Last week my colleagues from Sakai were in town and, of course, I had to make them a few cocktails. In particular, I wanted to make something that would be easy to serve up at the BBQ that Oliver Heyer hosted on Saturday afternoon. Being a cocktail fan himself, I knew Oliver would have the [...]
Read more >>Being a long time Martini man, up to now my cocktail focus has been on gin, vodka, and tequila based drinks like the Aviation, Lemon Drop, and Margarita. Even though Michael and his lovely wife Shannon have been longtime servers and drinkers of Sidecars, I’ve tended to steer away from brown liquor based cocktails. No [...]
Read more >>My wife’s favorite cocktail is probably the Sidecar, a brandy-based concoction. Recently we ran into some apple brandy and thought….”why not?” Here’s the recipe:
2 parts apple brandy
1 part Meyer lemon (really Meyer lemons are the best for cocktails)
1 part orange liquor (we like Citronage from Patron)
Shake in a cocktail shaker and serve up, with [...]
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