• Whoa, Nellie!

    As even the occasional reader of this blog can attest, we generally are a bit circumspect when it comes to newly minted cocktails.  When we…

  • The Russell Cocktail

    This is a CocktailswithM first—a cocktail of our own creation.  Normally we stay away from this because 1) in more than a century of…

  • The Graduate

    A bit of a short post in the continuing tribute to Imbibe Magazine’s quartet of “Simple Cocktails”.  Unlike the High Noon that cleverly paired…

  • 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…

  • 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 &…

  • 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. …

  • 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…

  • Emerald

    As college towns go, it’s been my contention that we have long suffered a dearth of suitable drinking establishments.  Well, a couple of weeks…

  • Vieux Carré

    I just realized that it’s been exactly six months since my last post.  Wow.  I knew I had been putting this off a bit,…