'Hoots Mon' Cocktail Recipe We follow trends and go through moods. As autumn hits, for instance, we've found ourselves frequently reaching for the Amaro Nonino; there's just something about it's caramel toned mild bitterness that says, 'Fall, you're alright,' to us. But as much as we're creatures...
Into the Woods Cocktail Recipe Thumbing through our old recipes, we ran across this one. We can't remember who taught us this drink, and we couldn't even remember what it tasted like. But we were intrigued enough to mix one up, and--while wishing that we'd taken...
Sweater Weather Cocktail Recipe When the 90 degree weather kept pushing its way further and further into September, we thought autumn might never come, but there's recently been a decided shift in the air. Last week, we finally shut off the AC and opened the windows. Last night,...
The Story of the Scofflaw The Scofflaw has a great origin story. You can read it all over the internet. It goes like this. In 1923, wealthy banker and fervent temperance advocate Delcevare King sponsored a national contest to come up with the perfect derogatory term for people...
The Waldorf Cocktail Recipe from the Waldorf Astoria Bar Book by Frank Caiafa Did you know that the original Waldorf-Astoria in Manhattan started as two separate hotels, the Waldorf and the Astoria? Two Astor cousins tore down their family mansions which were next door to one another,...
World's Fair Cocktail Recipe Sadly we weren't able to join our friends on their recent return trip to Baldwin & Sons Trading Co; it's a little bit of a journey for them, out to Woburn, but a much bigger one for us. Thankfully, Baldwin & Sons...
O'Zapft is Whiskey + White Manhattan Cocktail Recipe Back in some of our earliest posts, we use 'white,' as a nickname designation for dry vermouth. We thought that following the wine convention of red and white would be a useful handle, and we thought we could...
Hopped Whiskey Today, we're going to celebrate the beginning of DC Beer Week by talking about ...
Where We've Been Drinking: Cava Mezze on Capitol Hill Back in May, we went with a few friends to a fantastic event with a silly name, The Lamb Jam. The Lamb Jam was all-you-can-eat samples of lamb dishes designed by about fifteen local chefs, accompanied by...
Where We've Been Drinking: Russell House Tavern in Harvard Square There were two distinct things we did this summer: go to France and go to Boston (a lot). Getting married in the Boston area was a popular activity among our friend group, and thus we happily...