We live in an era where everyone even vaguely on the cocktail scene knows the Negroni, and most also know the Boulevardier. These are two classic examples of the “equal parts cocktail.” The good ones, of course, are not exactly equal parts. But it does make it easier to remember.
A lesser known variation is the Old Pal.
There’s a wide and wonderful world of cocktail glassware and drinkware out there, even if you don’t count the intense variety of tiki mugs. Where does one even begin? Do you need to have the perfect glass for every drink? How does one accumulate that much glassware? How does one have enough space?!
Fear not! The glassware game can be as simple as you want. Or as complex as you’re inclined to make it.
Stir that in a mixing glass with ice until very cold. Serve in coupe or other glassware of choice. Garnish with a Luxardo cherry.
A good bar is one that collects not bottles as much as stories. This is doubly true for a home bar. If you’re like me, your home bar has many staples that you go through on the regular, but you also have a collection of odds and ends. You may have an ancient bottle of…
No, no. It’s not the sequel to Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat. Though, I suppose it could be. What is a cocktail? It could be many things. But one of the older definitions is a drink containing spirit, sugar, water, and bitters. Something we now generally refer to as an Old Fashioned (digression on this point…
So, I’m trying to do this thing. Who knows what it will become. My intentions are pretty minimal and my expectations even less. It involves cocktails, though. So, I think it will be fun. But I’m trying to establish a new online persona of sorts. Take this part of me that loves cocktails, and loves…