Mixology Monday: Brown, Bitter, and Stirred

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 [...]

Mixology Monday XLVII: Punch

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. [...]

Mixology Monday XLVI – Absinthe

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 [...]

Mixology Monday XLV: Tea

SeanMike | January 25, 2010

Once again, it’s Mixology Monday, and for the first time in a while, I’m actually participating.  AREN’T YOU SO EXCITED?!  I KNOW I AM. Sorry.  Got a little excited with the caps lock key there.  Don’t think that it wasn’t anything like that you dirty dirty person you. Anyways, this time it’s hosted by Frederic [...]

MxMo XLIII: Vermouth

Marshall | October 25, 2009

This month Mixology Monday is being hosted by Vidiot over at Cocktailians and the chosen theme is vermouth.   Our instructions, So: your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to present a delectable vermouth cocktail for us all to drool over. Sweet/Italian or dry/French vermouth are fair game of course, as are quinquina, aperitif [...]