A friend of mine, an accomplished amateur cook who is extending into cocktails, was recently introduced to Campari, and was so impressed he bought a bottle. It was at the Portland restaurant the Screen Door (which serves a huge and delicious plate of fried chicken and sweet potato waffles), that Eric had a long drink […]
Monthly Archives: December 2008
“Another mixture was toddy . . . “
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Here in Portland Oregon we have been experiencing a week of winter the likes of which I’m told have not been seen since 1969. It is not the weather that one is accustomed to, having grown-up on the West Coast. It is finally beginning to melt this afternoon. I’ve had an enjoyable time close to […]
Whiskeycone
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
It’s snowing in my fair city, hard. Don’t think about using a shovel when it looks like this, use a glass instead. Watch out where the greyhounds go, don’t you eat that yellow snow. Pack the glass full. Insert liquor “A” into glass “B”. That’ll keep you occupied while the snow flies. We here at […]
a quick spicy post (Mixology Monday)
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Craig, over at Tiki Drinks and Indigo Firmaments is hosting this month’s Mixology Monday. And he has declared the theme for December to be SPICE. This past weekend I attended the annual holiday open house at House Spirits. There, I was finally able to obtain (finally the label was approved and finally they found time […]
(Old) Whiskey River (take my mind)
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Like I said over there, my buddy Mark breezed into town with his dame on one hand and a bottle of bourbon for me in the other. This bottle had a guitar pick wire-wrapped to the slim neck of the bottle and a name on it – Willie Nelson – that echoed the name of […]
Haus Alpenz Presents
Monday, December 8, 2008
While picking up a bottle of Creme de Violette for the esteemed Iconoplast (of HAVE A BREW. DON’T COST NOTHIN fame), my eye was caught by a number of liqueurs on the same shelf. As it turns out, Haus Alpenz imports a variety of interesting spirits. Trying not to get carried away, I picked up […]
