Presented by Cooks’ World and Pinnacle Wine & Liquor This cocktail belongs to the distinguished class of “Martinis with other stuff in them.” Like many Martinis, the Caprice starts with gin, dry vermouth, and orange bitters—the fundamental building blocks. Then, it adds the sweet herbal notes of Benedictine D.O.M. liqueur. The 3:1 (gin:vermouth) ratio in … Continue reading Cocktail of the Week: The Caprice
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Cocktail of the Week: A gin to transform your favorite whiskey and rum cocktails
Presented by Cooks’ World and Pinnacle Wine & Liquors Hey, it's great to be back after a post-holiday break! Happy New Year to all of you, near and far. Early last summer, we featured a Ramp Gibson using the Isolation Proof distillery’s nuclear Ramp Gin, and that Gibson remains my favorite Gibson of all time. … Continue reading Cocktail of the Week: A gin to transform your favorite whiskey and rum cocktails
Cocktail of the Week: Home for the Holidays (Redux)
Presented by Cooks' World and Pinnacle Wine & Liquor I first posted this cocktail two years ago, before beginning the Cocktail of the Week series. We're reposting it with some updates because it's simply that good! This isn’t a beginner’s drink, but it’s completely delicious, gorgeous, and in tune with the December holiday season. The … Continue reading Cocktail of the Week: Home for the Holidays (Redux)
Cocktails of the Week: Let’s Tango with a Christmas Negroni!
Presented by Cooks’ World and Pinnacle Wine & Liquor The December holiday season, in my ancestral land of England and elsewhere around the Old World, is also sloe gin time, when we celebrate by macerating berries of the humble blackthorn tree—a/k/a “sloe”—in gin and sweetening the infusion with sugar for purposes of toasting the holidays. … Continue reading Cocktails of the Week: Let’s Tango with a Christmas Negroni!
Cocktail of the Week: Wet Martini—but wait! It’s not what you think.
Presented by Cooks’ World and Pinnacle Wine & Liquor Regular readers of the Libation Lounge know that one of my drinking crusades is to restore the dignity and worth of vermouth in the American public’s eye. Vermouth is a noble aperitif in Italy, France, and Spain but is misunderstood and criminally maligned in the United … Continue reading Cocktail of the Week: Wet Martini—but wait! It’s not what you think.
Cocktail of the Week: Saké-tini (and a sake seminar!)
Presented by Cooks' World and Pinnacle Wine & Liquor If you’d like to learn more about saké and how to enjoy it in cocktails and with your meals, come to the “Saké Simplified” seminar I’m presenting at Pinnacle Wine & Liquor on Wednesday, October 2. Seating is limited, so reservations are required. More details are … Continue reading Cocktail of the Week: Saké-tini (and a sake seminar!)
Cocktail of Negroni Week: The Slow Negroni
Presented by Cooks’ World and Pinnacle Wine & Liquor Negroni week is upon us again. It’s an annual global fundraiser for a great cause through participating bars, but it’s okay to make negronis at home, too! If you want to have fun, find a participating Negroni Week bar near you and ask them for a … Continue reading Cocktail of Negroni Week: The Slow Negroni
Cocktail of the Week: Isolation Proof Ramp Gibson
Presented by Cooks’ World and Pinnacle Wine & Liquor I confess: I should have posted about the Gibson Martini (or simply, “Gibson”) before now, but in my defense, it’s such a trifling riff on the classic Martini that it hardly bears its own post—until now. A Gibson is nothing more than a Martini with a … Continue reading Cocktail of the Week: Isolation Proof Ramp Gibson
Cocktail of the Week: The Fitzgerald
Presented by Cooks’ World and Pinnacle Wine & Liquor The Fitzgerald is a simple, deliciously lemony gin cocktail named to honor one of America’s most significant and tragic literary figures, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and his notorious (sadly also fatal) love of gin and other excesses. Noted mixologist Dale DeGroff created the drink about 30 years … Continue reading Cocktail of the Week: The Fitzgerald
Cocktail of the Week: The Nigori Saketini (or “Kyoto Lady”)
Presented by Cooks’ World and Pinnacle Wine & Liquor The Nigori Saketini is a delicious, citrusy, refreshing, lower-alcohol cocktail that resembles the classic White Lady, right down to the kisses of gin and lemon. Hence, I nicknamed it the “Kyoto Lady.” The White Lady is traditionally made with egg white to give it a creamy … Continue reading Cocktail of the Week: The Nigori Saketini (or “Kyoto Lady”)
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