SeanMike | September 1, 2010
It’s BUH-now, not buh-NULL. Just so you know. When I heard the theme I had a great idea, because, well, everyone knows Bonal and rye go together so well, but man – stirred? Feh. My first attempt was a Negroni variant. Equal parts rye instead of gin, Bonal instead of sweet vermouth, Gran Classico instead [...]
SeanMike | August 7, 2010
Due to some confusion on my part about timings, I’d signed up for a mezcal session at the Royal Sonesta at 1 PM. Getting out of the cab with John the Bastard at the Monteleone after checking into my “work” hotel (La Pavillon, over in the CBD, or Commercial Business District), I ran into a [...]
SeanMike | April 15, 2010
Over in the Washington Post this week, Jason Wilson gave us a drink from friend of the Den Rachel Sergi called “The Saint”, and also explained how and why you use beer in cocktails. From some Facebook comments I’d gotten, there seems to be a thought that beer is fine on its own. Don’t get [...]
SeanMike | March 22, 2010
Coming from the blog “Hobson’s Choice”, which has a really cool story for its name, we’ve got a theme this month for Mixology Monday of “punch”. Over there, Mike quoted David Wondrich as he opined on what made a punch, starting from a definition in the 1700s or so. I’m not going back that far. [...]
Marshall | February 23, 2010
Ahhhh . . . Mixology Monday XLVI. I’ve never been good at roman numerals, so I’m not even going to guess what that translates to in normal non-roman number type things. Regardless, it’s that time again and this month we are being hosted by Sonja at Thinking of Drinking. Sonja’s chosen theme is absinthe and [...]
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