wrench While I Pack My Bar
Ugh. I’m moving. Here’s a monkey wrench.
Liquor in the Grapefruit: A New Twist on an Old Greyhound
When I was flipping through the internet for cocktail inspiration, I was taken with the Greyhound, a miraculously simple cocktail consisting of only gin and grapefruit juice. Something ripe for riffing on.
Liquor in the Mint: A Classic Mojito
This build-in-glass classic breaks all the rules and is super easy and it comes with a bit of esoteric knowledge in case a bartender starts a pissing contest with you.
Liquor in the Oh Shit Someone Needs a Cocktail ASAP: Jane Rose
Fuck elegance and effort; sometimes you just want to hunker down and watch Crazy Ex-Girlfriend with a sugar drink.
Liquor On The Farm: A Classic Margarita
Start the year off right — by learning how to make a classic margarita recipe.
Liquor In The Tough Times: The Fortitude Martini
The performance of luxury is more important to me than ever. Plus you can channel your anger into rimming a glass.
Liquor In The Autumn Evening: Spiked Mulled Cider for Two
Cozy boozy cider for you and your date person or your best friend or your mom or whoever IT’S PROPER FALL COCKTAIL TIME!
Liquor in the Campari AGAIN: A Boulevardier As The Weather Cools
The Boulevardier originated in Europe during the great bartender exodus caused by Prohibition. Definitely NOT a Negroni with bourbon instead of gin.
Liquor In The Expectations: This Is What a Daiquiri Looks Like
It’s supposed to be back-to-school time, but it’s still warm! So let’s have a daiquiri while we fret over global climate change.
Liquor In The Honey: De Rigueur
The De Rigueur makes use of my current favorite cocktail sweetener: honey syrup.
Liquor In The Freezer: Bourbon Hellfire Fudgesicles
Froozen = frozen + boozy. Get in here for some froozen popsicle magic!
Liquor On The Mountain: Whiskey Women
This year at A-Camp, we’re tasting whiskeys that are or have been historically piloted by women. No boys’ club spirits this year!
Liquor In the Highball: The Americano
Pair the Americano with the English translation of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan series. Happy May!
Liquor In The Grapefruits: A Very Easy Negroni
A Negroni is perhaps the easiest cocktail in the world to make—it’s three ingredients and can be built all in one glass.
Liquor In The Liquor: My Favorite Cocktail, The Sazerac
The Sazerac isn’t for the faint of heart, because really it is only liquor (including that green fairy, absinthe).
Liquor In The Winter: The Abbey Longs for Springtime
Seasonal but hopeful for Spring? The Abbey is delightful and orange and has your back this February.