Month: March 2010
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Twelve Mile Limit
I’m exceedingly thankful that Prohibition was repealed. Let me reiterate. Thank you to the people who were level headed enough to get rid of this bit of legal weirdness. We all know about the major details of the time but there are also some really interesting details that are rarely discussed. For example, one nuance…
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Park Avenue – New York in the Tropics?
Ted Haigh questions the logic of naming this drink the Park Avenue in Vintage Cocktails and Forgotten Spirits. “Note, if you will, the tropical character, invoking Carmen Miranda strutting down a Palm Beach boulevard. As I say, the names of this and the Palm Beach Special preceding it, were obviously switched at birth.” Definitely on…
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Park Avenue Cocktail
I know you’ll find this deeply surprising but, I’m going with another gin cocktail this week. I’m picking another tasty looking tipple from Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails, the Park Avenue Cocktail. Since the Negroni and the Americano I can’t think of any other combination of sweet vermouth and gin that I’ve undertaken. Although the…
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The Brooklyn – Manhattanesque, but Unique
Looking at the recipe for the Brooklyn the first thing you’re going to notice is that it’s like a Manhattan, but…different. Once you go the next step and mix one up you’re going to find that that logic holds quite true. This drink really is like a Manhattan, yet different in really subtle, good ways. …
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Spice & Ice – Blood Orange – Jalapeno Margarita
Last week I got an invite to a virtual cocktail party being hosted Kara Newman, author of Spice & Ice, a cookbook centered on spicy cocktails, and the Spice & Ice Blog. You may remember Kara’s name from my post about the article in Chile Pepper Magazine. Turns out this virtual cocktail party shares the…