Angostura Bitters This week we turn our attention to the shelf on the bar where we keep the weird and wonderful collection of small bottles that occupy what we think of as the spice rack of our bar. The big bottles almost always get the spotlight. Not...
What Bitters and Russian Roulette Have in Common This week we turn our attention to the shelf on the bar where we keep the weird and wonderful collection of small bottles that occupy what we think of as the spice rack of our bar. The big...
Bitters Week: What and Why is a Bitter? This week we turn our attention to the shelf on the bar where we keep the weird and wonderful collection of small bottles with dropper tops. The big bottles almost always get the spotlight. Maybe it's prejudice against...
Liquor 101: What's the Ideal Dry Martini? In Philip Greene's fun and engaging To Have and Have Another, we read that Hemingway preferred his martinis at a 15 parts gin: 1 part vermouth. We have to admit that it made us curious how a 15:1 martini tasted....
The White Lady Cocktail Recipe As was the case with last week's Cuba Libre, the White Lady makes an appearance in an Ernest Hemingway story, but not a favorable one. In Islands in the Stream, our hero Hudson is about to head off to the neighborhood...
What is Grog? I can't remember exactly how it came about, but over our drinks at Waypoint--not any of which were either a punch or grog--the group of us ended up pondering what exactly grog is, and how it differs from a punch. None of us...
Hemingway Drinks: Green Isaac's Special Cocktail Recipe We've spent this week celebrating the larger than life exploits of one of the brightest stars in the drinkers' constellation by sharing five of our favorite recipes from Philip Greene's To Have and Have Another, a tour of the drinks...
Hemingway Drinks: Cuba Libre Cocktail Recipe We're spending this week celebrating the larger than life exploits of one of the brightest stars in the drinkers' constellation by sharing five of our favorite recipes from Philip Greene's To Have and Have Another, a tour of the drinks from...
Hemingway Drinks: Bailey Cocktail Recipe We're spending this week celebrating the larger than life exploits of one of the brightest stars in the drinkers' constellation by sharing five of our favorite recipes from Philip Greene's To Have and Have Another, a tour of the drinks from Ernest...
Hemingway Drinks: Gambler's Delight We're spending this week celebrating the larger than life exploits of one of the brightest stars in the drinkers' constellation by sharing five of our favorite recipes from Philip Greene's To Have and Have Another, a tour of the drinks from Ernest Hemingway's...