Honey Lime Toddy
We are fresh out of lemons, so I made a hot toddy this afternoon using my standard recipe but substituting lime for the lemon. Honey Lime Toddy 1 oz. honey 1 oz...
Month: October 2010
Spiced Bourbon
Using the spiced syrup from the Honeycrisp Apple cocktail, make a variation of the Old Fashioned. I’ve drunk the following with both Evan Williams and Tut...
Cinzano and Lime
Cinzano’s site is all Flash, and next to useless. They did, once the craplet loaded, have some worthwhile suggestions about what to do with this bottle of...
Replacing the Oxygen Sensor on a 2002 Honda CR-V
In order to pass the New York State vehicle inspection, all emissions control components must work. For example, if the oxygen sensors fail, they must be replac...
Google Travel
Apparently Google wants to purchase a travel data company, but the existing flight comparison websites don’t want them to. I can see why they wouldn’...
Things to do with Vermouth
I have a rather large bottle of Cinzano Extra Dry Vermouth in my refrigerator. One might ask why I have such a large bottle. That’s easily explained: it w...
Honeycrisp Apple
The recipe below is from Gotham Bar & Grill, by way of Tuthilltown Spirits. I substituted Harvest Spirits’s Core Vodka and Cornelius Applejack instead...
Orange Bourbon Toddy
The girls made a pumpkin bundt cake the other day, which called for an orange syrup. I had some left over, and tonight made a hot toddy. Several others in the h...
The Wise Sage
James Frederic Rose, of the Temple Bar, New York, has come up with a tasty way to drain one’s bottle of Harvest Spirits‘s Core Vodka. I have misplac...
Old Fashioned Variation
Substitute applejack for the bourbon. Old Fashioned Variation In an old fashioned, or rocks, glass place a half cube of sugar. Soak the sugar with two to three ...
Johnny Chapman
It’s a real pleasure to have friends over for dinner and cocktails. Last night was just such an occasion. I prepared a short cocktail menu of seasonal dri...
Buffalo Trace Bourbon Marinade
1/4 c. Buffalo Trace Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey 1/4 c. extra virgin olive oil 1/4 c. apple cider vinegar 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 tsp. sea salt 1 tsp. f...
Gin Basil Smash
Back when I wrote about mixing my wife’s pesto with gin, the Internet didn’t offer up any suggestions of what do with the pesto. Shortly afterward, ...
A Spirit, Sugar, Water, and Bitters
This week I have been concentrating on the Old Fashioned, varying which bourbon I use, which bitters, which garnish, and the balance of sugar and water. I shoul...