A review, bar additions

SeanMike | December 4, 2007

I’ve reviewed The Complete Book of Spirits over on my personal blog, if you’re so interested in such things.
I hit the liquor store today, basically for random reasons.  I picked up a bottle of Benedictine, despite the fact that it’s about $6 more in Virginia than it would be in DC (but I won’t have [...]

Two drinks for the day

SeanMike | December 4, 2007

Slashfood posted a “Red Hot Santa Tini” which sounds good to me…cayenne plus cocoa?  Yummy.  It has Mazama vodka – never heard of that, myself – and Godiva chocolate liqueur plus some other stuff.
MSN (the default site in my web browser at work) had a story about five cocktails ripe for a comeback.  The first [...]

Recipe corrections

SeanMike | December 4, 2007

Forgot to get to it last night…
The Scoff Law Cocktail1 1/2 ounce rye1 ounce dry vermouth3/4 ounce lemon juice3/4 ounce grenadine
Jack Rose Cocktail1 1/2 ounce applejackjuice of 1/2 lime (or lemon – approximately 1 ounce)  Note: I got nowhere NEAR that much even with 7/8ths of a lime!2 or more dashes real pomegrenate grenadine I [...]