One of the things I’ve tried to do a bit on this site is to give you a lot of complimentary recipes. All too often I’ll get a new cocktail book, and it feels like not only does every drink use a completely different set of ingredients, but often times they’re obscure ingredients at that. One of […]
World’s 50 Best Bars 2020: What they got Right (and Wrong)
This week marks one of my favorite and most feared events of the year: the announcing of the World’s 50 Best Bars. Why would you fear something like that? Well, when you’re on a quest to visit the top 100 bars in the world, with every new list you’ll find out just how many of […]
Americano Cocktail: A Low Proof Italian Refresher
Before there was the negroni, before there was the boulevardier, there was the original Italian Campari cocktail: the Americano. The Americano has been around since the 1860s, and to this day you’ll find people sipping them in European cafes on sunny afternoons alongside the Aperol Spritz. Ah, the days of travel. How I miss thee. […]
Stiggins Negroni: Another Amazing Use for Plantation Pineapple Rum
I have what I refer to as my “secret weapon” ingredients. These are spirits or liqueurs that you can put in just about anything and they’ll taste amazing. Banane du Bresil is one. Apricot liqueur is another. But perhaps my favorite of all is Plantation Pineapple Rum. If you’ve never heard of this before, you […]
Fish House Punch Recipe: Does it Get Much Better than This? I’m Not Sure it Does…
There are a lot of delicious drinks out there that should get more play, but maybe none more so than the Fish House Punch. My first experience with making a Fish House Punch came from the original Dead Rabbit cocktail book. On my first visit to the bar, I had a drink called a Bankers […]