Cocktails, Food, and Gardening South of the hill in Bernal Heights, CA
Last year some Wisconsin friends sent me an article about a new vodka from a company called Death’s Door Spirits. I was intrigued, mostly because it sounded like the company was distilling the base for its vodka themselves from locally grown wheat.
Later we found out that Death’s Door was also going to produce a [...]
Allen (Special) Cocktail
Dash Lemon Juice. (Juice 1/6 Lemon)
1/3 Maraschino. (3/4 oz Luxardo Maraschino)
2/3 Plymouth Gin. (1 1/2 oz Plymouth Gin)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass (and garnish with a cherry).
First, let’s not confuse the bright red Maraschino Cherries you get in Shirley Temples with Maraschino Liqueur. You should not make this cocktail by [...]
Alfonso (special) Cocktail
1 Dash Angostura Bitters.
4 Dashes Italian Vermouth. (1 tsp Italian Vermouth)
1/4 Dry Gin. (Generous 1/2 oz Dry Gin)
1/4 French Vermouth. (Generous 1/2 oz Dry Vermouth)
1/2 Grand Marnier. (Generous 1 oz Grand Gala)
Shake (Stir!) well and strain into cocktail glass.
Here’s another of those puzzles, where you wonder what one Alfonso cocktail has to do [...]
Alexander’s Sister Cocktail
1/3 Dry Gin (1 oz Beefeater’s Gin)
1/3 Creme de Menthe (1 oz Brizard Creme de Menthe)
1/3 Sweet Cream (1 oz Cream)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Ladies are advised to avoid this cocktail as often as possible.
Or anyone else for that matter. My aversion to dairy and overly sweet cocktails makes this [...]
It seems like every other day there is a new Gin on the Market.
Everyone hypes their new wonderful ideas for flavoring their Gins. Grape flowers. Unusual spices and herbs.
All of these products are designed to make Gin more appealing to the “modern drinker,” whoever it is the particular liquor companies think that is. [...]
Alexander Cocktail
l/2 Dry Gin. (1 1/2 oz Dry Gin)
1/4 Crème de Cacao. (3/4 oz)
1/4 Sweet Cream. (3/4 oz Cream)
Shake (very!) well and strain into cocktail glass. (Garnish with a sprinkle of cocoa.)
You probably won’t find this version of the Alexander made too often anymore, though at one time it was probably the most popular. [...]
Alaska Cocktail
3/4 Dry Gin (Generous 1 1/2 oz Dry Gin. A milder classic gin like Beefeater’s or Boodles will work best here.)
1/4 Yellow Chartreuse (Generous 1/2 oz Yellow Chartreuse)
(Dash Regan’s Orange Bitters)
Shake (Stir, Please! - Erik) well and strain into cocktail glass.
“So far as can be ascertained this delectable potion is NOT the staple [...]
A quick trip to Portland, Oregon, this last weekend.
I’d read about Bailey’s Taproom on some Portland forum or another. It recently opened across the street from the restaurant we were dining at later in the evening, Saucebox. A nice selection of what I would call “Extreme” beers. Beers from Stone, Russian River, [...]
Absinthe Cocktail
1/2 Absinthe (1 1/2 oz Absinthe Verte de Fougerolles)
1/2 Water (1 1/2 oz Water)
1 dash Syrup (Rich Simple Syrup)
1 dash Angostura Bitters
Absinthe (Special) Cocktail
2/3 Absinthe (1 oz Absinthe Verte de Fougerolles)
1/6 Gin (1/4 oz Beefeater Gin)
1/6 Syrup of Anisette or Gomme Syrup (barspoon Rich Simple Syrup)
1 dash Orange Bitters
1 dash Angostura Bitters
Instructions for both [...]
