And so the long journey comes once again to an end. What I speak of, of course, is the journey from the inspiration for a new cocktail, through the many twists, turns, and iterations of experimentation, up the steep hill of choosing a name, and finally to that welcome destination where the recipe crystallizes [...]
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 [...]
If you read this earlier post I’ve started experimenting with recipes from Scott Beattie’s excellent Artisanal Cocktails. This past weekend it was the Pelo Del Perro, which means “Hair of the Dog” in Spanish. I picked this one because the weather was warm and a grapefruit juice cocktail sounded refreshing. And because it is garnished [...]
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