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Giving Thanks for Irish Whiskey
I'll tell you one thing that Margo Channing wouldn't do. She wouldn't have wimped out on the Chatham Artillery Punch. Yesterday, Thanksgiving Day, was the day to haul out the Chatham Punch. The recipe,...
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Here I come a-wassailing.....
For the month of December, I'm concentrating on beer or ale-based cocktails in honor of the wassail. The wassail, as in "Here We Come A-Wassailing…" is a familiar and favorite Christmas carol but an...
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More Beer Cocktails: We Won't Go Until We Get Some
We wish you a Merry Christmasand a Happy New Year.Good tidings to you, wherever you are.Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year.Oh bring us a figgy puddingand a cup of good cheer.We won't go...
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The Fish House Punch: A Relative Elixir or How to Muddle Through Somehow
There's a little place just out of town,Where, if you go to lunch,They'll make you forget your mother-in-lawWith a drink called Fish-House Punch.-- The Cook (1885)In our Christmas trip down distillery...
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Encore du Champagne!
Margo: Encore du champagne, Waiter: More champagne, Miss Channing? Margo: That’s what I said, bub!In 1944's Meet Me in St. Louis, Judy Garland famously encouraged us to "have a merry little Christmas."...
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The Red Snapper: Facing the Music
Chances are, if you had a drink on New Year's Day, that is if you didn't give up drinking as a New Year's resolution, you had a Red Snapper. "But I had a Bloody Mary," you may respond. "Free! With my...
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The Atholl Brose
No road trip for this column. I am hard pressed to think of a bar, no matter how well-stocked, that could make me an Atholl Brose. If you know of one, fair reader, please alert me. Perhaps St. Andrews...
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The Brooklyn Hills Are Alive with Alpine Liqueur
Recently I put on my new modified Dunhill Saturday Night Survival Belt and trekked through the DUMBO area of Brooklyn. Over treacherous cobblestones and old railroad tracks — treacherous when you are...
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Two for the Road and Don't Get Lost...
For this week's column, I'd like to incorporate the new season of Lost,because frankly, I can't think of anything else. Like all of geekdom (and a few cool people too), I am gathering my wits, turning...
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Happy Hour in Antarctica.
Breaking news in the liquor circle is usually confined to surprise taste test results. It is hardly considered big news, although the Taiwanese Scotch beating the Scots at their own game certainly...
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Happy Mardi Gras! Prends soin de toi!
It's Mardi Gras, a perfect time to take a look at some of New Orleans's contributions to the drinking life. The contributions have been many and mighty. For the sake of space and time — because we have...
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Sake is Good for the Skin and other joys of Japanese Cocktails
If cocktail bloggers were to emulate Julie Powell and her famous online journey through Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, they could do much worse than working their way through Yuri...
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You Had Me at Hello: The Whisky Podcasts of Richard Paterson
The podcasts for Whyte and Mackay Whisky may be superficially infomercials for its blended Scotch, but with Masterblender Richard Paterson, they are pure entertainment. If you spend a few minutes with...
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The Income Tax Cocktail: Some People Call Me Maurice
It's that time of year... when the nation bites its nails, and every sound you hear seems to say: "I owe what?!" April 15th looms, the tax filing deadline approaches, and the only sensible thing to do...
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Can I Interest You in Some Dessert?
Once upon a time, the martini was simple—gin with a wave of dry vermouth. Today’s martinis come in all shapes, sizes, and colors, and none of them are simple. Indeed, the only resemblance between the...
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The Horses, the Horses, the Horses Are on the Track....
The word on the Kentucky Derby, and indeed on the whole summer racing season, is there are no quality horses this year. The economic downturn has greatly affected the thoroughbred industry with tracks...
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Barbancourt: the Jewel of the Antilles
One of the few success stories coming out of Haiti lately is the perseverance of Barbancourt Rhum in the face of the country’s devastation. At first glance, the survival of a distillery may not be...
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Cocktails in Berlin: Right This Way, Your Table's Ready
Put down the knitting, the book, and the broom. It’s time for a German holiday for the Speakeasy. But in the cabaret city of pilsners and weiss bier, can we, should we order a cocktail? Is there room...
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It's No Sin If There's Gin
Now that we've moved beyond sweater weather and into summer (although here in the Northeast we hardly had what might be called a traditional spring—45 to 90—in Porsche-like acceleration), a Hendrick's...
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Container Gardens and Container Cocktails: It's Summertime and the living is...
Being essentially a lazy person, I find that container gardening is the only horticulture for me (cue Dorothy Parker quote here). It's a very small amount of effort for a great deal of validation:...
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