I’m a big Campari fan. Really, I love any bitter amaro in a cocktail. The negroni is one of my go to drinks, and when I’m making stuff at home it’s the drink that I’ll riff off the most. Why? Because it’s easy. One ounce spirit. One ounce vermouth. One ounce amaro. The possibilities are endless, […]
Cocktail Recipes
Whiskey Sour Recipe: The Whiskey Cocktail for Beginners
To be honest, up until recently I really haven’t had very many whiskey sours. To me a whiskey sour was the drink you’d get at a nightclub if you wanted to feel slightly less dirty than you really were. Rum and coke? Ha, please. “I’lllll have a whiskey sour.” And then they’d pour crappy well whiskey into […]
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 […]
Aperol Spritz Recipe: The Ultimate Cafe Cocktail
One of my fondest memories of all time was taking a two-month sabbatical across Europe with my wife a couple years ago. We’d planned to see a lot more of Europe, but well, Italy got us. We were only supposed to be there for a few days, but the more we saw, the more we […]
The Gardener Cocktail from Matsuhisa Vail: It’s incredible
Every year for the last decade or so (with the exception of 2 pandemic years) I’ve done a ski trip to Vail, Colorado. It’s one of my favorite places on Earth, and each time I go there’s now certain things you have to do: The pork shank at Mountain Standard… Ski the back bowls… Get […]