MxMo: You Scratch My Back…

Well, it’s been a month since our last little gathering, and two since I participated, so, to make up for it I have two cocktails for you with a total of three ingredients from scratch. First off is a little something from way back in the day when they had no choice but to make [...]

A Wonderful Spicing

Well, the Dramproject is now complete. It is absolutely gorgeous. It is everything I wanted and more. The sherry is spicy and peppery and kicks like a mule. It worked great in the twilight squall cocktail, and, more importantly, it is going wonderfully in soups and as part of my steak marinade (3 oz. Worchestershire [...]

Like Apples And Oranges

So, the problem with this comparison is that is like comparing apples and oranges. While both sherry and port are classed as fortified wines, along with madeira, marsala, and a half dozen other styles, they are very different types of wine, the same way that apples and oranges are both fruits, but taste quite different. [...]

If You Won’t Do Madeira, M’Dear

Perhaps sherry will lift your cheer? As you ought to know by now, I have been infusing with sherry, trying to make some complex sherry peppers as a sort of spicy cocktail bitter, as well as for cooking. Now, in such an application, starting with something interesting, like a fortified wine or an amber spirit, [...]

Not Just Any Port in a Storm

Thinking myself particularly refined, I decided to celebrate my 21st with port rather than Champagne. What can I say, humility was never my strong suit. In retrospect, I should have gone with the sparkling. However, I did enjoy my bottle of vintage port, even if I did regret it a little.
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I’m A Bit Mixed Up

I thought it was about time to mix up some wine into a cocktail, well, another one. I looked around and found this recipe for a fino rickey: sherry, gin, squeeze of lime, and seltzer. I mixed it up, and it was lacking, but a double dash of orange bitters did the trick. It’s still [...]

Jumping the Gun

So it turns out I jumped the gun just a bit with my Wine Blogging Wednesday post. Turns out last week wasn’t Wine Blogging Wednesday, but today is. So it goes. I took the opportunity to check up on this month’s Dramproject, my Scrivenal Sherry Peppers (#1). I found that they were coming along a [...]

Infusing…This Time With Wine

Welcome back to day two of the Wine Blogging Wednesday Fourth Anniversary Spectacular. Today we are covering sherry peppers. This is really only the first post on the project, as it will take about a month to infuse. Thus, this is my first Dramproject. That’s right every month or so I will be undertaking a [...]