Category: Hack

  • Bar Foamer vs. Egg White

    About  a week ago Pam commented on my Pisco Sour post wondering if artificial foamers are still around.  I remembered having seen some at the Boulder Liquor Mart last time I was there and  figured it would be an entertaining experiment.  Since I’m always willing to put my well being second in line to a…

  • Science Moment – Cocktail Density

    So, last night I noticed something really interesting when pouring one of my sample Singapore Slings.  I mixed up the cocktail per the recipe and, although this might lose my cocktail nerd card (again), I poured the entire contents of the tin into my collins glass, ice and all.  Then I noticed something truly intriguing. …

  • Shaken or Stirred?

    We all know the iconic phrase uttered by Bond each time he orders his, now traditional, Vodka Martini.  Some of us even have friends who have ordered the drink using the phrase (yes, there was laughing, at said friend).  You see Bond always wants his cocktail “shaken, not stirred”.  But why?  This request goes against…

  • Coronal Bitters: Hellfire Evolved

    As I mentioned in my MxMo post on the Fire Island Daiquiri I’ve been steeping a new batch of Hellfire Bitters for the past couple weeks.  The recipe I used is the same that I used for my first batch, but I changed it up a bit.  When I made these bitters the first time…

  • Faux Pimm’s

    Pimm’s is certainly a unique liquor and I can imagine a lot of you are not interested in rushing out to buy a bottle simply to make this cocktail.  Well fear not, there is a simple, and cheap solution; make up a batch of Faux Pimm’s.  I found this recipe while researching Pimm’s and decided…