Month: December 2008

  • Merry New Year!

    I believe Eddie sums it up best. Hope you all have a wonderful New Year.  I look forward to another year filled with tasty cocktails.

  • Review – Juniper Green Gin

    The penultimate gin in our tasting was Juniper Green, the world’s first Organic London Dry Gin.  Although CapRock is the US’ first organic gin Junpier Green gets the nod for the first worldwide.  Juniper Green is produced in London’s Thames Distillery and is the last gin fully produced and bottled in the city.  The distiller’s…

  • The Corpse Reviver

    As you well know New Year’s Eve is this week.  For a lot of people this means (heavy) drinking.  There is a strong liklihood that somewhere, someone, possibly even a CH reader, will have a run in with a hangover this week.  I’m not claiming to know the future here, or anything crazy like that,…

  • Hot Drunken Cider

    This has been a wonderful holiday week and I certainly hope you all had a great time as well.  I did spend a little time on a hot cider based cocktail, with much emphasis on the “little”.  Basically I made some mulled cider using a great organic pressed apple cider made locally and some standard…

  • The Great Nog Off of 2008

    As promised we had an Egg Nog taste off last night to determine what the best spirit is for mixing in this delicious beverage.  From what I’ve read it seems the three main choices are whiskey (bourbon specifically), rum, and brandy.  I enlisted the help of my friends Mike and Crystal to get to the…