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Filed under: Spirits, Tequila, Mexico, Raising the Bar, Summer I've got a bias against infusions. I admit it, and I feel so much better for having gotten that off my chest. Why the bias? I'm not sure. Maybe it has something to do with altering the integrity of a spirit. Maybe because everyone with a mason jar has got some science experiment going ...

Filed under: Parties, Recipes, Cocktails, America, Spirits, Liquor Cabinet, Tequila, Festivals, Mexico, Celebrations, Holidays, Raising the BarDespite evidence to the contrary, Cinco de Mayo is not Spanish for 'another excuse to get totally faced.' What Cinco de Mayo has come to signify in this country, however, is exactly that. Just like we knock ...

Before I’m accused of being unspeakably lame for blogging about a cocktail that: has been featured on the menu of one of the world’s most talked-about cocktail bars for the better part of a year, and has already had more than its fair share of press coverage, and that going back nearly a year as well, let me ...

Just a quick word before I move on: viruses suck. Now that I’ve explained my absence from posting for much of the past week, I’ll note that while I was under the weather the San Francisco Chronicle scooped me on a topic I’ve been really excited about: some excellent new small-batch bitters coming out of New ...

Filed under: Whisky, Vodka, Business, Gin, Rum, Trends, Did you know?, America, Spirits, Liquor Cabinet, Liqueurs, Tequila, BrandyOver the past year I have mentioned that the micro-distillery movement in the US has started to pick up rapidly over the last few years. From only a handful a few years ago, there are over 100 presently in business and ...

Filed under: Parties, Juice, Hors D'oeuvres, Fruit, Cocktails, Gin, How To, Happy Hour, America, Spirits, Tequila Wow. Is it late August already? No matter how much we pout, the Summer is coming to a close. The days get shorter, the temperature gets cooler (in most normal parts of the country - here in LA, it still gets into the 90s), and we move ...

Filed under: West Coast, Recipes, Fruit, Cocktails, Raves & Reviews, Lists, How To, Condiments, America, Spices, Spirits, Tequila On the weekends at the beach, you're wasting away in Margaritaville. During the week, you're a swanky Rat Packer at the uptown lounge. Honey, it sounds like you're going through a little identity ...

Filed under: Recipes, Happy Hour, SpiritsWhen I saw this cocktail, my first thought was how well it would go with Nicole's Red Velvet Roll Cake. Ok who am I kidding, what wouldn't go well with that, really? Wanting to stick to the Acadamy Award-party theme though, I'm sure this would make a great addition to your cocktail party. The drink, ...

Filed under: Recipes, Cocktails, Happy Hour, SpiritsIf Valentine's Day were to have a signature drink, just about any red or pink cocktail would do just fine, but the Valentine's Kiss would certainly have a leg up on the competition based on name alone. Name alone, though, is probably not enough to garner signature drink status; personal taste ...

Filed under: Dessert, Food Porn, Vegan, Recipes, Baking, Cocktails, Spirits After making margarita cupcakes, I started to wonder what other cocktails would transfer well into cupcake form. The tequila/citrus combination worked so well in the first batch that I decided to try for another, similar drink: Tequila Sunrise. A tequila sunrise is ...