• The Blue Moon Cocktail

    I ran across this cocktail back in the September, 2009 issue of Imbibe and decided I really should give it a try.  When you…

  • A margarita by any other name

    As anyone who’s made my acquaintance will know, I love tequila.  Not that mixto crap that frat boys pour down coeds throats, but the…

  • Derby Day

    As yesterday was the 140th running of the Kentucky Derby, it seemed an auspicious time to revive the blog after an eleven moth hiatus,…

  • The Manhattan–Grandaddy of them all…

    I now realize that it’s been almost four months since I last posted.  Apparently I have been doing more drinking that writing.   Well, since…

  • El Presidente

    El Presidente

    B & I decided to give this cocktail a second look.  We had originally tried the El Presidente a number of years ago based…

  • Aperoni

    B forwarded me a post from Michael Rhuhulman’s blog about a Berkshire Martinez from last April, which was his take on the classic Martinez…

  • Boulevardier

    It’s yet again been a little while since the last blog post.  In this case, there is a better reason than usual; B &…

  • Sangria

    Owing to a concatenation of circumstances, I now realize that I haven’t had a new post in far too long.  Those same circumstances are…

  • Diabolo

    B was looking through Robert Hess’s The Essential Bartender’s Guide the other night for something new when she ran across a rather oddly named…

  • The Old-Fashioned Whiskey Cocktail

    Our hiatus into frivolous drinking over, it’s now time to turn our attention to some more serious entrez in to the world of cocktails. …