The girlfriend and I survived our first tiki weekender (as many people explained to the girlfriend, Viva Las Vegas was just tiki adjacent). She already wants to do it again next year, as well as go to some of the other ones. One of the big ones that was pitched by...
The wheels turn, slowly but surely, grinding out content.
Welcome to the last Friday links of the month, I'm sure you're all wondering what the theme for the cocktails was this month... it was "girly drinks". I'm manly enough to order a pink drink out in public, and I don't care who talks shit. Reminder note from our very...
The poor, pretentious, pretty drink. The Martini. Let’s talk about a classic, no tuxedos required.
Based on the calendar, there’s some sort of holiday that people are supposed to be celebrating on the 14th. So here’s some drinks to make for that special someone (even if it’s just yourself).
Based on responses last time, it looks like people are more interested in some theory than some terminology, so let’s get going with some basic ratios that will let you make your own drinks, be they mixed drinks or cocktails.
We went over the definition of a cocktail last week, next step is to simplify it down to three things that you want in balance: Sweet, Bitter, Strong. Sweet and bitter refer to three of the items we discussed last week (Sugar, Water, Bitters). Strong simply refers to a spirit of ~40% ABV (80 proof). So you’ve got your bottles of bitters, your flavored simple syrups you made, and several bottles of liquor that you like. Where do you go next?
Let’s start talking about cocktails, the history, and eventually learn how to create your own.
This one won’t have as many pictures, but will talk about the culture and the bar scene.
It’s not all drinking and eating. There are some family friendly things to do on South Bass Island.
Wait? You’ve never been there, either?