Happy Halloween

Marshall | October 31, 2007

So if you haven’t put two and two together, I love Halloween!  I know I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again.  My spooky decorations will probably still be set up until Christmas.  But hey, what’s a little macabre here and there.
I was trying to decide what to make to drink tonight that was [...]

Northern Virginia magazine

SeanMike | October 31, 2007

So I’m perusing Northern Virginia magazine while buying cat treats (don’t ask) and I see in their “(Relish)” (yes, it’s in parenthesis) section a “cocktail corner” by Natalie Bovis-Nelsen aka The Liquid Muse.
Hey that URL sounds familiar…oh yeah.  It’s in my bookmarks.
She’s got two recipes in there from the “resident mixologist” for Bombay Sapphire.  Since [...]

Whiskey tasting is done.

SeanMike | October 31, 2007

Before I started in on my winter drink, I decided to taste a number of different kinds of bourbon and scotch blends to see which would make a good base.  I just have the basic idea of what I want to do right now; I need to get a base down, and then I can [...]

This IS the Scofflaw’s Den

SeanMike | October 28, 2007

And when I was working on my cocktails notebook – a metal-covered Fallout 3 notebook I got at E3 – I saw a drink called the “Scofflaw”.  Thus, I had to make it.
Scofflaw1 ounce Canadian Whiskey (I used Canadian Club)1 ounce dry vermouth (typical Noilly Prat)1/4 ounce lemon juicedash of grenadinedash of orange bittersStir with [...]

UVA themed drinks

SeanMike | October 27, 2007

I went to the UVA event at Johnny’s Half-Shell and they had a drink there that was called the “Electric Cavalier”.
The Electric Cavalier (portions estimated)1 1/2 ounces vodka1/2 ounce blue curacao4 ounces lemonadegarnish with an orange slice
It’s a bit fruity for me, but tasty.  No pictures of it, of course.
We’re watching football right now, so [...]