Mixology Monday is Here!

Hello, hello. Welcome one and all to my blog. Today is Mixology Monday and our theme for the day is Broaden Your Horizons. I encourage you to use a technique ingredient or something you haven’t used before. I already have about twenty entries, and can’t wait for you all to bring in more. If you [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Quit Your Wining

Downtown Wine & Spirits, my choice for premium beer and high end everything had their annual wine tasting and sale yesterday, so, of course, I meandered on down. They were pouring quite generously enough, and I sampled the full line from Moët & Chandon and Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin, as well as a variety of other [...]

The Reports of My Death

Are, indeed, greatly exaggerated.  Unfortunately I got caught in a perfect storm of holidays, sports, school, and organizing an academic conference. Now that is all behind us. What can you expect for this month?

Monthly Events. The Session should be up later tonight. MxMo is coming up on Monday, and what all else.
Reviews. I’m long due [...]

So It Turns Out There’s a First Life

I intended that this month should be beer month, but, unfortunately Real Life™ intervened. First off, I didn’t realize how quick the Session was coming up, so I missed that. Then the Jewish High Holidays, specifically Yom Kipur, meant that this week was pretty much a bust. Between spending today getting ready for the post-fast [...]

I Like Beer, You Like Beer, We All Like Beer!

To borrow from Freddie R. That’s right. This month at the Dram is beer month in honor of Oktoberfest, which, of course, actually happens in September… Anyway. I have some good stuff on tap for you this month:

Reviews: Of course, it wouldn’t be beer month without beer reviews, and I got plenty of ‘em just [...]

Oh Soon We’ll Hear the Old Man Say

Leave her, Johnny, leave her.
As September fades into October, so, too does Rum Month here at the Dram fade away. I’ve had a blast putting up all these cocktails and rums. We sipped a dozen rums, tried over a dozen rum cocktails, examined barware, watched TV, and generally carried on. I’ve also been averaging two [...]

I Love Mail!

Like everyone else, I love getting packages, and today, I got two wonderful ones:

One package was from an outfit called Spirit Sippers out of Washington, D.C. They contacted a bunch of people who hang out at the Ministry of Rum to try out their new rum tasting glass, the Flair. I was lucky enough to [...]