Although I still have tons to say and lots of pictures to post of my trip to Asia, let’s go back to our regularly scheduled programming for a bit.
A few weeks ago, I finally made it to The Tasting Kitchen on that trendy strip of Abbot Kinney in Venice thanks to a write-up about it [...]
Mr. Kazuo Ueda, bartender at Tender Bar in Ginza, inventor of the hard shake. What a classy guy.
The release of the highly sought-after Creme Yvette finally made it into our hands tonight.
Despite its name, a Blue Moon is not blue. Instead, at least the way it’s made in the picture above, it’s a pleasant pink color that’s not at all garish. The cocktail is delicate with a soft touch of sweetness. It [...]
The BF’s recipe:
2 oz Sweet Vermouth (I used Vya)
1 oz Old Tom Gin (I used the Ransom one, which is great) – if you don’t have the Old Tom, might want to add some symple syrup
1/2 oz Cynar
4 dashes Boker’s bitters (maybe unnecessary with the Cynar, but I used them anyway)
Stir and strain into chilled [...]
An experiment with seville orange juice led to this gin sour. It sounded like a good idea at the time, and it was certainly drinkable, but it was lackluster. No flavors really stood out, and it just tasted smooth and sweet. Maybe next time, leaving out the simple syrup would let the seville oranges stand [...]
The BF was experimenting with some seville oranges I finally managed to score at the farmer’s market. I had to special order them from one of the farmers the week before so that he could bring me some this week. We were tossing around the idea of creating a literature-inspired cocktail for when [...]
I drank my first Little Italy a week or so ago at The Tar Pit. It’s a Manhattan variation with more depth in the aftertaste thanks to the Cynar (Chi-naaaar). Because the drink is on the bitter side, it’s one to be sipped instead of gulped and might not be for everyone.
Cynar is [...]
