Tasting Notes – Hendrick’s Gin
January 13, 2010 – 11:27 am | No Comment

Hendrick’s is a singular gin that makes an extraordinarily clean martini (that actually uses vermouth) yet has the flavor sophistcation to be sipped neat or over one or two cubes of ice.

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The Best Home Made Guacamole
August 25, 2009 – 7:43 pm | No Comment
The Best Home Made Guacamole

I love avocados and I really love guacamole. I grew up in southern California with a Hass avocado tree in my back yard and I grew to love them. It wasn’t until I moved out …

Sam Cooke: Music To Smile To
August 25, 2009 – 11:45 am | No Comment
Sam Cooke: Music To Smile To

When you think of music to drink cocktails to, it’s hard not to default to the Rat Pack. The music of Sammy, Dean, Frank and the boys does a martini justice. But to when you …

Tasting Notes – Noilly Pratt Dry Vermouth
August 23, 2009 – 10:37 pm | No Comment
Tasting Notes – Noilly Pratt Dry Vermouth

I was recently asked how long a bottle of dry vermouth is good for once it’s opened.  I said, I wasn’t sure, that I never had the stuff around long enough to find out.  The …

Reverse Martini or What Would Julia Drink?
August 23, 2009 – 10:12 pm | No Comment
Reverse Martini or What Would Julia Drink?

The favored cocktail of Julia Child, the Reverse Martini is a refreshing drink that pairs well with oysters, ceviche, shrimp, mango, pear and a hot summer’s day. As advertised, the recipe here is a reverse of …

Tasting Notes – Patron Silver
August 23, 2009 – 1:40 pm | No Comment
Tasting Notes – Patron Silver

What is the tequila you drink when you can drink virtually any tequila? Patron Silver. It is just so smooth and flavorful that it can often turn a non-tequila lover into a devotee.
Patron Silver is …

The Golden State Cocktail
August 19, 2009 – 7:56 am | No Comment
The Golden State Cocktail

The gin must be full flavored and not at all “vodka-like” for this drink to work. … Recipe: 1.5 oz Lillet Blanc 3 oz Gin .5 oz Gran Marnier 2 sprigs fresh Thyme 1 halved orange slice, for garnish Method: Muddle the thyme sprigs in the bottom of a cocktail shaker with the .5 oz of Gran Marnier.

Corpse Reviver #2
August 19, 2009 – 7:36 am | No Comment
Corpse Reviver #2

The Bloody Mary is considered the Queen of the morning after drinks, the perfect bar cure for that which the bar caused the night before. However, there are others and this one, the Corpse Reviver #2, …

Tasting Notes – Bluecoat Gin
August 18, 2009 – 11:30 am | No Comment
Tasting Notes – Bluecoat Gin

Down with the British! Down with the Redcoats  with their London dry gins! It’s time to be revolutionary! Or so the folks at Philadelphia Distilling are hoping you will be. To the growing market of …