Liquor 101: Liquor Reviews

11 Nov What We’re Drinking: Bonal and Rye

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What We're Drinking: Bonal and Rye At my latest trip to the liquor store, I ran across a fortified wine I'd never noticed before. When that happens, the odds are better than even that I'll end up adopting it, like an irresistibly cute puppy from a pet store....

28 Oct Should I buy it? Drambuie & Averna

Posted at 08:00h in Blog, Liquor 101, Liquor 101: Liquor Reviews by steph

We're always on the hunt for new possibilities for Bottle #9, that liquor that makes a bar distinctive. Well, not always. A while ago, Steph and I found ourselves in a bit of a rut. Whenever I asked, 'What would you like to drink?', Steph would...

23 Sep What we would serve the Pope!

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Today is a special day! The Pope is in town! He arrived last night and will stay through Thursday, Popemobiling his way around the city, and not all that far from our apartment--not something we can recall happening in Somerville. There aren't any actual indications that...

16 Sep The Gin Off: Northeast vs Mid-Atlantic

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We have two favorite liquor stores in Cambridge. Cambridge Wine and Spirits is a big, clean, well-kept, well-lit grocery store with great inventory and cheap prices, basically the best imaginable discount liquor store. It's where we went when we were stocking up, or when we...

10 Sep Tears of Chios Cocktail Recipe

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Tears of Chios: the most beautiful Mediterranean cocktail you ever did have This drink! We can't say enough good things. The only tears it will bring are ones of joy. We mentioned yesterday how we discovered this delicious specimen during our frequent trips to the Liberty Hotel Bar....

19 Sep The Great Vermouth Taste-Off: Championships

Posted at 02:54h in Blog, Liquor 101, Liquor 101: Liquor Reviews by Roberts & June

Thus far, in our vermouth tournament, we've done inexpensive sweet and dry brackets, a more expensive sweet bracket, and declared a dry champion. Today, we'll decide on a sweet champion, and name an overall champion. Semi-Finals: The Reds Dolin v. Boissiere The contest between Dolin, the best Top Shelf...

05 Sep The Great Vermouth Taste-Off: Top Shelf Reds

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The Great Vermouth Taste-Off: Top Shelf Reds Thus far in our vermouth tournament, we've tasted cheap dry ones, cheap sweet ones, and more expensive white ones. Having proclaimed Cocchi Americano the champion on the dry side of our vermouth bracket, and having finally consumed or given...

19 Aug The Great Vermouth Taste-off: Top Shelf Whites and White Championship

Posted at 02:27h in Blog, Liquor 101, Liquor 101: Liquor Reviews by Roberts & June

Well, we've finally worked through the bottles of inexpensive red and white vermouth one way or another (Gallo has been a suitable cooking wine replacement). So, it's time to move on to the next bracket, pricier whites. You can also skip to top shelf reds, and to...

13 May The Great Vermouth Taste-Off: Inexpensive Whites

Posted at 02:25h in Blog, Liquor 101, Liquor 101: Liquor Reviews by Roberts & June

As I mentioned in my last post, it has belatedly occurred to me that I should be paying more attention to Vermouth, seeing as it's an almost constant ingredient in the cocktails I most enjoy. Having found the sweet Vermouth tasting so pleasurable and informative,...

12 May The Great Vermouth Taste-Off: Inexpensive Reds

Posted at 01:57h in Blog, Liquor 101, Liquor 101: Liquor Reviews by Roberts & June

The Great Vermouth Taste-Off: Inexpensive Reds Vermouth is one of the most common ingredients in cocktails. It's especially prevalent in my favorites: in Martinis and Manhattans, of course, but also in Negronis, Contessas, Maximilian Affairs, and Half Sinner-Half Saints. I use a fair amount of Vermouth....