Month: June 2009

  • Americano

    As this week ends with the US’s Independence Day, the Fourth of July, it seems only fitting that I pick a cocktail that would fit the theme.  I took a quick peek through my books thinking I would easily find a cocktail called something like the Independence or Independence Day, but alas I did not. …

  • Salty Dog – Less of a Dog Than Expected

    My week of Salty Dogs started when I mixed some up for my cousin Tara and I.  I followed the simple recipe I laid out at the beginning of the week, 2 oz vodka, 3 oz grapefruit juice.  The only grapefruit juice I had on hand was the kind in the tiny cans and I…

  • Salty Dog

    Being from Colorado I can’t even begin to claim that I’m a Salty Dog.  But, salty or not it’s hot today and I was looking for a cold refreshing cocktail to feature this week.  In my search I stumbled across the Salty Dog and knew it was a perfect match.  How can you go wrong…

  • Happy Anniversary Cocktail Hacker!

    Holy crap does time ever fly by!  Today marks the one year anniversary of the first cocktail post here at Cocktail Hacker.  Since then we’ve entertained 9,250 visitors, uploaded 197 posts, had 227 comments from our awesome readers and posted 549 pictures to the Flickr pool.  We’ve learned a tremendous amount about cocktails over this…

  • Clover Club – Mmmm Pink

    After this week of experimentation I have a bit of a confession to make, I think I’m starting to get over my deep seated phobia of pink. You see, I keep making pink cocktails worried about their possible girly appearance only to be consistently blown away by their amazing flavor.  The Clover Club, like the…