Cocktail Hacker

Year: 2010

  • Park Avenue Cocktail

    I know you’ll find this deeply surprising but, I’m going with another gin cocktail this week.  I’m picking another tasty looking tipple from Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails, the Park Avenue Cocktail.  Since the Negroni and the Americano I can’t think of any other combination of sweet vermouth and gin that I’ve undertaken.  Although the…

  • The Brooklyn – Manhattanesque, but Unique

    Looking at the recipe for the Brooklyn the first thing you’re going to notice is that it’s like a Manhattan, but…different.  Once you go the next step and mix one up you’re going to find that that logic holds quite true.  This drink really is like a Manhattan, yet different in really subtle, good ways. …

  • Spice & Ice – Blood Orange – Jalapeno Margarita

    Last week I got an invite to a virtual cocktail party being hosted Kara Newman, author of Spice & Ice, a cookbook centered on spicy cocktails, and the Spice & Ice Blog.  You may remember Kara’s name from my post about the article in Chile Pepper Magazine.  Turns out this virtual cocktail party shares the…

  • The Brooklyn Cocktail

    I’ve explored the namesake libation of two of New York’s other boroughs but thus far I’ve given no love to Brooklyn.  This week I’m going to make up for that.  Flipping through Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails this drink stood out.  When I came home from Tales of the Cocktail last summer one of the…

  • The Alexander – Simply Delicious

    I had a little trouble at the beginning of the week figuring out a good way to intro a cocktail that includes both gin and chocolate flavors.  I really shouldn’t have had trouble at all.  It’s easy, the Alexander is simply delicious.  The gin is there, but it’s tempered by the cream and creme de…