Falernum: Spicy, Boozy Sugar

The first time I saw alocholic felernum in a liquor store (only about 3 months ago), I was really confused. I had always thought it was a basic Carribean syrup like orgeat. Turns out, I was right – it’s both! For the purposes of this blog, I’ll be talking about the boozy version because I … Read more

Spring Highball(ish): Batched Americano

I was planning to write this before Twitter started talking about the Aperol Spritz. That was driven by a pretty bad take from Rebekah Peppler in the New York Times, which I won’t spend any more time on expect to say this: If your take hinges on the idea that something is bad because it’s … Read more

Amaro: Poorly-Defined, Industry-Preferred, and Always Bittersweet

I’ve mentioned amaro in (I think) at least half of the posts on this blog in some form or fashion (and even more on Instagram). Usually, that’s been Campari and (more recently) Cynar. But, it’s a massive, ill-defined category that I want to have a much better understanding of despite starting to try more in … Read more

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