Raiders of the Lost Cocktail – Apricot Brandy

SeanMike | February 12, 2008

I figured – given the events of tonight – it was time to make some drinks and you know what, let’s try out the apricot-flavored brandy.  I’d tossed out the Jacquin’s crap, but I still had the Dekuyper. I went through a couple of my books, did some research online, and just looked around.  You [...]

I’m so excited and I just can’t hide it!

SeanMike | January 31, 2008

I’m about to lose control and I think I like it! No, waitaminute…nah, it’s true.  Seriously.  I’ve got about 3 hours left in my work day, and then it’s home – and I have tomorrow off for work for a trip up into the woods, wine tasting over the weekend, and then the Super Bowl. [...]

I’m lucky

SeanMike | December 29, 2007

I have, what I call, a resilient tongue.  I can drink a lot, I admit, and by the end, I don’t taste a lot of what I’m drinking, but I still do taste it.  Conversely, when drinking a lot of stuff, I can still analyze what I’m drinking fairly accurately – for me. The other [...]

Bar upgrades

SeanMike | December 16, 2007

So, PX last night kicked mucho ass.  We spent 5 hours there, getting there at 9 PM (despite our 9:45 reservation) and closing it out.  I can’t get over how great it was, and how much fun we had.  I believe tmfiii will have more on it…I might do a Four Letter Gourmand or something [...]

Grenadine, or “what’s that red stuff in a bottle?”

Marshall | October 15, 2007

 I will try not to make fun Sean for drinking strawberry-kiwi propel . . . especially while having a cigar, but seriously . . .  Anyway, back to the matter at hand.  Grenadine.  I know everyone has seen or had grenadine in a drink.   The first, and probably only, experience with grenadine has come in [...]