Stories about drinks – where they come from, why they work, and how to make them
The Corpse Reviver #2 is the more popular of the two corpse reviver drinks that were created in the late 19th century. The drinks are extremely different, with #1 being a riff on a Manhattan and #2 being its own beast entirely. #2 is tailor-made for this blog because it combines vermouth and triple sec … Read more
Some cocktails take a lot of work. There can be juicing, shaking, stirring, and straining in even the most classic of recipes like the negroni or margarita. More intense drinks involve making custom syrups and infusions which take even more effort. And while I think the juice is usually worth the squeeze for these drinks, … Read more
I love being outside. Cycling, running, hiking, skiing, snowshoeing, kayaking, golf, I love it all. Get me out where nature is thick, people are sparse, and I’m breaking a sweat. But I also run a (mostly) cocktail blog, so I obviously love drinking as well. For a while, the only thing that really sounded good … Read more
I call this blog Mixing Ingredients, but thus far I’ve really only talked about the ingredients that have alcohol in them (like vermouth…). While that’s the crux of any cocktail, the other stuff is just as important to the overall quality and character of the drink. So, today, I’m going to talk about seasonal winter … Read more
The margarita is one of the most classic cocktails in existence. They can be expertly-crafted, intriguing libations. They can also be sickly-sweet frozen sludge that comes out of a machine somebody paid way too much money for based on an old song. (If we’re talking margarita songs, I prefer the one from Mas Ysa on … Read more
The Fruit I don’t remember knowing winter citrus was a thing until our first winter in Seattle. We lived right by a fancy coop that we used for fill-in grocery shopping. I ran in on a random weekday evening and came out with (probably) $40 worth of citrus I had never even seen before. They … Read more