This recipe was posted over at the Drinkboy forum by Rafael. I’ve always been a big fan of mai tais, but sometimes I’m just not in the mood to go to that much effort to put one together. This is simply a variation on the daiquiri, using orgeat syrup for the sweetener. Orgeat is one… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: July 2005
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Bars, liquor companies push weird cocktails Friday, July 08, 2005 By Nancy Keates, The Wall Street Journal On a recent evening at Vault Martini Bar in Portland, Ore., customer Ann Samiee had to negotiate a cocktail menu with almost 100 choices that included a Badhattan, with bourbon and red wine, and a Pad Thai, a… Continue Reading
Gansevoort Fizz
If a drink could inspire me to send love letters to its creator, this would be one of them. Not that I’m in the habit of sending anonymous, bourbon-perfumed mash notes to innovative mixologists—that particular level of weirdness is several steps beyond where I normally live my life—but in the twisted, confused world of creative… Continue Reading
Police Gazette Redux
A while back, I mentioned the Police Gazette Cocktail, an excellent drink I came across in the back pages of William Grimes’ Straight Up or On the Rocks. Since this discovery, the drink has entered my regular rotation–and I’m pleased to report that I’m not alone. Slakethirst has a very nice writeup regarding the Police… Continue Reading
