A New Year’s Toast

Hey all.
I would just like to wish everyone a joyous, profitable, and otherwise happy new year. I hope it is better than this and any other. To toast this sentiment, might I suggest a…

Seelbach Cocktail

.75 oz. – Bourbon Whiskey (Maker’s Mark)
.5 oz. – Curacao (Gran Gala)
7-8 dashes – Aromatic Bitters (Angostura)
7-8 dashes – Aromatic Bitters [...]

MxMo Clarification

Hey all. Just a quick note. Mixology Monday for January will take place on January 19th, not the 29th as the announce post originally claimed. I’m guessing that was a typo, as the 29th is not actually Monday. Given that I wrote the post something like two months ago when I originally learned I [...]

Mixology Monday: Hot and Heavy

‘Tis that time of year again, and that time of month as well, the time when all of us cocktailians get together and have ourselves a grand old time writing about cocktails. This is an especially good time for me because my Real Life™ commitments finally allow me to write. I am also happy to [...]

Anouncing Mixology Monday: New Horizons

Hello everyone, and welcome to A Mixed Dram. I’m hosting this month, and I think you will enjoy our topic this month. I know that we tend to do what is familiar to us, and I am no less a victim of this than anyone else, often even more. My first several cocktails were basically [...]

The Session: Repeal THIS!

Happy repeal day, everyone.
For those non-Americans, today is the seventy-fifth anniversary of the repeal of prohibition.
Now, as some of you may know, while campaigning for president, Freddie Roosevelt ran on the platform of repeal saying “I like beer, you like beer, we all like beer.”
Even so, I feel that repeal day is more of a [...]

How’s the Drinking Going?

I know, I know. It’s rough. Hopefully I’ll be back to a full posting soon. (Crosses fingers.)
This is from Darcy at the Art of Drink.

Manhattan Cocktail
Kopi Luwak (Weasle Coffee)
French / Swiss Absinthe
Rootbeer I’ve even had the real thing…
Gin Martini
Sauternes A ‘48, no less.
Whole Milk
Tequila (100% Agave)
XO Cognac
Espresso
Spring Water (directly from [...]