Month: February 2009
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The Bronx – An End to a Tasty Week
I’ve really enjoyed my week with the Bronx. I hadn’t experimented a lot with oranges in the past so I decided that this week my focus would be on finding the right orange juice for this cocktail. To start my journey I found all the oranges I could and got to juicing. From left to…
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The Bronx Cocktail
This week we’re heading by to NYC, well a borough at least. We’re going to be enjoying a blend of gin, sweet vermouth, dry vermouth and orange juice; a Bronx Cocktail. As with many of the other cocktails I’ve discussed here there are a few stories floating around as to its origin. Seems it could…
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The Pegu – Pretty in Pink
This week seemed to fly by and during the course I made a lot of Pegus and enjoyed all of them, well, for the most part at least. As I mentioned at the start of the week my starting recipe was the one from The Joy of Mixology (2 oz gin, 1 oz Cointreau, 1/2…
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The Pegu Apprentice
When you want to learn to be a plumber you apprentice with a master plumber. When you want to be a blacksmith you apprentice with an experienced metal worker. When you want to make good Pegus you seek the wisdom of Doug Winship. Doug is known in cocktail circles for his website, The Pegu Blog,…
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The Aviation – Now with Violette
My bottle of Creme de Violette finally arrived from Sam’s Wine last Tuesday. I eagerly opened the box and pulled out a bottle of lovely violet colored spirit. The beautiful color is the first and most striking thing you’ll notice about a bottle of Creme de Violette. I admired for only a short time though…