Ward 8 Cocktail Recipe When we did our part in the revival of the once endangered West End of Boston with a couple of rounds of drinks at Ward 8, we were tempted by, but did not order, its namesake cocktail, there being too many other...
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...
Hemingway Drinks: Harry's Jack Rose Cocktail Recipe While we were doing our research for Daiquiri Week, Ernest Hemingway really caught our attention. How could he not? Legend has it that he once consumed 17 of them in a single sitting at the Floridita bar. In honor...
Summer Drink Cocktail Recipe: White After Memorial Day Having dabbled with the Ramos Gin Fizz for New Orleans week, as we turned to summer we found ourselves wanting more of its light, bright, frothiness. Not that the original is by any means a cold weather drink, we decided...
Election Drinks: Full Participation In some way, shape, or form we've been planning events for the past decade; the details, purpose, and types of the events have d r a s t i c a l l y varied but there is always a through-line of a) how do...
Guest Post: Botanical cocktails w. Wild Roots Apothecary We mentioned last week that we have a couple of local colleagues who've vastly improved our mocktails, by creating non-alcoholic products that contribute a depth and complexity we usually rely on liqueurs to bring. While we've found them essential...
Election Mocktail: The On Lime Voter During graduate school, one of Steph's projects was a study on making the voting process more efficient and modern. What if voting didn't involve long, slow lines and great, big voter registration rolls and arcane, hard to read ballots? In...
Drink of the Week: Thanksgiving Smash We've been having fun recently experimenting with smashes. A smash is a very old and, until recently, mostly dormant style of cocktail involving sugar and seasonal fruit (the Mint Julep is a smash that stayed current during the quiet period)....