We're a long way from the Caribbean, but there's steel drum music on the Bose and strong rum in the cupboard just aching for some sunshine and warm weather (as we all are). This cocktail is refreshingly acidic and citrusy, with layered flavors and the rich color that gives it its name. ST CROIX SUNSET … Continue reading St. Croix Sunset
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The Lucien Gaudin
When I made this recipe the first time, I kiddingly described it as a “warm-up” cocktail—the one you have while you mix your “real” one—due to its diminutive size. It tops out at 3 ounces, including ice melt. But it’s a cocktail with history, created in Paris almost a century ago (when 3 ounces was … Continue reading The Lucien Gaudin
Yes, I’m pushing “The Panic Button”
This is a great mix for the kind of in-between weather we’ve been having in Rochester for the past couple of weeks—a bourbon cocktail with interesting bitter and sour notes, served on a big old rock. This is the "Panic Button," which Imbibe magazine credits to the Living Room Bar at Charleston's Dewberry Hotel. THE … Continue reading Yes, I’m pushing “The Panic Button”
Five Dog-themed Cocktails
Photo provided by Frankly Vodkas Back on March 26, we had a tasting of Frankly Organic Vodkas at Pinnacle Wine & Liquor. (Full disclosure: I am in the part-time employ of both fine organizations.) Frankly donates 1 percent of its revenues to animal welfare organizations in the markets where it’s sold through its Frankly Fido … Continue reading Five Dog-themed Cocktails
The Cumbersome Cocktail
This is one of those drinks that make me wish my blog could have "smell-o-vision." I went to the Difford's Guide site looking for a new gin-and-cucumber cocktail recipe and found this one, which calls for four (count 'em, four) inches of cucumber. That sounded like a lot, but it turns out to be exactly … Continue reading The Cumbersome Cocktail
The Old Pal
Harry MacElhone (the Harry of Harry’s New York Bar in Paris) credited his “old pal,” journalist William “Sparrow” Robertson, with the inspiration for this drink. As the sports editor for the New York Herald in Paris, Robertson frequented the New York Bar enough for Harry to mention him in his 1922 ABC of Mixing Cocktails. … Continue reading The Old Pal
The Libation Lounge 