Liquor in My Last Post: This Rum Is Distilled At the Bottom of a Volcano
Come have a farewell drink with me, friends.
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Liquor In The Lemons: A Rye Sour
Now keep in mind, a Sour is simply a cocktail that combines sour citrus (lemon or lime) with some sort of sugary-sweet thing (in this case, simple syrup). It’s one of those three-ingredient cocktails and it requires no bitters whatsoever, so this is a perfect one to memorize and have on hand.
Things to Bring Your Friends for Their Bars (That Won’t Break the Bank)
You don’t have to break the bank to add to the bar.
Liquor In The Winter: A Cardamom-Orange Martini
Going out with friends or my wife or just, like, leaving my apartment at all? Out of the question! Nope nope nope! This month, folks came to me instead of freezing our butts off in a cold bar somewhere and I made them Cardamom-Orange Martinis.
I Almost Set Myself on Fire for this Maple Rye Old Fashioned
If this were a standard Old Fashioned, you’d serve it up exactly like this or you’d spear a cherry for garnish. BUT WE ARE FANCY FOLKS. We’re going to play with flames.
Let’s Decant With This Decanter, It’ll Be So Fancy
How to clean your decanter. Why you might use a decanter. Which decanters you should expressly not use.
6 Mocktails for When You Can’t or Shouldn’t Drink
I have to take a course of antibiotics for 28 FUCKING DAYS. And that means NO DAIRY OR ALCOHOL FOR 28 WHOLE GODDANG DAYS.
Liquor On Vacation: Where the Whiskey Comes From
On this small island, there are eight Scotch whisky distilleries. I visited three of them, all within a couple miles of each other: Ardbeg, Lagavulin and Laphroaig. Here’s what I learned.
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.