Category: Ingredients
-
Beefeater 24 Launch Party
The other night, co-author Tony Hightower and I were invited to the launch party that Pernod Ricard was throwing to introduce Beefeater 24, its newest offering. (Here's the press release.) A premium gin, Beefeater 24 has some unusual botanicals, chiefly its use of Chinese green tea and Japanese Sencha tea. There are also a lot…
-
Beefeater 24 Launch Party
The other night, co-author Tony Hightower and I were invited to the launch party that Pernod Ricard was throwing to introduce Beefeater 24, its newest offering. (Here's the press release.) A premium gin, Beefeater 24 has some unusual botanicals, chiefly its use of Chinese green tea and Japanese Sencha tea. There are also a lot…
-
Homemade Maraschino Cherries
Maraschino cherries don’t get much respect. In 1911, the New York Times, while calling for the banishment of the cocktail, singled out the humble cocktail cherry for special opprobrium that’s so deliciously-written I should really quote it at length: Few persons who have been reasonably well-bred, and choose their edibles and drinkables with some regard…
-
Homemade Maraschino Cherries
Maraschino cherries don’t get much respect. In 1911, the New York Times, while calling for the banishment of the cocktail, singled out the humble cocktail cherry for special opprobrium that’s so deliciously-written I should really quote it at length: Few persons who have been reasonably well-bred, and choose their edibles and drinkables with some regard…
-
Oh No! Too Sloe!
The introduction of Plymouth sloe gin has raised antennae over the entire cocktailian community, and lucky indeed are the folks who’ve managed to get their hands on the stuff. Made with natural sloe flavor from real sloe berries (unlike the foul artificiality of more downmarket sloe gins), the Plymouth is a rich deep purple and…
-
Rhubarb Bitters/The Ichigo
Angostura Orange Bitters have been out for a while now, but have been fairly difficult to track down. (Why is that? They’ve certainly got the distribution, and even my very quirky Queens grocery store has the regular Angostura aromatic bitters.) Months of asking around has gotten me nowhere, and even my last visit to LeNell’s…
-
Rhubarb Bitters/The Ichigo
Angostura Orange Bitters have been out for a while now, but have been fairly difficult to track down. (Why is that? They’ve certainly got the distribution, and even my very quirky Queens grocery store has the regular Angostura aromatic bitters.) Months of asking around has gotten me nowhere, and even my last visit to LeNell’s…
-
What’s In Your Cabinet?
First Paul Clarke posted the contents of his liquor cabinet on his site, and then my co-author Chuck Taggart did the same, and …well, wow. I am clearly outmatched here. So what’s in mine? Not nearly as much cool stuff, but it’s a decent start. Here’s what I’ve got, counting some miniature bottles: Whisk(e)y: Rittenhouse…
-
Raiders of the Lost Cocktail: Apricot Brandy.
This is the first time I’ve managed to get my lazy, absentminded, procrastinatory ass in gear and participate in what is now the third installment of Raiders of the Lost Cocktail, run by the folks over at The Spirit World. (Deadline for entries was last Friday, the 15th.) The general idea behind it is this:…
-
Raiders of the Lost Cocktail: Apricot Brandy.
This is the first time I’ve managed to get my lazy, absentminded, procrastinatory ass in gear and participate in what is now the third installment of Raiders of the Lost Cocktail, run by the folks over at The Spirit World. (Deadline for entries was last Friday, the 15th.) The general idea behind it is this:…