Category: Drinks

If necessity is the Mother of Invention, then apparently capitalism is the Father of Excess. How many skincare lines, podcasts, or artisanal gins the world […]

I recently had the opportunity to sample Bushmill’s second expression of Rare Caks, a 29-year-old single malt Irish whiskey aged in Pedro Ximénez sherry casks […]

Seltzer, or sparkling water if you like (“spicy water” if you’re my baby), has had a moment since at least 2016 . My Target has […]

When it comes to coffee, there are essentially two types of people: those who will take a cup from any convenient source, and those who […]

Before I got serious about cocktails, I had two main associations if you said the words “strawberry daiquiri” to me. The first thing that would […]

When I was younger and surviving on budget liquor and hot dogs, getting a “good” bottle of liquor was quite a challenge. My natural instinct […]

I wish I knew how to truly enjoy things and prolong the enjoyment, especially when it comes to things that fall under the Food and […]

Drinking wine is fun, stylish fun, and nothing ruins great fun like little smudges and smudges. If I’m serving wine to friends, family, and/or enemies, […]

Recently my stepmother made a pepper jelly that I can only describe as “cruel”. “Yes. I should have warned you,” she wrote when I told […]

Beer is one of the greatest achievements of mankind. We have been brewing it according to different recipes for thousands of years – the ancient […]

Sometimes in the morning I don’t have to look out the window to know it’s going to be a lousy day. Grayness can be felt […]

If I had to choose one bottle of bitter to drink for the rest of my life, it would undoubtedly be Angostura. Omnipresent at the […]

One of the nice things about going to a bar (or bars) is that everything you need is there . Good ice , gourmet cherries, […]

I don’t know if you’re aware, but I recently traveled from Portland to New York to take part in a small collective action . As […]

One thing I’ve noticed during my cocktail training is that a lot of bartenders get very excited about Dark ‘n Stormy. Pre-shift, mid-shift, post-shift, Dark […]

Drinking and dining is a Valentine’s Day tradition, but I prefer appetizers and cocktails. If you want to make a similar pivot, you will need […]

I’m bad on Valentine’s Day. Or maybe I’m very good at it. My boyfriend and I give each other gifts if the right gift comes […]

Any person who looks through the dossier of my life will find that from childhood to this day, in papers such as report cards, teacher […]

In most cases, at least a few of my friends participate in Dry January. The last few years have not been like most years. I […]

I don’t think I really know what the term “Year of Champagne” means. I vaguely remember that someone once told me about it, but the […]

When it comes to hand-brewing coffee, the AeroPress is on the more sophisticated side. It doesn’t have the crafty authority of a pourover, the solidity […]

My idea of ​​wisdom is knowing better than judging how someone orders a martini*. This is a deeply personal thing. Among the most classic shaken […]

I will always love the dirty martini. This was my gateway to the wild and wonderful world of gin, and I love any excuse to […]

I hate to brag, but one of the best things about being estranged from most of my family (aside from self-preservation) is that I don’t […]

A little about myself: I love cocktails. I love making them. I love to drink them. I care a lot about them. I mostly show […]

It is difficult for me to prepare warm cocktails. I have an overactive internal oven and hot ethanol tends to come off aggressively. (I even […]

I’m too dumb to understand “analytics”, but I suspect “what wine goes well with turkey?” this time of year is often searched on Google. Pinot […]

Buying a bottle of liquor for someone when you don’t know much about that particular alcohol ranks just below public speaking on the pressure scale. […]

Espresso Martinis are really happy now. I know this not because I am constantly on the pulse of cocktail culture and my social media feeds […]

Today, nine years ago, my partner and I went on a first date. Of course, at that time I did not know that it was […]

Since childhood, I have been drinking Diet Coke. In addition to the stomach-soothing ginger beer or Dr. Pepper (my special occasion diet soda) Diet Coke […]

Depending on how simple the coffee appears to be on its surface, there are many factors that will influence the perfect cup for your individual […]

It takes me ages to get ready, and I’m chronically late. I don’t like these two facts about me, but they are. It got to […]

With the advent of modern mixology, I understand why many people tend to find cocktails too complex and too difficult to reproduce at home. Between […]

While I will never say goodbye to cow’s milk forever, I find myself consuming different types of milk alternatives depending on the texture and flavor […]

When I was a kid, my dad had a sports bar that opened every day at 6 am. I have no idea how he became […]

There is a line from a poem by Eileen Miles that I scroll through my head: “Every season has cracks through which winter or fall […]

As my occasional New York nomad continues, this week I am staying at a hotel in Chinatown, right across from the Manhattan Bridge. The hotel […]

A French press is a valuable addition to any coffee lover’s kitchen. I’ve had my stainless steel press for over a decade – and it’s […]

No matter how efficient your ice making system is, at some point you will need to grab an ice pack for a party, meeting, or […]