Discovery Bay
The DISCOVERY BAY is a gold rum, lime & curacao cocktail that produces a citrusy embellishment of your favorite gold rum. Despite the pastoral green color — which is the result of mixing blue curacao with gold rum — the...
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Pomegranate Martini
The POMEGRANATE MARTINI is similar to a Cosmo, but more complex and probably stronger while still going down easy. It’s been popular with most who try this mix. Basically, the sweetness of pomegranate, orange liquor and citron vodka are stretched...
Bourbon Mash Comparisons
Most bourbon whiskies use three grains: corn, rye, barley. The corn percentage must be 51% or greater to be classified as bourbon. When comparing the mash compositions, there are a few outliers. Makers Mark uses wheat in place of rye....
Stonehenge?
Motivation comes from strange places — like when someone cleans the sofa and leaves them in a Stonehenge array to dry. The obvious reaction of course is to place empty glassware in front of the Stonehenge sofa and ask if...
“Classic Cocktails Every Drinker Should Know”
One of the online drinking sites — Liquor.com — published recently its view of the top 24 cocktails which all drinkers should know (which is about as objective as deciding the top 24 songs of all time). Though I disagree...
Bloody Mary
There are many variations of the classic BLOODY MARY. It’s complex in its preparation, but the payoff is a lovely addition to breakfast or brunch. It’s also sometimes suggested as a hangover remedy. So that said, the recipe I enjoy...
Genoa Vodka
If you like Campari cocktails (Negroni, Boulevardier) and want to apply it to vodka, the GENOA VODKA is it. Or if you’re on the fence about Campari because you think it too bitter, the Genoa Vodka is a nice way...
Vesper
The VESPER is considered by Bon Appétit to be one of 24 classic cocktails you need to know how to make. It’s easy to make once the spirits are in hand. The shaken version is named for Vesper Lynd, the...
8 Cocktails to Make for New Year’s Eve
As we approach a new year, it’s nice sometimes to toast the outgoing and incoming with something different, something memorable. If your go-to cocktail or champagne is too anti-climactic this year, here are some New Year’s suggestions as previously posted...
Mai Tai (War Time Cocktails, 1935-45)
Smith’s Union Bar, Honolulu Strolling into Honolulu’s Smith’s Union Bar, just a few miles away from the military docks and ports of 1941 Pearl Harbor, one is greeted by a calmer, more open-area bar than the other dark seedy places...
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