In today’s San Francisco Chronicle, the editors allow me to indulge my ongoing OCD issues with vermouth: The Truth About Vermouth The secret ingredient in today’s top cocktails remains misunderstood Then, as an extra treat, swing over to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, where Leslie Kelly’s piece on summer cocktails works in a reference (and a hotlink!… Continue Reading
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MxMo XXX: And everything smelled of vinegar….
The subhead to this post should be: “Yes, it’s another PNW Blackberry drink.” But what do you expect? The theme for this month’s Mixology Monday is “Local Flavor,” (selected by our host this month, Kevin at Save the Drinkers), and it’s the Pacific Northwest in late summer. Short of distilling down a Douglas fir —… Continue Reading
MxMo XXX: Local Flavor
Since the last round was scheduled late in the month to coincide with the end of Tales of the Cocktail — plus there was a week’s extension so everyone could recover from Tales of the Cocktail — that means we’ve got only a short window until the next round of Mixology Monday. This round takes… Continue Reading
MxMo New Orleans Wrapup: Two-fisted style
For this month’s Mixology Monday — the first that saw something that at least passed for a “MxMo Live” component — bloggers took the theme to heart: not only are we awash in French 75s, Ramos Gin Fizzes and Absinthe Suissesses (try saying that last one after a couple of drinks), but a great many… Continue Reading
MxMo New Orleans: Oh, the choices you’ll face…
I’d like to write about all the great drinks I enjoyed in New Orleans, but to be honest, after the first couple of Sazeracs everything started running together until, a week later, I boarded the flight home, still bleary eyed and happy and reeking only slightly of absinthe. God, I love New Orleans. Before Tales… Continue Reading
