Recipe: Take Me Out To the Ballgame
This bizarre recipe comes to us from our pals at Wild Turkey in celebration of baseball’s opening day today. Now you can buy your pals some peanuts (well, hazelnuts and almonds, anyway) and Cracker Jack, and have a good time doing it. Take Me Out To The Ballgame (The Peanuts & Cracker Jack Cocktail) 2…
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Review: Jack Daniel’s Whiskey & Cola / Ginger & Cola
Lately a backlash has been brewing (no pun intended) against pre-mixed, ready-to-drink cocktails, cocktails which actually have nothing to do with the products advertised on the label — whether it’s vodka, rum, whiskey, or something else — and are in fact simply flavored malt liquor pawned off to an unsuspecting audience. Now some savvy drinkmakers…
Review: “Original Gangster” XO Brandy
Sometimes, dear reader, words fail me. I’ve been looking at the decanter for OG XO for days now, unable to form a coherent thought about how it makes me feel. OG, as any hipster, ’80s child, and thug knows, stands for Original Gangster. And now that cognac has become popular in the world of hip-hop…
Review: Security Feel Better Anti-Hangover Drink
The problem, as I’ve said here on the blog many times, with hangover prevention drinks is that they often taste so bad the hangover is actually preferable. That and they don’t really work. Security Feel Better (yes, that’s the name) wins on both fronts: It tastes good, and it seems to be effective at making…
Review: 2008 Shafer Merlot and One Point Five
We’ve enjoyed Shafer’s wines for a long while. Its 2008 releases are now hitting the market. A year remarkable for its smaller crop yields, these wines are shaping up to offer uncommon intensity. 2008 Shafer Merlot Napa Valley – Not as smooth as many modern Merlots can be, this expression has a lot of tannin…
Review: Joto Sake’s Chikurin and Yuki No Bosha Sake
Joto Sake is a relatively new but already massive sake importer here in the U.S. (it was founded by the man behind Ciao Bella Gelato), and recently the company sent a couple of its bottlings for us check out. Chikurin Fukamari Junmai comes from the only 100% estate bottled sake made in Japan. The brewery…
Review: “Art in the Age” Snap Liqueur
The makers of Root — which has found a bit of a foothold in bars around the country, based on my observation — have seen fit to extend their product lines. Now we have Snap, another sweet, artisinal liqueur inspired by the kitchen delights of our collective youth. Snap is born from a 1600s recipe…
Review: Casa Dragones Tequila Blanco, with Distiller Bertha Gonzalez Nieves
Casa Dragones is almost certainly a tequila brand you have never tried or likely even seen. That’s a sad thing, because it is one of the best silver tequilas on earth. Casa Dragones is the proud bearer of a number of unique traits. It is the brainchild of Bob Pittman, a founder of the MTV…
