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Thursday, March 13th, 2008

So this time round, Mixology Monday (hosted at Kaiser Penguin) is about wickedly potent drinks – i.e. drinks you cannot safely drink more than one of. I didn’t have to think too long about what drink to write about. Since picking up a copy of Ted Haigh’s Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails, the Early Fogcutter has been a big favorite of mine, and one too rarely enjoyed. That being the case, Mixology Monday gave me a great excuse to mix one up.

Recipe follows: (more…)
Posted in Blogsphere events, Cocktails and Giggle Water, Cuban, gin, lemon, orange, orgeat, pisco, Recipes, rum, sherry | 13 Comments »
Friday, February 29th, 2008

I decided to give infusing gin with tea a try. I started by making the Earl Grey Martini as written up by Gary Regan in the San Francisco Chronicle. Earl Grey is possibly my least favorite tea. I don’t hate the stuff exactly. Oil of bergamont is an interesting flavor. Unfortunately, that taste just doesn’t work for me in tea. (more…)
Posted in Bunnyhugs originals, China, eggs, genever/geneva/jenever, gin, Infusions & experiments, lemon, lychee liqueur, tea | 9 Comments »
Thursday, February 28th, 2008

So today marks a leap year meaning we get that rarest of experiences – February the 29th. This may not seem hugely exciting. However, back in the 1920s, when Harry Craddock was mixing cocktails at the Savoy, leap year celebrations were quite the thing. Harry Craddock even created the Leap Year Cocktail to mark the 1928 celebrations at the Savoy. The Leap Year Cocktail isn’t a bad drink either, being sort of a lightweight cousin to the Burnt Fuselage. (more…)
Posted in China, cognac and brandy, dry (French), gin, Grand Marnier, lemon, Recipes, Shanghai, vermouth | 1 Comment »
Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Continuing with kummel, this drink is featured on the side of the Fees Peach Bitters. Kummel with peach bitters. . . How is that for obscure? But that’s not all. Just when things are threatening to get a bit high brow, in goes a big dose of crème de menthe. I have nothing against crème de menthe, but it isn’t the most subtle or complex taste, and it tends to make rather one dimensional drinks. Still, I’ve said similar things about kummel being a very assertive flavor. So lets see how kummel goes pitted against crème de menthe. . .

There are a few different recipes around for this one. (more…)
Posted in cocktail bitters, creme de menthe, gin, kummel, lemon, peach bitters, Recipes | No Comments »
Friday, February 22nd, 2008
In my quest for more Kummel drinks I came across this one. I picked it out because the recipe looked interesting and unpredictable. What was a caraway, vermouth, whiskey and bitters flavored sour going to taste like?

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Posted in aromatic bitters, cocktail bitters, Irish, kummel, lemon, Recipes, sweet (Italian), vermouth, whiskey/whisky | No Comments »
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
I decided to whip up a quick something using blackberry brandy and settled on the Allegheny. It was the first recipe to come up on CocktailDB when I searched for blackberry brandy and lemon juice. Bourbon and dry vermouth looked like they would do nicely to fill out the drink, and a dash of bitters promised to spice things up a little.

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Posted in aromatic bitters, blackberry brandy (creme de mure), bourbon, cocktail bitters, dry (French), lemon, Recipes, vermouth, whiskey/whisky | No Comments »
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
I’m going to try a few different pisco cocktails over the next few entries here, just to maintain a little bit of a pisco theme. Some probably won’t be so great. However, there is one excellent one coming up shortly, and hopefully there will be a couple of other good ones besides that.
This one is something I found while looking for something else. It is called a ‘Pisco Bell-Ringer’ and comes from David Wondrich at Esquire.

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Posted in apricot brandy (sweet), lemon, orange bitters, Peychaud's Bitters, pisco, Recipes | 1 Comment »
Monday, December 3rd, 2007

The theme for this month’s Mixology Monday is Repeal Day, and Pre-prohibition drinks are thus in order. Pisco is flavor of the month at my place since I managed to pick up three different brands of the stuff. That makes the Pisco Punch the obvious choice for this month’s drink.
I mentioned Pisco Punch the last time I wrote here. The problem with Pisco Punch, and it is quite a problem, is that the original recipe seems to have been lost. Certain things about the drink are known with certainty though. (more…)
Posted in absinthe & pastis, aromatic bitters, Batavia Arrack, Chartreuse, cocktail bitters, Drink history, gum syrup (gomme syrup), Infusions & experiments, lemon, lime, milk, Peychaud's Bitters, pineapple, pisco, Recipes, rum, spices, syrups & sweeteners, tea | 6 Comments »
Monday, November 12th, 2007
Well this week’s Mixology Monday topic is gin.
I should have lots of ideas for this one since gin has become a favorite spirit of mine. I’ve had dreadful arguments about the whole vodka versus gin thing with friends who believe the former is the most versatile cocktail ingredient. I think gin deserves that honor. Sitting here writing this though, I can’t say that I have any particular drink in mind for this Mixology Monday. However, there is one thing that I believe does need to be said.

Gin occupies a unique space in the world of mixed drinks. (more…)
Posted in aromatic bitters, Blogsphere events, cocktail bitters, Drink history, gin, lemon, Recipes, sherry | 1 Comment »
Sunday, June 10th, 2007

I haven’t posted anything for the last couple of Mixology Mondays. My excuse in April was being on holiday and having no access to Champagne. It seems it isn’t a popular drink in the remoter parts of Western China. I didn’t have a very good excuse in May since I was already back in New Zealand by that stage. All I can say is that I still hadn’t got around to setting up a bar in my apartment and the idea of tequila drinks didn’t inspire me enough to make me rush out and go shopping.
This month my bar is more or less functional and the theme is cream, a theme which seems very doable. (more…)
Posted in Blogsphere events, blossom water, Bunnyhugs originals, cream, eggs, gin, grenadine, lemon, lime, orgeat, Recipes | 1 Comment »