{"id":583,"date":"2011-06-09T23:00:03","date_gmt":"2011-06-09T23:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cocktailians.com\/2011\/06\/drinky-linky-hot-as-blazes-edition.html"},"modified":"2011-06-09T23:00:03","modified_gmt":"2011-06-09T23:00:03","slug":"drinky-linky-hot-as-blazes-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/?p=583","title":{"rendered":"Drinky Linky: Hot As Blazes Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#39;s way too hot in New York City, so cool off with a mint julep or some other concoction involving lots and lots of ice. And go read about cocktails while you do! Here&#39;s what&#39;s caught my eye on the Interwebs lately:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ny.eater.com\/archives\/2011\/06\/12_frozen_cocktails_perfect_for_a_heat_wave.php\" target=\"_self\">Frozen cocktails just right for a New York heat wave<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.belmontstakes.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Belmont Stakes<\/a> horse race is coming up this Saturday. Have a Belmont Breeze to celebrate, and after <a href=\"\/2011\/05\/20\/the-triple-crown-of-cocktails\/\" target=\"_self\">our extensive taste-test<\/a>, make it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingcocktail.com\/Belmont.htm\" target=\"_self\">the old DaleDeGroff version<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>Friend of Cocktailians Blair Reynolds announces that his <a href=\"http:\/\/okolemaluna.com\/?p=2617\" target=\"_self\">Trader Tiki line of syrups has been renamed to B.G. Reynolds<\/a>. I guess my collection will become expensive collector&#39;s items! Go to his new site, <a href=\"http:\/\/okolemaluna.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Okole Maluna<\/a> (or &quot;Bottoms Up!&quot;) for deets. How cool is Blair? He <a href=\"http:\/\/fez-o-rama.com\/blog\/?p=1907\" target=\"_self\">has his own fez<\/a>, people. And his own <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cocktailkingdom.com\/product-p\/btr_cktlkingxx_0148_fal.htm\" target=\"_self\">bitters<\/a>. Clearly, not someone to trifle with;<\/li>\n<li>Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.2032003969117.2124071.1514670635\" target=\"_self\">this amazing collection of miniatures<\/a> found in Albuquerque;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/06\/09\/garden\/ice-cube-trays-shopping-with-eben-freeman.html\" target=\"_self\">Going shopping for ice-cube trays with Eben Freeman<\/a> (though a memo to the <em>Times<\/em>: it&#39;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingcocktail.com\/ice.htm\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Dale DeGroff, on Kold-Draft ice machines.\">Kold-Draft<\/a>, not &quot;cold-draft.&quot; Sigh);<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/newyork.grubstreet.com\/2011\/06\/milk_honey_makes_way_for_attab.html\" target=\"_self\">Milk &amp; Honey is apparently moving uptown,<\/a> and a (horribly-named) bar named &quot;Attaboy&quot; will replace it;<\/li>\n<li><em>Time Out New York<\/em> has <a href=\"http:\/\/newyork.timeout.com\/restaurants-bars\/bars\/1521735\/summer-cocktails\" target=\"_self\">a cocktail-themed issue<\/a> out, with features on everything from <a href=\"http:\/\/newyork.timeout.com\/restaurants-bars\/bars\/1505913\/cutting-edge-cocktail-trends\" target=\"_self\">cutting-edge cocktail trends<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/newyork.timeout.com\/restaurants-bars\/bars\/1520913\/new-yorks-41-best-cocktails\" target=\"_self\">New York&#39;s 41 best cocktails<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/newyork.timeout.com\/restaurants-bars\/bars\/1517671\/ten-great-drinks-for-10-or-less\" target=\"_self\">ten cheap drinks<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/newyork.timeout.com\/restaurants-bars\/bars\/1520395\/summer-in-a-glass\" target=\"_self\">summer cocktails<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/newyork.timeout.com\/restaurants-bars\/bars\/1521703\/know-your-bartender\" target=\"_self\">a series of bartender profiles<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/newyork.timeout.com\/restaurants-bars\/bars\/1520421\/ten-game-changing-cocktails\" target=\"_self\">game-changing cocktails<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/newyork.timeout.com\/restaurants-bars\/bars\/1520815\/52-bartenders\" target=\"_self\">another series of bartender profiles<\/a>. Seriously, go check this out out &#8212; I don&#39;t subscribe, but this one&#39;s worth visiting a newsstand for;<\/li>\n<li>Is there anything that Haus Alpenz hasn&#39;t brought us? Awesome news: <a href=\"http:\/\/dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com\/2011\/05\/19\/how-about-a-nice-swedish-punsch\/\" target=\"_self\">they&#39;re coming out with a Swedish Punsch<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adashofbitters.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Michael Dietsch<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/drinks.seriouseats.com\/2011\/06\/cocktail-101-measuring-utensils-jiggers-cups.html\" target=\"_self\">drops knowledge on measuring and tools in Serious Eats<\/a> (and please count me firmly in the pro-measuring camp);<\/li>\n<li>I will be pleased to support <a href=\"http:\/\/liquor.com\/nyc-cocktail-week\" target=\"_self\">New York Cocktail Week<\/a> next week;<\/li>\n<li>And I entered <a href=\"http:\/\/liquor.com\/nycw-contest\" target=\"_self\">their contest;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A <a href=\"http:\/\/dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com\/2011\/06\/09\/what-youve-always-wanted-in-a-food-truck-booze\/\" target=\"_self\">food truck with a liquor license<\/a>! (Seriously, I&#39;ve thought that a cocktail truck would be the way to go. Stupid unsexy laws&#8230;);<\/li>\n<li>Sam Sifton tells us that the Diner&#39;s Journal official Drink of the Summer is the fizzy Dark &#39;n&#39; Stormy variation the <a href=\"http:\/\/dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com\/2011\/06\/01\/the-drink-of-the-summer\/\" target=\"_self\">Unstrung Harp<\/a>. Sounds tasty indeed;<\/li>\n<li>this is kind of off the radar of this blog in so many ways, but the  sheer ballsiness in committing to a bad idea kind of won me over: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snooth.com\/articles\/wine-and-food\/mcdonalds-wine-pairing\/\" target=\"_self\">pairing wines with McDonald&#39;s menu items;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The ever-awesome Francine Cohen of <em>Inside F&amp;B<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/insidefandb.com\/2011\/06\/a-girl-and-her-cans-2\/\" target=\"_self\">gives us the rundown on LUPEC NYC&#39;s &quot;Speed Rack&quot; speed-bartending event<\/a> slated for this Sunday (more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=217253941632979\" target=\"_self\">here<\/a>, and you can <a href=\"http:\/\/speedracknyc.eventbrite.com\/\" target=\"_self\">get your tickets here<\/a>);<\/li>\n<li><em>Details<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.details.com\/blogs\/daily-details\/2011\/06\/top-shelf-and-under-the-table-tales-from-behind-the-bar.html\" target=\"_self\">listens in to top bartenders shooting the shit<\/a> at Dram;<\/li>\n<li>Robert Simonson had <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/06\/01\/dining\/aperitifs-a-sip-of-europe-before-dinner.html?_r=2\" target=\"_self\">a nice article on aperitifs and cocktails made with them<\/a> in the <em>Times<\/em>;<\/li>\n<li>And <a href=\"http:\/\/www.winemag.com\/Wine-Enthusiast-Magazine\/March-2011\/Booming-Breaux\/\" target=\"_self\">a nice interview with absinthe maven Ted Breaux<\/a> (Lucid, Nouvelle-Orleans, PF 1914, &amp;c.) in <em>Wine Enthusiast<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#39;s way too hot in New York City, so cool off with a mint julep or some other concoction involving lots and lots of ice. And go read about cocktails while you do! Here&#39;s what&#39;s caught my eye on the Interwebs lately: Frozen cocktails just right for a New York heat wave; the Belmont Stakes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-seen-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}