What I’m about to say may surprise some people. > Don’t make ginger syrup. My caravan of spirit-loving Fremen embarked upon a journey last night. Confidence was high, the winds were right – it would surely be a brief quest, and one that ended in caches of water a tasty cocktail. We began our trek […]

(Yes, I’m giving some away… see below) Orgeat (almond syrup) is the rabbits foot in a witches cauldron. And once unearthed, it will find its way into every damn cocktail you create. But wait, isn’t orgeat only used in tiki drinks? From the Scorpion Bowl where it balances tart orange, aromatic gin, and soothing brandy […]

Doug’s MxMo Round Up is posted, and it’s intense! MxMo is being hosted by Doug over at The Pegu Blog and the theme is “made from scratch”. No doubt there will be homemade syrups, infusions, spirits, genies, red bull cotton candy, and other various elixers, so to be different, I decided to make my own […]

The Round-Up All you cocktail nuts are awesome. It has been so much fun putting together this edition of Mixology Monday. The entries have been deliciously written, intriguing, and full of quality spirits, cocktails, and way more booze than a sane person should consume, well, ever. Ted’s Palo Alto Ted sent me a very nice […]

The Round-Up I thought this was going to get easier as I pushed through the dangerous waters of Mixology Monday. Oh, how I was wrong. The second round-up of three reveals “evil” cheating. People have doubled recipes to meet the 3oz requirement! I wholeheartedly approve. Mixology Monday is by no means a competition, but I […]

I half-joked and was half-serious when I said I’d try all the submissions the last time I hosted Mixology Monday. Though this time, only one day after I chose the “Limit One” theme, I received a memo from my liver. It was very short and to the point: “You’ll regret it. – Your Functioning Liver” […]

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 […]

I have little doubt that one or more of our illustrious group of cocktailians will plunge headfirst into the the history of the gin fizz. If not, Eric Felten does more than a fine job of detailing its origins and downfall in How’s Your Drink? which should be hitting shelves before yuletide. For those of […]

Wow, we’ve done this seventeen times? Mixology Monday manages to grow with each incarnation, and it’s obvious by the number of new blogs that well-crafted cocktails are finding their way back into our culture. I was quite pleased to see Paul’s topic, because I knew it would give me the chance to put down on […]

Tiki torches flickering in the background to the beats of Don Tiki, I crack open Difford’s Guide Volume 5 to find a recipe for this edition of Mixology Monday, being hosted by My Bar, Your Bar. Visions of both hate letters and high praise float through the air as I listen to the congo beat […]