This may seem like Yet-Another-Negroni-Variation right off the bat, and I suppose it is, but there’s something magical about the addition of Cointreau to this that takes it to a whole new level. I first stumbled across this drink in some random cocktail app I had downloaded to try out. It’s so simple that I was surprised I hadn’t heard about it until then. And it’s so delicious that I’m surprised it doesn’t get more attention in the cocktail world.
Make It To-Go
To state the absurdly obvious, 2020 has been a rough year so far. In many parts of the world, all of our favorite cocktail establishments have gone through long periods of being closed. Some of the most famous watering holes have closed for good. But I’m a sucker for silver linings. One of the coolest…
Rebuilding a Home Bar: Tools
So, you’ve got some tasty bottles of your favorite booze, and you’ve got some fancy glasses to drink out. But how do you go about actually making some fancy drinks? Here’s the thing. You don’t actually need much of anything to make cocktails at home. Do you have a glass and a spoon? Really, you…
The Revolver
Our strongest memories come from the strangest places. For example, one of my Top-5 strongest drink memories comes from a second floor coffee shop above a Margaritaville on the beach in Capitola, California…
Old Pal
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.
Mrs. Cocktail Dork and the Gin & Tonic
When I was about 21 I remember reading in a magazine, probably Cosmo, an article that interviewed bartenders. They asked the bartenders what drinks people should order, and the response was “Drinks with the ingredients in the title, like gin & tonic or rum & coke.” So when young Mrs. Cocktail Dork went out to…