Plodding (ok, sloshing rather than plodding!) my way through Ted Haigh‘s Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails … in no particular order! The latest choice was bourbon based (because I felt like bourbon), and so flipping through the pages, I stopped at the page with the Derby cocktail (yes, named for the Kentucky Derby).  According to [...]

So I figured it was time to revisit Ted Haigh’s Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails, to continue the cocktail journey through the ages. Flipping through the pages, I was initially drawn to the Corpse Reviver #2 (feeling a little logey tonight and all!), but I figured I would rather try one of the cocktails I’ve [...]

Another evening with falernum needing to be used up … another colonial cocktail from Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails!  I think I’m up to number 6 or so of these that I’ve documented here or on Flickr. I still have about 250 ml of homemade falernum to use up, and have been trying it in [...]

Its more than enough time since the last cocktail from Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails and while I’m not strictly going in alphabetical order, I am moving roughly from the front to the back. So tonight’s Dr. Cocktail Bingo landed on The Blackthorn Cocktail!  This one is a gin-based cocktail of few ingredients.  Its on [...]