Liquor 101: Building a bar

04 Mar Spirits Week: Tequila and Brandy + Vieux Carre Cocktail Recipe

Posted at 07:00h in Blog, Cocktail Recipes, Cocktail Recipes: Classic, Liquor 101, Liquor 101: Building a bar by Roberts & June

Spirits Week: Tequila and Brandy Last week, we gave a brief overview of the three big categories of liquors, their distinctives, and the part they each play in cocktails. Over the course of this week, we'll be going into more detail on one of those three categories:...

03 Mar Spirits Week: Rum + Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail recipe

Posted at 07:00h in Blog, Cocktail Recipes, Cocktail Recipes: Classic, Liquor 101, Liquor 101: Building a bar, Liquor 101: Cocktail History by Roberts & June

Spirits Week: Rum Last week, we gave a brief overview of the three big categories of liquors, their distinctives, and the part they each play in cocktails. Over the course of this week, we'll be going into more detail on one of those three categories: the base spirits. These...

02 Mar Spirits Week: Whiskey + Manhattan Cocktail Recipe

Posted at 07:00h in Blog, Cocktail Recipes, Cocktail Recipes: Classic, Liquor 101, Liquor 101: Building a bar, Liquor 101: Cocktail History by Roberts & June

Spirits Week: Whiskey Last week, we gave a brief overview of the three big categories of liquors, their distinctives, and the part they each play in cocktails. Over the course of this week, we'll be going into more detail on one of those three categories: the base...

01 Mar Spirits Week: Gin + Classic Gin Martini Cocktail Recipe

Posted at 07:00h in Blog, Cocktail Recipes, Cocktail Recipes: Classic, Liquor 101, Liquor 101: Building a bar by Roberts & June

Spirits Week: Gin Last week, we gave a brief overview of the three big categories of liquors, their distinctives, and the part they each play in cocktails. Over the course of this week, we'll be going into more detail on one of those three categories: the base...

29 Feb Spirits Week: Introduction and Vodka + Ginger Martini Cocktail Recipe

Posted at 07:00h in Blog, Cocktail Recipes, Cocktail Recipes: Modern, Liquor 101, Liquor 101: Building a bar by Roberts & June

Spirits Week: Introduction and Vodka Last week, we gave a brief overview of the three big categories of liquors, their distinctives, and the part they each play in cocktails. Over the course of this week, we'll be going into more detail on one of those three categories:...

21 Feb Liquor 101: the Big 3 Liquor Categories and Understanding Cocktails

Posted at 00:32h in Blog, Liquor 101, Liquor 101: Building a bar by Roberts & June

Liquor 101: the Big 3 Liquor Categories and Understanding Cocktails We noticed that we throw the terms spirit, liqueur, and fortified wines all the time, but that we've never really stopped and explained what these things are, how they're different from one another, and what they...

09 Feb Liquor 101: Bitters, with special guest experts Embitterment DC

Posted at 07:00h in Blog, Liquor 101, Liquor 101: Building a bar by Roberts & June

Liquor 101: Bitters, with special guests Embitterment DC We're spirits people. Or maybe we're liqueur people. Either way, it's always been the big bottles of liquor that capture our attention first. But recently, through the influence of people like the guys at Embitterment (fellow Union Kitchen...

05 Feb The Blizzard Challenge: what we learned about your home bars + Snowy Kraken Cocktail Recipe

Posted at 07:00h in Blog, Cocktail Recipes, Cocktail Recipes: Modern, Liquor 101, Liquor 101: Building a bar by Roberts & June

The Blizzard Challenge: what we learned about your home bars During the recent blizzard, we made an offer to our fellow homebound, but thirsty, snowstorm victims: tell us what's in your liquor cabinet, and we'll suggest a drink to make. It was a fun way for us...

27 Nov Black Friday (liquor) Deals

Posted at 08:00h in Blog, Liquor 101, Liquor 101: Building a bar by Roberts & June

Black EveryFriday Deals Today's the day we're all looking for the unbelievable deals, deals for which we'll leave Thanksgiving dinner before the pie is served, deals we'll sleep in a tent in a mall parking lot for, deals for which we'll gouge out the eyes of our...

09 Nov Liquor 101: Which glass for which drink?

Posted at 12:57h in Blog, Liquor 101, Liquor 101: Building a bar by Roberts & June

On a Columbus Day Octoberfest outing we went with a bunch of our friends to Dacha Beer Garden. It was a beautiful day, the company was perfect, and the atmosphere of interesting beers, simple food, picnic tables, and tents was really fun. I estimate that...