Month: September 2014

  • Review – Proof: The Science of Booze

    Guest post by Elisabeth, Cocktail Hacktress in training. Reese recently passed me a book to read entitled Proof: The Science of Booze by Adam Rogers.  Being a little bit of a bookworm, I picked it up and started reading almost immediately.  Proof follows the story of alcoholic beverages from a scientific perspective. The book can…

  • NPR: Distillery Cats

    This story made me smile and think about my two “mousers”*.  I love the idea of a distillery cat…but the thought of a constant flow of dead mice is a little off-putting. *We have to use the quotes since they haven’t caught a mouse, but I’m certain that’d they’d very much like to try.  Although,…

  • Review – Landy VSOP Cognac

    Cognac is a classic cocktail staple and Landy is a strong contender for the only Cognac I need in my bar at all.  Landy has a light amber hue but the nose is where it really starts to get interesting.  Stone fruits and specifically black cherry are the stars with vanilla, maple and spice notes…