Year: 2011

  • Review – The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Bartending

    Today’s post is from my girlfriend and Cocktail Hacktress in training, Elisabeth.  She was excited to tackle this book as it’s a good intro to bartending and cocktail making in general. Let’s face it– Reese is far from an amateur when it comes to mixing drinks.  So when “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Bartending, Second…

  • Review – Hiram Walker Gingerbread Liqueur

    Despite my whining from last week, sometimes inspiration just strikes me.  I had pulled Hiram Walker Gingerbread Liqueur out of my collection to try when the Caramel Apple arrived.  It was one I received a year or more back and just never got around to actually trying.  And now, some good and bad news.  The…

  • High Speed Exploding Cocktails

    You know what’s better than watching cocktails explode in super slow motion? NOTHING!  Okay, maybe one thing.  Drinking the cocktail, then exploding them.  Check out the video below for all the slow-mo awesomeness. Phantom Cocktails from Ty Migota on Vimeo. Spent a day with the Phantom, creating opening credits for Nik Perleros’ “How To Get…

  • Review – Hiram Walker Caramel Apple Liqueur

    Liqueurs are an odd ingredients for me.  I’m never quite sure what exactly people do with them.  Sure, they’re cocktail ingredients, but people have to be using them for other things too, right?  Do folks drink them straight?  In coffee?  Hot chocolate?  I’m sure the list actually goes on and on.  But, that leads me…

  • Review – Chambord and Chambord Flavored Vodka

    Chambord is a liqueur that nearly everyone I talk to has had at some point in their past, but few can pinpoint exactly when or in what.  Though giving them another taste brings it all back.  Chambord black raspberry liqueur has a flavor that’s truly unique.  Utilizing a three step process of infusing, marrying and…