Call To Action – Stop Nom 186 and save the Agave world!
January 24, 2012 – 7:22 pm | No Comment

The world of agave based spirits is facing a suddenly unsure future.  There is a fight brewing that threatens to severely damage the quality, variety and history of these native Mexican spirits while also prohibiting …

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Cocktail Recipe – The Sovay Cocktail
May 13, 2011 – 11:50 pm | One Comment
Cocktail Recipe – The Sovay Cocktail

Deep in the hidden recesses of the MixPourSip.com cocktail laboratories lay the results of recent experimentation with homemade liqueurs and some of the possible cocktails they can create.  One of these possible concoctions, the Sovay …

Cocktail Recipe – Chicago Club Cocktail by Seth Laufman of URBN Coal Fired Pizza & Bar San Diego
April 18, 2011 – 7:24 pm | No Comment
Cocktail Recipe – Chicago Club Cocktail by Seth Laufman of URBN Coal Fired Pizza & Bar San Diego

This concoction comes to us from Seth Laufman of URBN Coal Fired Pizza and Bar in San Diego’s North Park district.
“I was introduced to Tres Agaves Tequila by Eric “Rubes” Rubin was a Tequila Master …

Cocktail Recipe – Corpse Reviver #2
April 7, 2011 – 10:00 am | One Comment
Cocktail Recipe – 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, …

Cocktail Recipe – The Sanitarium
March 21, 2011 – 11:13 pm | No Comment
Cocktail Recipe – The Sanitarium

I have been having some fun riffing off of Jeffrey Morgenthaler’s recipe for homemade tonic water.  In an upcoming piece, I will detail our forays into this recipe and some of the discoveries that came …

Tasting Notes – Patron Silver
March 18, 2011 – 10:00 am | One Comment
Tasting Notes – Patron Silver

What is the tequila you drink when you can drink virtually any tequila (at a reasonable price, that is)? To me, it is often Patron Silver. It is just so smooth and flavorful that it …

Tasting Notes – Ketel One Vodka
March 9, 2011 – 10:00 am | No Comment
Tasting Notes – Ketel One Vodka

Ketel One is known as one of the best vodkas in the world.  This reputation for quality is not sudden or the result of a recent public relations campaign.  In fact, since 1691, the Nolet …

Leap Year Martini
March 9, 2011 – 10:00 am | 4 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. …

Aviation Cocktail Recipe
March 9, 2011 – 10:00 am | No Comment
Aviation Cocktail Recipe

Ah, the Aviation: the cocktail geeks cocktail.  Go to a bar and chat with a cocktail enthusiast and this drink will almost inevitably come up in conversation.  More and more cocktail lounges and speakeasies are …

The Pink Gin Cocktail
March 2, 2011 – 2:31 pm | No Comment
The Pink Gin Cocktail

In my take on the classic Martini, I railed against pouring solid gin or vodka in my cocktail glass and calling it a Martini. To me, a Martini has vermouth. If I want …

Tasting Notes – Rittenhouse 100 Rye Whiskey
February 25, 2011 – 11:49 pm | No Comment
Tasting Notes – Rittenhouse 100 Rye Whiskey

I am always a little leery of anything described as a “good value.” In my experience, that phrase is often just another way of saying something is merely palatable or just okay while having the …