• Champagne Whiskey Punch

    Summer is the season for festive and refreshing (if slightly frivolous) imbibing with great friends.  I originally made this frivolously festive tipple a couple…

  • 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…

  • You’ll shoot your eye out, kid

    As promised, this is going to be my second (and final for a while) post of festive, holiday cocktails.  Last time we did Dale…

  • Famous Riffs

    I think for the next couple of weeks, we’ll take a bit of a departure from our usual aesthetic and relive a couple our…

  • Limoncello Fizzy Sangria

    Admittedly “Limoncello Fizzy Sangria” is a bit of a deviation (some might even go as far as deviant) from the usual vintage cocktail vibe…

  • Kir Royale

    Kir Royale

    Tonight is one of those great summer evenings. There’s a cool breeze blowing in off the Sacramento River delta. The blackberries in the sorbet…