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When we were first offered these review samples of Tequila Caramels, nobody on the staff wanted to try them. Tequila and caramel just doesn’t sound very appetizing. Since I enjoy a good margarita and have been known to do a tequila shot or two from time to time, I figured I’d give them a [...]

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: Juice, Snacks, Spirit of Summer, Sugar, Tequila, Summer For me, the beginning of every season conjures up images from my childhood. The changing of the seasons makes me sensitive to the passing of time. And so, while opening the freezer door on a recent particularly hot June evening, I remembered the orange popsicles I'd make ...

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 ...

Eeks, did this Mixology Monday fall into a busy time for me. Fortunately, host Natalie over at The Liquid Muse picked pairings as the theme, and since eating and drinking are two of the things I actually make time for in my day, it shouldn’t be too hard to put something together. Despite my earlier assertions [...]

While I’ve already posted my welcome note to autumn, today was the official last day of summer, and it kind of, almost felt that way in Seattle. To truly, finally usher out the season, I decided to follow Marleigh’s lead and finish off the last dregs of the Tequila por Mi Amante in my fridge. Rather [...]

Earlier this summer, I decided the time had come for me to finally start wrestling with tequila cocktails. Until then, tequila had been a big blind spot for me, so over the past few months, I’ve tried to clear that up by playing with different bottlings and recipes to get a better idea of the [...]