Leopold Spirits

SeanMike | September 9, 2009

Hi guys!  Remember me?
It’s been a while.  We hit Tales of the Cocktail back in July – and not long after I got back from that I found out that my job was sending me out of the country.  It was the first time for me doing so, which also meant I got to do [...]

ToTC Recipe Book Winner

Marshall | September 8, 2009

Annnnnnndddddddd . . . we have a winner!  The rules were pretty simple.  Tell me how you started down the cocktail path, the catalyst if you will, and tell me your favorite cocktail.
And the winner is Helena Tiare Olson from Stockholm, Sweden.  Tiare is also the writer of A Mountain of Crushed Ice.  And without [...]

What do you think of when you hear “Dr. Bamboo”?

SeanMike | June 27, 2009

I think of a fiendish villain in a mountain lair, twirling his fu manchu mustache while drawing entertaining pictures of his enemies being destroyed…
…or of tiki drinks with a bamboo garnish.
Like Jay, I’m afraid today’s is going to be sans picture because I don’t have one ready for it and I need a bit more [...]

Where’s the fire?

SeanMike | June 13, 2009

Unfortunately my camera isn’t good enough to catch the fire I wanted, and I wasn’t good enough to get the flames I was hoping for.  But this is a short and easy drink that – honestly – I did drink, and did like quite a bit.
Tiare of “A Mountain of Crushed Ice” is a fan [...]

In which I endeavour to create a “tiki” drink

SeanMike | June 9, 2009

Here we are – day two of my perhaps Quixotic attempt to make up a new drink every day.  In an attempt to get through some of the rum, I decided to make an attempt to make a drink that I’d declare as tiki.  Why’s that?
Why, Trader Tiki, that’s why.
I asked a couple of people [...]