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
Category Archives: Spirits
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
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
Still Drinking
I’m back, still breathing, after an unplanned two-week hiatus. During this vacation from blogging I spent a whirlwind couple of days in San Francisco, ushering out Cocktail Week at Absinthe and sitting (briefly) at Neyah White‘s bar at Nopa, and then spent the rest of the time diving headlong into the freelance life. But now… 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
