Month: June 2011

  • Sea Spray Kiss

    I’m not going to make every recipe from Cosmo’s Official Cocktail Book, I promise.  Just this last one, the Sea Spray Kiss.  Of the cocktails we tried from the book it’s a toss up for me which is my favorite, the Stout Float or the Sea Spray Kiss.  Both have their merits and, really, shouldn’t…

  • Links and Reading List

    I’ve been doing some cleaning up around the site as you’ve probably noticed.  As part of this I decided to move my links and blogroll to their own page.  In so doing, I’ve just gone through all my links and my RSS feed list (blogroll) culling out inactive sources and adding new.  I know I’ve…

  • Dancing with the Devil

    “You ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?” No?  Yeah, me either.  I prefer to sin indirectly through the consumption of spirituous liquors, sometimes in excess.  Speaking of drinking, here’s another cocktail from Cosmo’s Official Cocktail Book, Dancing with the Devil.  This drink sounds promising right from the start.  Tequila, Chambord, ginger beer?…

  • Stout Float

    From the “What a Guy Wants” chapter of Cosmo’s Official Cocktail Book comes a delicious variation on the classic float, the Stout Float. This drink is dead simple to make and very tasty.   Scoop ice cream, add stout, drink, repeat.  Since I was going to be sampling this drink in Grand Lake, CO it only…