Year: 2008

  • Baileys – The Original Irish Cream

    So, answer me this, what discussion about Irish Cream is complete without a brief mention of Baileys?  I’m betting nearly every person who has a liquor cabinet has a bottle somewhere in the depths.  I, oddly enough, did not, so thanks go out to my Mom for donating her bottle to the cause.  Baileys is…

  • Irish Cream

    This week I’m going to cover another cocktail related item that isn’t technically a cocktail by itself.  I’m going to spend this week taking a look at a holiday tradition of mine, Irish Cream.  Each year I make homemade Irish Cream for family and friends.  It seemed like a great time to take a closer…

  • French 75 – Kick Confirmed

    I think Harry Craddock summed it up best in his book The Savoy Cocktail Book when he said that this drink “hits with remarkable precision.”  I can certainly attest to that, but it is stealth in its strike, somewhat like being hit by a smart bomb dropped from a stealth bomber.  When you begin sipping…

  • Repeal Day is Nearly Upon Us!

    As you may or may not be aware Friday, December 5th, 2008 marks the 75th anniversary of the repeal of prohibition in the US.  A while back Jeffrey Morgenthaler, a bartender, cocktail enthusiast and freaking genius, realized there was a serious need for another drinking holiday and as such Repeal Day was born.  I had…

  • French 75

    This Friday, December 5th, 2008, marks the 75th anniversary of the repeal of prohibition!  So along those lines I felt it appropriate to feature a cocktail created during that unpleasant time period.  With much fanfare I present to you the French 75. Ok, so that’s not really a cocktail, but it is the cocktail’s namesake. …