Little gives me more pleasure than extracting dusty, unappreciated bottles from my liquor cabinet and putting them through the gauntlet. I’d bet many of you have a mostly-filled bottle of Lillet Blanc hibernating amongst more frequented spirits. It comes out a few times a year, brings smiles to onlookers, and then resumes napping, […]
Archive for January, 2008
Jan24
Recipe Comparison - Corpse Reviver #2
Filed in: Lillet blanc gin lemon juice recipe comparison triple sec / curacao
Jan14
MxMo Brandy - Pendennis
Marleigh, from over at SLOSHED! is hosting this fine edition of Mixology Monday. After trying a plethora of brandy cocktails and whipping up a couple of new tiki recipes, I decided to fall back on an old favorite.
Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails by Dr. Cocktail was one of the first cocktail books that found its […]
Filed in: 151-proof demerara rum Peychaud bitters apricot brandy brandy cinnamon syrup dark Jamaican rum gin gold Puerto Rican rum lime juice mixology monday orange juice pimento dram tiki
Jan5
Creole
I never gave the Old Waldorf-Astoria more than a glance after it came with a shipment of other cocktail and cook books nearly a year ago. Boy what a mistake that was. I dug it out the other day, remembering it included more than a handful of gin-laden cocktails. To my surprise, […]
Filed in: Fernet Branca gin lime juice maraschino liqueur orange bitters sweet vermouth whiskey
