Cocktails, Food, and Gardening South of the hill in Bernal Heights, CA
Bunny Hug
1/3 Gin (Almost 3/4 oz Boodles Gin)
1/3 Whisky (Almost 3/4 oz Binny’s Single Barrel Buffalo Trace Bourbon)
1/3 Absinthe (Almost 3/4 oz Absinthe Verte de Fougerolles)
Shake (Stir? What does it matter? I lean towards shake for this MF.) well and strain into cocktail glass.
This cocktail should immediately be poured down the sink before [...]
It’s been a while since I last tortured you with a culinarily inspired original cocktail with at least one difficult or nearly impossible to obtain ingredient.
Since this is a sort of “variation” on the Bull-Dog Cocktail, I thought I’d put it up.
I was paging through the February, 2008, Gourmet magazine. You know, looking for recipes [...]
Bull-Dog Cocktail
Put 2 or 3 lumps of ice into a large tumbler, add the juice of 1 Orange, 1 glass (2oz Boodles) Gin. Fill Balance with Ginger Ale (Reed’s Ginger Brew).
Stir, and serve with a straw.
Rollin down the street, smokin indo, sippin on gin and juice,
Laid back, (with my mind on my money and my [...]
Buds Special Cocktail
1 Dash Angostura Bitters
1/3 Sweet Cream (3/4 oz Whipping Cream)
2/3 Cointreau (1 1/2 oz Cointreau)
Stir (What? Shake!) well and strain into cocktail glass. (Orange Peel.)
I guess I had an idle hope that this would be something like a Creamsicle in drink form.
After tasting it, my response was, “Bleah! Bud, man, what were [...]
Brunelle Cocktail
1/4 Absinthe (1/2 oz Verte de Fougerolles Absinthe)
1/2 Tablespoonful of Sugar (1 teaspoon caster sugar)
3/4 Lemon Juice (Juice 1/2 lemon)
(1 oz Boodles Gin)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
I normally don’t try to revise Savoy Cocktails too significantly. But, cocktails made with just Absinthe haven’t done much for me. Too rich. When I [...]
Brooklyn Cocktail
1 Dash Amer Picon (1/2 barspoon Torani Amer)
1 Dash Maraschino (1/2 barspoon Luxardo Maraschino)
2/3 Canadian Club Whisky (1 1/2 oz 40 Creek Barrel Select)
1/3 French Vermouth (3/4 oz Noilly Prat Dry Vermouth)
Shake (stir, please) well and strain into cocktail glass.
This seemed a bit flat as written. I’ve read that Torani Amer is closer to [...]
Further investigation has more or less confirmed that the Herb used for the Herb Grilling, was indeed Shiso. In an article called, “An inviting herbal accent” the LA Times describes, “It’s a captivating herb that’s sort of cinnamon-y, sort of basil-ish, kind of anise-like. You might catch a note of cumin or curry leaf, [...]
The remodeling of the Magnolia Pub & Brewery into the Magnolia Gastropub & Brewery has not been without controversy.
Some feel the new look of the brew pub disconnects it from the funky Upper Haight neighborhood it is located in. They are disappointed that the murals featuring psychedelic landscapes and Jerry Garcia are gone.
To check [...]
One of the nice things about growing your own herbs is that many of them are enthusiastic growers and you will often have more than you can possibly use.
This leads you to do things that you normally wouldn’t do, if you were buying your herb portions in $4 plastic packages at the supermarket.
Lemon Balm (Melissa [...]
Bronx Terrace Cocktail
2/3 Gin. (1 1/2 oz Plymouth Gin)
1/3 French Vermouth. (3/4 oz Noilly Prat Vermouth)
The Juice of 1/2 Lime.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Not a cocktail for everyone, or every moment, however the Bronx Terrace has its time and place.
When you’re feeling a bit ragged and your palate needs to be woken up, [...]
