Now that the comments sections are filling up both at The Spirit World and here for Raiders of the Lost Cocktail, perhaps its time I put my own drink on the line. To recap: this month we’re mixing with apricot brandy, digging out some old (and new) recipes that call for this liqueur, and highlighting… Continue Reading
The Advertising-in-the-Comments-Section Rant
Regular readers — please excuse me for a moment. As traffic to this site has grown over the past few years, I’ve apparently come up on the radar of a number of companies that have products to sell. Most of these products are somehow related to drinks or mixology, and as a longtime booster of… Continue Reading
Variations on a Theme
Before I’m accused of being unspeakably lame for blogging about a cocktail that: has been featured on the menu of one of the world’s most talked-about cocktail bars for the better part of a year, and has already had more than its fair share of press coverage, and that going back nearly a year as… Continue Reading
Three Quick Things
Busy, busy, hence the long silence. But before my RSS feed starts gathering dust, I wanted to bring up a few quick things: Right around the corner is Mixology Monday XXIV, hosted over at Jimmy’s Cocktail Hour. Jimmy has chosen Variations as the theme; to participate, Jimmy writes, “You can present your variation of a… Continue Reading
Hellooooooo, Boston!
Just a quick word of greetings to folks following the link over from the Boston Globe. As every self-respecting cocktail geek knows, Boston is one of the most vibrant cities in the current cocktail renaissance. Which makes it all the more flattering to see the short piece in today’s “Online Finds” column titled “A Drinking… Continue Reading
