Pomegranate Lemonade
The other day I drank an Honest Tea Cranberry Lemonade. I expected it to not be sweet, since they say it’s just a tad sweet. I did not expect that I would...
The other day I drank an Honest Tea Cranberry Lemonade. I expected it to not be sweet, since they say it’s just a tad sweet. I did not expect that I would...
Scotch, on the rocks.
I read, in one of the many things I’ve read recently regarding cocktails, that James Bond’s ordering of a martini shaken, not stirred, was his order...
My first impression of vermouth was from a bottle of Martini & Rossi’s dry vermouth which had been opened a long time ago, in a land far, far away, an...
Tonight I mixed this for D., from scratch, given what we had in the refrigerator and on the shelf. In a mixing glass, muddle eight blueberries with the juice of...
My sister has given me a challenge: to make a mint julep without bourbon. This is quite a challenge considering that bourbon is the essential ingredient without...
I’m out of gin (horrors!), and so made a perfect Manhattan. Shaken with ice, 1 3/4 oz. bourbon, 1/4 oz. dry vermouth, 1/4 oz. sweet vermouth. Served in a ...
Of the drinks I’ve made, I think my favorite is Jeffrey Morgenthaler’s Richmond Gimlet. I do, however, make a variation and not the exact recipe he ...
After a hot afternoon out watching Little League softball, I was in the mood for reducing, if only slightly, the giant patch of mint in our backyard. And so mad...
It’s a hot afternoon here at the roost, and time for a cold drink. Perhaps a gin and tonic. Build the drink in a highball glass by adding the ingredients ...
This is a modification of the Raspberry Fizz by Sebastian Reaburn found in Food & Wine Cocktails 2010. I didn’t have raspberries to hand, but blackber...
Monday, May 31st, I made a Margarita, c.f. CocktailDB and the International Bartenders Association. Shook, with four cubes of ice, 2.5 oz. tequila, .75 oz. trip...