Month: August 2009

  • Apple Martini

    That’s right, I’m putting away my man card for the week and doing the Apple Martini.  Certainly they must be tasty. Okay, now that the intro sentence has scared away all the hardcore cocktail aficionados I can tell you the truth.  I’ve had an Apple Martini or seven in my time and I kinda like…

  • Gin Rickey – ’bout Time I Wrapped This Up

    I’ve spent two weeks with the Gin Rickey and they’ve been a good couple weeks.  I mentioned last week that there were experiments I wanted to conduct.  The results are mixed, but I’m getting ahead of myself.  In Gary Regan’s writeup of the Rickey in The Joy of Mixology he mentioned that you could really…

  • Gin Rickey – More Time!

    This week has been very busy and I didn’t get as much time to experiment with the Rickey as I would have liked.  So, I’m going to extend the Rickey to two weeks and really get to do the sampling I want.  Enjoy your drinks and check back soon.

  • Gin Rickey

    I’m going to take a somewhat interesting turn this week.  I’m going to cover a cocktail that has no sweetening agent whatsoever.  This isn’t the first time I’ve covered a drink like this, but they’re fairly few and far between.  A (distant) relative of the Gimlet I’m going to be looking at the Rickey this…

  • White Russian – The Dude Was Right

    The Dude certainly had the right idea.  The White Russian is truly a tasty cocktail.  There isn’t a huge amount of room for experimentation here so I’m going to leave this one mostly up to the drinker.  That said, I do have a few bits of advice. One – Branch out from your normal coffee…