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

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.

The Globe Cocktail
September 24, 2009 – 4:21 pm | No Comment
The Globe Cocktail

This is the signature cocktail from Globe, a restaurant and bar living in the shadow of the Transamerica building in San Francisco’s financial district. Like The Pony Up cocktail, it is another clever combination of …

The St. Germain Collins – by John Pringle
September 15, 2009 – 2:00 am | No Comment
The St. Germain Collins – by John Pringle

Experimentation is the foundation and the fun that being a good bartender is built on. John Pringle of Globe in San Francisco agrees. “I’ve been playing with St. Germain quite a bit lately,” he says. …

Classic Dry Martini
September 10, 2009 – 2:30 am | 2 Comments
Classic Dry Martini

Okay, so here is my entry into the “what is a real Martini” debate.  The MixPourSip.com’s Traditional Dry Martini.
Coming off the heels of my review of Noilly Prat Dry Vermouth, I felt challenged to find …

The Pony Up – by John Pringle of Globe
September 10, 2009 – 2:00 am | No Comment
The Pony Up – by John Pringle of Globe

In San Francisco, where bitter liquers like Compari and Fernet Branca know significant local popularity and local bartenders create a range of concoctions to highlight their medicine-like characteristics, John Pringle of Globe Restaurant has created …

Leap Year Martini
September 8, 2009 – 2:26 am | 2 Comments
Leap Year Martini

One of the best cocktails you may never have heard of, The Leap Year Cocktail is a citrus infused variation on a Martini with a fantastic burst of flavor that is both sweet and sophisticated. …

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 …

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 …