Tag: Homemade

  • Homemade Orange Bitters

    Lately I’ve been drinking a lot of carbonated water at work and at home.  My favorite way to drink it is with quite a few dashes of bitters.  While I like the flavor of aromatic bitters (and I’ve been using a previous batch frequently), I prefer fruit bitters.  Having barreled through a couple bottles of Fee…

  • DIY Falernum

    Having come up seriously lacking in my search for commercial falernum I turned to my circle of cocktail enthusiasts and found a number of great recipes.  In looking at a few I decided on Rick’s recipe.  But why, you ask, did I choose the Kaiser’s recipe over the others.  Well, first it’s dirt simple.  I…

  • Homemade Ginger Beer

    So, I’m having a bit of trouble finding ginger beer around here.  Andy suggested Regatta which is available from Kegworks.com for those of us not lucky enough to not have it available in our area.  I’m certain Regatta is quite tasty but I couldn’t bring myself to spend $40 for 12, at least not right…

  • Tequila por Mi Amante

    While traversing the interwebs looking for recipes for this week’s cocktail, the Paloma, I came across this bit of deliciousness.  Paul has taken strawberry infused tequila (Tequila por Mi Amante) and made what sounds like the best Paloma ever conceived by human kind.  The recipe for this wonderful infusion comes from Charles Baker’s Gentleman’s Companion…

  • Homemade Grenadine #2: Hibiscus Grenadine

    So, early on in CH history I tackled making homemade grenadine which was a real revelation for me.  For both of the recipes I whipped up I used Pom juice, which turned out good.  Certainly a damn sight better than the store bought stuff.  but, I felt there was still something missing.  I hadn’t used…