With just these four bottles, you have on hand what you need to make two of the most famous of cocktails, and several other things as well. It’s just enough to be able to offer something quite respectable, and to hit the spot for a...
With these nine bottles (not 25!), a shaker, some citrus, some sugar, soda, tonic, and maybe some olives and cherries, you can make the most standard of standard cocktails and numerous others, satisfying a broad spectrum of cocktail tastes....
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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....