Drink of the Week: The Prairie Oyster
I had to get to the prairie oyster eventually because of it’s overall cocktail notoriety.…
Browsing: Brandy
Drink of the Week: The Brandy Cocktail
If you walked into a bar in the 19th century and asked for “a cocktail”…
Drink of the Week: The Wisconsin Old-Fashioned
As history will record, on the night of November 3, 2020, the hope of a…
Drink of the Week: The Sazerac (revisited)
Before these blog posts were first suggested to me, I had a repertoire of just…
Drink of the Week: The Cold Deck Cocktail
A quick Google search gives us two definitions of the term “cold deck. 1. a…
Drink of the Week: The Monkey Heart
More than five years back I took a long look at the Monkey Gland, a…
Drink of the Week: Eyes Without a Face
There are films I’ve seen three, four, maybe five times I can barelly remember. There…
Drink of the Week: The Santa Claus Sour
Yes, Christmas is just about here and, probably like some of you, I’m trying to…
Drink of the Week: TCM Fest 2018 Salute #3 – When You Read this Letter
I feel pretty sure that Cognac must have been consumed by more than one character…
Drink of the Week: Pépa
You’ve never heard of silent film actress Pépa Bonafé and that’s nothing to be ashamed…