I’ve had another round of bitters in the works, and these pink grapefruit bitters are particularly tasty. I started with a base of Bacardi 151 — one of the few overproof rums available to us up here, and one that is too fiery to successfully use blended in cocktails. What else to do with a bottle [...]
Another week, another Thursday Drink Night!
Tonight’s theme was Scotch, which I was a bit unsure about, not making use of a lot of scotch in cocktails here at home: however, after a taste of Talisker/Benedictine/Green Chartreuse thanks to Kaiser Penguin, in which I was smitten with scotch, I was a little more optimistic about my options [...]
Another round of bitters got underway today! I have had the supplies all ready to go, just needed to sit down and figure out what was going to go in the bitters, and determine if I was going to make this batch all in one shot, or do a double maceration.
I had compiled quite a few [...]
After making homemade grenadine, I decided to kickstart things into cocktail high-gear and get some other cocktail ingredients going. I now have some falernum resting comfortably in the fridge for which I used Kaiser Penguin’s recipe (I’m still undecided about whether I like the toasted spices or not). AND, I have a batch of Pimento Dram [...]