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
Category Archives: Mixology Monday
MxMo Extension
Since virtually all of the 30-someodd cocktail bloggers who made it to Tales of the Cocktail are still in transit on their way home (me, Blair, Craig, et al) or are showing up bleary-eyed at their day jobs after a week of revelry (Jeffrey, Rick, Erik, et al), it doesn’t look like many of us… Continue Reading
MxMo XXIX: New Orleans (and a little extra)
[This notice is cross-posted at the Mixology Monday blog. What MxMo blog, you ask? Well click on through and see — I’m not running nearly as late with this as I thought I’d be.] We’ve recently marked the second anniversary of Mixology Monday, and this month’s event had almost 40 participants, possibly the most ever.… Continue Reading
MxMo XXVIII: Dear Mr. Cobb: Oh, yeah?
“Let me tell you, suh, there’s only one likker that’s properly qualified to caress a gentleman’s palate in the way a gentleman’s palate deserves to be caressed; and that’s red likker — honest rye, if there’s nothing else available, or straight Tennessee whisky, which has a greater admixture of small grains in with the corn… Continue Reading
MxMo Rum: The Short Timer
I quit. Okay, so I said it a lot nicer than that, and I gave plenty of notice so as not to burn my bridges and all that kind of thing, but while my presentation lacked the cathartic release I’d long hoped for, the fact remains: I’m leaving the safety and security of the day… Continue Reading
