Oval Vodka’s Infusion Contest

Marshall | July 14, 2009

A few months ago, we got an email from the lovely Samantha Harrigan sending a missive to the motley crew of cocktail bloggers to ask if we would be interested in participating in a little contest.  Oval Vodka wanted new and interesting infusions. The rules were pretty simple.  We had to create an infusion using [...]

Templeton Rye Contest Winners!

Marshall | June 19, 2009

Way back in April I announced a little contest here at Scofflaw’s Den.   The contest was to celebrate Templeton Rye and share some of their lovely whiskey.  The rules were fairly simple; the main rule was entries had to be a spring-inspired cocktail with rye whiskey as the base spirit.  Now I fully admit that [...]

Gettin’ local with it

SeanMike | June 11, 2009

Well, I’ve started this whole series, can’t stop now! Tonight, as is usual on Thursdays, is Thursday Drink Night over in the Mixoloseum chat room.  The theme is “muddled drinks” and the other day I had an inspiration.  Like last night, it’s a chance to kill two birds with one stone, as the saying has [...]

Wedding Time

SeanMike | March 3, 2009

No, not mine…still working on that vital step before it “finding a girlfriend”.  Instead, it was my brother’s wedding as he married Cathy.  They’re on their honeymoon right now, giving me some vital quiet alone time in the house (I live with the two of them for the time being, though that’ll change soon) which [...]

Two taste tests

SeanMike | November 29, 2008

A bit ago I saw someone talking about the newest sweet tea vodka out there – Sweet Carolina. I was born and raised on sweet tea.  While sweet tea isn’t necessarily a northern WV thing, it is a southwestern VA thing, and my mom was from south WV, so she taught me the “proper” way [...]