Category: Seen Elsewhere

It sounds difficult if you’ve never tried it before, but really, maceration (or if you prefer a 10-cent word to a 50-cent word, "infusion") is actually a fairly simple process. Wired’s how-to wiki has a simple step-by-step that should have you kicking the proverbial it in relative style this summer with very little outlay in…

It sounds difficult if you’ve never tried it before, but really, maceration (or if you prefer a 10-cent word to a 50-cent word, "infusion") is actually a fairly simple process. Wired’s how-to wiki has a simple step-by-step that should have you kicking the proverbial it in relative style this summer with very little outlay in…

Here’s an excellent and crazy map (click on it for full size) detailing the dangerous waters of the demon drink, showing how best to navigate your way around the Reprobate Empire, Blasphemy Gulf, the Indolence Kingdom, and the Lunacy Province, through Perseverance Bay and the Friendship Regions and into Abstinence Sea. Not that there’s anything…

Here’s an excellent and crazy map (click on it for full size) detailing the dangerous waters of the demon drink, showing how best to navigate your way around the Reprobate Empire, Blasphemy Gulf, the Indolence Kingdom, and the Lunacy Province, through Perseverance Bay and the Friendship Regions and into Abstinence Sea. Not that there’s anything…

It was recently called to my attention that I didn’t have a blogroll link to The Cocktail Spirit, a series of really great instructional videos featuring Robert "DrinkBoy" Hess.  These are well worth your time (and unlike this video, no nasal secretions are involved.) Chuck‘s been blogging about these for a while, but they really…

It was recently called to my attention that I didn’t have a blogroll link to The Cocktail Spirit, a series of really great instructional videos featuring Robert "DrinkBoy" Hess.  These are well worth your time (and unlike this video, no nasal secretions are involved.) Chuck‘s been blogging about these for a while, but they really…

The NYT tackles Don the Beachcomber’s Navy Grog.

Via The Independent Weekly in Lafayette and The Times-Picayune. With the right mix of lawmakers, the Sazerac may be designated the "official state cocktail" at the regular legislative session that starts March 31. Sen. Edwin Murray, D-New Orleans, has filed in advance of the session Senate Bill 6 designating the Sazerac, the first cocktail invented…

Via The Independent Weekly in Lafayette and The Times-Picayune. With the right mix of lawmakers, the Sazerac may be designated the "official state cocktail" at the regular legislative session that starts March 31. Sen. Edwin Murray, D-New Orleans, has filed in advance of the session Senate Bill 6 designating the Sazerac, the first cocktail invented…

Not that any of us would ever exhibit such unseemly social transgressions, nor would any of us (or, of course, any of you) deign to consort with anyone who would ever even approach same, but as a matter of etiquette, it is generally not a bad idea for Gallant to know what Goofus is up…