Jonas Halpren
5 Drinking Tends That Can Die in 2013
Trends come and go. Here’s a few I like to see go.
Too much Amaro
Ok we get it. Amaro can add some great flavor and balance to your drink. Ever since the “discovery” of pre-prohibition cocktails, Amaros have been the cat’s meow with bartenders. Stop it. Having Amaro in every drink on your menu does not make a “craft cocktail” bar. Let’s do what the Italians do and sip Amaro after a big meal. … Read more
Bar10der – Ten Bartending Tools In One
Don’t want to haul your whole cocktail kit to your friend’s party, but want to be ready if duty calls? Then Bar10der is for you. If MacGyver was a bartender, this would be his bar tool. Bar10der packs 10 bartending tools into one tool that folds down to about 8 inches and weighs a little less than a pound.
What’s included?
Muddler
Reamer
Channel Knife
Jigger
Zester
Knife
Stirrer
Strainer
Corkscrew
Bottle Opener
The bartender … Read more
Sipping Stones
How to chill a fine Scotch without succumbing to tons of dilution? A question as old as the Whisky itself.
Sipping Stones, made of 100% soap stone, solves the problem by not being ice. That’s right, these rocks are rocks. Simply store these dice sized cubes in the freezer and they are ready to chill when you are. Which for me is always.
So how did they do chilling my Scotch (or beverage of your … Read more
Apple-cider Stuffing with Burbon-cider Dressing
Bourbon cider glaze
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2 cups apple cider
1/2 cup maple syrup
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
2 tablespoons molasses (optional)
1/3 cup+ 3 tablespoons good quality Kentucky Bourbon
Combine apple cider, maple syrup, molasses and apple cider vinegar in a nonreactive sauce pot. Heat and gently reduce to 2/3rd of a cup.
Gently warm 1/3rd cup of bourbon in a saucepan to eliminate the alcohol. Add this to the reduced cider liquid. Reduce this mixture … Read more
Eight Crazy Hanukkah Cocktails
Light up your Hanukkah with more than candles. We’ve put together eight crazy cocktails, one for each night. You can even make a game out of it. Assign a letter to the dreidel to four of these and drink away.
Fun, right? Please make sure a responsible adult handles the matches while you are drinking.
Eight Crazy Drinks For Hanukkah:
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Shalom – this means Hello. Start off a round of cocktails with this tasty treat.
First World Trash Wine Satchel
If you have a wine lover on your list, this wine satchel is a great way to get them to bring wine to your house.
Each one of a kind wine satchel is hand crafted from almost entirely recycled materials. The body is made of recycled (and cleaned) billboard vinyl and the straps come from old seat belts. The bottom is reinforced with recycled bicycle inner tubes, which is good because this bag hold six … Read more
Mavea Elemaris XL Water Filtration Pitcher
We recently tried out the Mavea Elemaris XL Water Filtration Pitcher for our water drinking needs. Living in San Francisco we have great water, which is some what negated by the pipes in our 1920s era building. This pitcher from Germany helps get rid of some that bad stuff with a state of the art filter that requires no pre-soaking and last about 90 days. Along with it’s European design and 5 color options, the
Election Day Drinks – Vote for the Cocktail Party!
Election Day. The day when all American’s *hopefully* get to exercise their Constitutional right to vote for our leaders and laws.
Republican or Democrat we have you covered with a fine selection of cocktails designed to unify us all!
What party does Drink of the Week support?
The Cocktail Party, of course!
Saturday Liquor Links
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Liquor Links
Our round up of interesting links from the drinking world.
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