Day two of SF Cocktail Week brought your intrepid West Coast correspondent to the Ferry Terminal Building for an event highlighting cocktails with farm-fresh fruits and vegetables. The tasting was co-sponsored by CUESA, the Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture, and the SF chapter of the U.S. Bartender’s Guild.
I think a few years ago [...]
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May16
Farmer’s Market Cocktails
Filed in: Chartreuse St. Germain juice lemon juice tequila
Oct28
Are Drinks Seasonal?
A recent comment on my shrub post prompted me to post this question. To clarify if you haven’t seen the post, I’ll quote Martin, the owner and fine exotic cocktail scientist from Forbidden Island: “What’s all this #&%$* about tiki season fading? What are you, some kind of @#*&! communist?” I found this [...]
Filed in: Chartreuse St. Germain gin lemon juice lime juice maraschino liqueur
Jul20
Tales of the Cocktail - A Bit More of Thursday and Friday - Update 2
Cafe Du Monde and Some Liquor Finds
10:30am (now on Friday) - We found out the the Tales breakfast at Brennan’s was way over-RSVP’d and that if we hadn’t signed up, we should search elsewhere to soak up all the drinks from the previous night. A quick Google search revealed Cafe Du Monde. Their [...]
Filed in: Chartreuse Tales of the Cocktail dry vermouth gin herbal limoncello orange bitters pastis rum
Jan24
La Zaragozana’s Ne Plus Ultra
It’s not often you come across a cocktail that so successfully combines six liqueurs, and especially not one that does so with equal measurements. I somehow graced over this daring conglomeration on my first … ok, 50th time through The Gentleman’s Companion Vol. II, but I sure am glad I found it.
I would expect [...]
Filed in: Benedictine Chartreuse apricot brandy brandy creme de cacao herbal pastis triple sec / curacao
