Posts Tagged ‘cocktail’
Tanqueray Keeps it Interesting
by Jason Lightner on March 7th, 2012 | Events, Liquor
It's a seedy venue in a dilapidated part of town. Getting there was an adventure, traversing roads that looked like they haven't seen upkeep because the mayor was simply angry with them for some reason. From the outside, the place looks like nothing more than a warehouse, but on the inside the place is lit up like a Christmas tree. Neon lights line the stage, and there are various other lighting apparatuses which brighten what would otherwise be a very worryingly dark barroom. I take my seat and plan to order the only thing I could think was a
Hot Tea Drinks
by Dennis Mayer on March 1st, 2012 | Ask the Bartender, Cocktails, Hot Drinks
I'm familiar with an assortment of coffee drinks. I prefer tea and was wondering if there are any spiked tea recipes.
That's a harder order to fill. Coffee's roasted, robust flavor means it stands up well to equally strong flavors in a liquor, so it's very easy to stir in a measure of whiskey, brandy, rum... just about anything (I'd stay away from gin or vodka). Tea, depending on your preferred variety, has a much more delicate flavor, which is harder to balance correctly in a cocktail. Brewed tea was sometimes used as an ingredient in older cocktails (specifically in
That's a harder order to fill. Coffee's roasted, robust flavor means it stands up well to equally strong flavors in a liquor, so it's very easy to stir in a measure of whiskey, brandy, rum... just about anything (I'd stay away from gin or vodka). Tea, depending on your preferred variety, has a much more delicate flavor, which is harder to balance correctly in a cocktail. Brewed tea was sometimes used as an ingredient in older cocktails (specifically in
Saratoga
by Dennis Mayer on February 24th, 2012 | Cocktails, Mixed Drinks
We certainly are having a strange winter in New England -- what, with 50-degree days, trees and flowers hesitantly blooming, and not a snowdrift in sight.
What to drink, then? It's a continual problem I've mentioned more than once -- but once again, I think I've found a decent solution that balances the needs of winter and spring. A good gateway drink between the season we're leaving (or, at least, the one we were supposed to be experiencing) and the one we're approaching. I found this drink in Jerry Thomas's bartending guide, published in 1887. It's fairly simple, yet bracingly
What to drink, then? It's a continual problem I've mentioned more than once -- but once again, I think I've found a decent solution that balances the needs of winter and spring. A good gateway drink between the season we're leaving (or, at least, the one we were supposed to be experiencing) and the one we're approaching. I found this drink in Jerry Thomas's bartending guide, published in 1887. It's fairly simple, yet bracingly
Clique Vodka: Not Bad
by Jason Lightner on February 10th, 2012 | Liquor
Hey, everybody! Let's get the party started, shall we? We've got our hip hop and pop music endorsements, and our really lame DJ with the celebrity headphones. We've got our edgy logo and our trendy ad-campaign for our release party. We're even giving a bottle to your favorite liquor reviewer! Please love our vodka, won't you?
Now, to be fair, this isn't a bad vodka. I don't hate it because of the taste (I'll have a bit more on that in a bit). I hate it because it's trying to emulate the success of Patron by
Now, to be fair, this isn't a bad vodka. I don't hate it because of the taste (I'll have a bit more on that in a bit). I hate it because it's trying to emulate the success of Patron by
Suffering Bastard
by Dennis Mayer on February 8th, 2012 | Cocktails, Mixed Drinks
I'll admit, I'm lost. I live in the Northeast, which means that at this point (in early February), I should be deep in the midst of winter cocktails. Brandy, dark rum, grog, Tom and Jerry, and the like. Drinks that warm the body and soul.
But the weather just isn't cooperating! Over the past week, I've had three days that look like fall, and one that could almost pass for early spring! And if you're like me, the seasonal uncertainty is very destabilizing. Not just in your cocktail choices, I'm sure, but still...
What to do? I'll admit, I didn't know
But the weather just isn't cooperating! Over the past week, I've had three days that look like fall, and one that could almost pass for early spring! And if you're like me, the seasonal uncertainty is very destabilizing. Not just in your cocktail choices, I'm sure, but still...
What to do? I'll admit, I didn't know
