Month: August 2008

  • Whiskey Sour

    This week we’re going to be highlighting a cocktail that nearly everyone has heard of if not sampled.  However, my guess is you’ve never had it made the right way.  Sours are a traditional family of cocktails that date back to the time of Jerry Thomas’ How to Mix Drinks.  Their composition is generally very…

  • Vegas Baby!

    We had a great time in Vegas and enjoyed some seriously tasty cocktails while there.  Our cocktail related travels began in one of the lounges at the MGM Grand.  Aaron and Lindsey were enjoying Mojitos when Colton and I arrived.  I, in an attempt to catch up, quickly chose to go with a Manhattan.  The…

  • The Omnivore’s 100

    This post isn’t cocktail related but it does relate to one of my other favorite pastimes, eating.  This is a list of 100 foods from Very Good Tastes, that the author feels every omnivore should consume in their lifetime.  He’s asked that you take the list and bold items you’ve eaten and strike through items…

  • Tiki Week(s) – Aloha!

    It is with a heavy heart that I pen these words for this post signifies the end of our first Tiki Week.  Naturally there will be more, but we now must move on to more unexplored cocktail territory.  We’ve really only scratched the surface of what libations Tiki culture has to offer.  The exotic ingredients,…

  • Navy Grog

    So, I’m a relatively simple guy with relatively simple tastes, and it should be known that if a cocktail’s name includes the word Grog you can count me in.  Gets me back to my pirate roots, you know.  So, when I ran across a reference to Navy Grog while researching Tiki cocktails I knew I…