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 [...]

Reading & Drinking

SeanMike | November 14, 2009

First off – happy belated two year anniversary to us!  I admit we maybe haven’t been blogging perhaps as much as we should be, and I’m trying to get off my tookus and do more.  Tales of the Cocktail and that trip to Korea broke my rhythm!  But the good news is that I’m finally [...]

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 [...]

I am not bound…

SeanMike | June 30, 2009

…by your ideas of “when” or “why” to shake a drink, of your morality of cocktails, of what might be right and might be wrong!  I shall do as I choose! Hee hee hee, that sounds so dramatic. I shook my Manhattan variation. I was talking to Matthew Rowley earlier.  He’s moderating Day One at [...]

The Chronic-les of Cocktails

SeanMike | June 29, 2009

You might not believe me, for good reason, but I have it on good word (mine, which I made up) that the original version of Paul’s website featured “The Cocktail Chronicles” with a huge BLINK tag (which I’m not even sure is supported these days) and multiple dancing baby GIFs, all of which modeled after [...]