August 2010
5 posts
a manhattan ... to the nines
In the past nine months or so I have become quite the fan of Manhattans. Tonic on Fourth has been my local watering hole which serves them correctly, up, in traditional proportions of:
2 parts whiskey 1 part sweet vermouth 2 dashes angostura bitters maraschino cherry
The key ingredient that is often overlooked here is the vermouth - good vermouth makes a good Manhattan, while the inexpensive...
pina colada... perfected
A friend’s invitation to a house at Norris Lake, TN for the weekend was the perfect excuse to have some fun with cocktail recipes. Telling him that he was in for a surprise, I brought along 10 pineapples (only 5 pictured obviously):
After a little over an hour of making use of the available kitchen knives and enduring pain from the acidity of the juice, these pineapples were no longer...
an agave affair
I’ve spilled the beans, err cactus, err lily on this one! Yes, that is correct; I’ve recently fallen in love with mezcal! To get everyone properly grounded, I’ll start with some basics: Mezcal is made from the type of plant Tequila comes from. All tequila is mezcal, but not all mezcal is tequila. 100% agave tequila must come solely from the Blue Weber Agave, while mezcal can come...
KY 8 & KY 20 the "scenic" way to CVG
Getting to the CVG airport has never been so much fun! After my flight… err 36 hour ordeal landed me back in Cincinnati 22 hours late and without a bag I was nonetheless dolefully tasked with returning to the airport to collect my luggage at a later hour. This trip ended me up in rush hour traffic with a big-rig crash, going uphill e-brake/clutching was sometime I just wasn’t...
so where have I been?
Well, as everyone is aware, I haven’t posted in an epically long 49 days… wow! I really don’t have any excuses either aside from being quite busy, on vacation, enjoying Cincinnati a bit more, etc so I’ll just say that expect somewhat of a quick catch up of the past 49 days, in the next week or two. I’m planning to write as many up as I can and queue them for daily...