Category: General

  • What I’m Drinking Now: Limoncello Lemonade

    One of my original cocktail experiments, before I even knew they were cocktail experiments, was making homemade limoncello in college.  I had tasted it a couple times and, due to my deep love of lemon anything, was immediately hooked.  I remember that first batch, made with lemons peeled with a vegetable peeler, steeped for weeks…

  • Life of a Cask: From Wine to Whisky

    Here is a cool infographic from the folks at WineFolly showing the life of a oak cask from it’s initial use for sherry to its eventual use for aging scotch.  Check out the full version here. Thanks to Cocktail Enthusiast for the link.

  • 49 Bits of Booze Jargon Every Drinker Needs to Know

    Gizmodo had a great post a couple days ago that’s worth checking out.  It’s 49 bits of booze jargon that get tossed around a lot when talking about cocktails and alcohol in general.  This one, for example, I strongly identify with. Long: adj. Means served in a tall glass. Generally mixed with juice or water.…

  • Low Calorie Cocktails

    This is a post I’ve been mulling for quite a while and I’ve finally decided what I want to talk about.  I get a lot of PR emails, to the tune of 15 or so every day, and I’ve been noticing a trend over the last few months.  Low calorie cocktails, spirits, mixed drinks and…

  • Will you Nail or Will you Fail?

    I’ve gotten to do some cool stuff over the years being a cocktail hacker.  I’ve been to Tales of the Cocktail (hopefully not the only time), I’ve been to exclusive tastings, I’ve been invited to distilleries, but last week I had a first, I was invited to be a judge for the Drambuie Nail or…