The last Mixology Monday had the biggest turnout yet, and next week Jeffrey Morgenthaler will inherit the momentum when he hosts the last event of 2007, with the theme Repeal Day. For those of you outside the U.S., the idea goes a little something like this: In 1919, booze was banned in the United States.… Continue Reading
General Harrison’s Eggnog
While retailers have been moving the start of the Christmas season progressively earlier each year, a few days before Thanksgiving Jeffrey Morgenthaler offered to help shoulder the burden by posting perhaps the first eggnog recipe of the season. Let the Yuletide drinking begin! I still have plenty of supplies laid in from the autumnal drinks… Continue Reading
Genevieve
So, I guess everyone’s getting ready for the big feast on Thursday, and OH HELL, STOP THE PRESSES! THERE’S BIGGER THINGS THAN THANKSGIVING AFOOT! That’s right — Fritz Maytag has been experimenting with his still again. In case you don’t drink in San Francisco and haven’t read Erik’s blog lately, you may have missed the… Continue Reading
Northern Spy
Now that the copyright-flogging, spam-blogging leeches of the Internet have officially entered the cocktail-blog realm — and my apologies for being cryptic, but if you have no idea what I’m talking about, you’re one of the lucky ones — I thought I should follow suit and start stealing from myself. Here’s a drink I posted… Continue Reading
Panic in Benedictine Park
Or, “reason I hate living with a state liquor monopoly #8,437” A rant for the locals, which neatly coincides with Raiders of the Lost Cocktail: as was pointed out to me recently by Jamie, the Washington state liquor board is reshuffling the list of brands and bottles it carries – meaning anything dropped from the… Continue Reading
