Category: Hack

  • 5 Minute $5 Cocktail Shaker Instructable

    Hello there, Cocktail Peeps.  I just published a new Instructable detailing the quick process to make your own 5 Minute $5 Cocktail Shaker from a Mason jar and some spare lids.  The process is super simple the end result works fantastically well.

  • Low Calorie Cocktails

    This is a post I’ve been mulling for quite a while and I’ve finally decided what I want to talk about.  I get a lot of PR emails, to the tune of 15 or so every day, and I’ve been noticing a trend over the last few months.  Low calorie cocktails, spirits, mixed drinks and…

  • More Cocktail Infographics

    I’ve shared with you some interesting infographic expressions of cocktail recipes in the past as well as the phylogeny of cocktails.  This time, designer Konstantin Datz has taken it wholly to a new level.  Each drink is rendered in 3D with a cool guide showing the portion of each ingredient and the method of mixing. …

  • The Evolution of the Cocktail – Phylogeny Revisited

    As you may recall, a while back I pointed you to a very cool post about the phylogeny of cocktails on Jim Harriman’s site SpaghettiLogic.org. Well, Jim is back with a phylogenetic tree of 100 cocktails.  This time in awesome full color poster format! Jim was nice enough to mail me one of the posters…

  • Mojito Variations

    With ubiquity comes variation.  For, as it’s said, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.  It really makes sense with the Mojito though.  Each of the base ingredients lends its self well to substituion.  Rather than link to a bunch of variations (you all know how to use Google I assume) I’m going to give…