I recently visited Australia for the first time. And, of course, one of my missions was to explore the cocktail scene and try to find an authentic local cocktail. My first top was in Bathurst, the oldest inland settlement (European settlement, that is). Bathurst is a small town (less than 40k people) best known for [...]
Read more >>It was warm last weekend (by Berkeley standards) and will be again this weekend, so the “Creole Watermelon” from Scott Beattie’s Artisanal Cocktails seems timely. As you can see from the picture to the left, there are some interesting ingredients in this one.
I adore spicy cocktails. Not on an everyday basis, but I do like [...]
My mother-in-law just gave me a new cocktail recipe book called Artisanal Cocktails by Scott Beattie, former bartender (or cocktail chef) at Cyrus, a fantastic restaurant in Healdsburg where I have had the pleasure of dining in the past. Needless to say I was eager to try it out.
The perfect opportunity presented itself almost immediately. [...]
Cucumber and gin are a classic cocktail combination that haven’t gotten the attention they deserve. One good example is Pimm’s #1 cup, a gin-based concoction, which is often combined with some kind of cucumber. We’re fond of both gin and cucumber in our house and one of our favorite local restaurants, “Grasshopper” (now closed [...]
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