Updated Port Punch Recipes from Sandeman
Sandeman sent us these delectible-sounding concoctions, all updates of old-school punch recipes involving Port. Yum! Wedding Punch by Jonathan Pogash, The Cocktail Guru Mixology Version – served warm (serves 8-10) 12 ½ parts Sandeman Founder’s Reserve Porto 8 parts spiced pineapple syrup* 4 parts fresh lemon juice 8 parts brandy or cognac 8 dashes Peychaud’s…
Review: Glenfiddich Cask of Dreams 2011 Limited Release
The story behind the creation of Cask of Dreams is beyond anything else I’ve ever heard of in the five years I’ve been writing this blog. If you don’t know the tale, draw near, and listen to the story of how you make a truly unique whisky. Cask of Dreams starts with off-the-rick Glenfiddich, with…
Review: Absolut Miami Limited Edition Vodka
Absolut’s sixth city-inspired flavor takes us to the sunny shores of Miami, where no doubt plenty of vodka is consumed alongside all the rum that goes down there. Absolut flavors this one with passion fruit and orange blossoms, two great tastes that go great together… and that go great together with vodka. The nose is…
Review: Concannon Irish Whiskey
There are about a half dozen unique things going on with this new Irish whiskey. Let’s enumerate them one by one. 1) It’s being sold and branded not by a distillery and not by an Irish company but by a California winery. It is, however, made in Ireland, in conjunction with Cooley Distillery (a giant…
Review: Iceberg Vodka
A name like Iceberg comes loaded with connotation: The sea, salt air, the Titanic. Lots of maritime ideas in that word. Funny then that Iceberg Vodka tastes nothing like the ocean from whence it literally came. No, seriously: Iceberg Vodka is called that because the water it’s made with comes from icebergs. (The company says…
Blood Orange Liqueur Recipes from Jackie Patterson
Jackie Patterson is a friend, a San Francisco bartender, and the ambassador for Solerno Blood Orange liqueur. She created all of these recipes to show off this exotic ingredient. They all sound delightful. Star Ruby 1 oz Solerno 1 oz fresh blood orange juice 1 oz Lillet Rouge 1 oz Hendrick’s Gin Shake ingredients with…
Is Zinfandel Misunderstood?
The infamous ZAP festival of Zinfandel descended on San Francisco recently, and this year I skipped the cattle call grand tasting in favor of something a little quieter, and more education. The “Flights” event, hosted by Ravenswood’s Joel Peterson, took Zin enthusiasts through three sets of wines, 16 bottlings in all. The conceit: Split the…
Review: Jameson Black Barrel Select Reserve Irish Whiskey
Jameson is one of the big darlings of the whiskey world right now — Irish is currently the fastest growing spirits category, and Jameson is at the top of the sales charts. We’ve long loved Jameson’s various incarnations, and now it’s out with a new one. Jameson Black Barrel is mostly pot still malted and…
