The hangover was blissfully mild, but I learned my lesson — keep the food coming, and don’t go crazy when the drinks start flowing. Easy to say, but when you wind up with back-to-back events and you have some incredible cocktail personally mixed by a cocktail luminary, saying “no” isn’t really an option. Still, today… Continue Reading
Tales of the Cocktail, Day 2
UPDATED 7/21 8:00 am LOCAL TIME — now with pictures and coherent thoughts! Michael Dietsch said: Please keep us posted, if you can still see the computer when you stumble into your hotel room each night! Tough order, Michael. Having now stumbled into the hotel room, wondering why my vision doesn’t quite focus, here’s what… Continue Reading
Tales of the Cocktail, Day 1
In case I hadn’t mentioned it — and I hadn’t, as I never assume I’ll be doing anything until I’m actually doing it — I’m spending the next few days in New Orleans, attending Tales of the Cocktail, a four-day series of seminars and events focusing on the history and significance of the cocktail. And… Continue Reading
And a Bottle of Rum
A couple of months ago, I wrote about an essay at Lost Magazine by a writer named Wayne Curtis, about a cocktail very dear to my heart, the El Presidente (or should that just be “El Presidente?” I never remember the protocol). Well, Curtis has a book coming out next week entitled And a Bottle… Continue Reading
MMV: Pisco Sour
Sours are among the oldest class of cocktails, and as mixology goes, they’re pretty basic stuff: mix booze, lemon and sugar, then chill and serve. Nothing could be easier, and from this base simplicity comes the sour’s true charm — after all, it’s nothing more than that sentimental classic, lemonade, assuming you make your lemonade… Continue Reading
