Mixer

— No. 109 —

Manly Deeds Womanly Words

Beer cock­tails are a pop­u­lar trend right now. As you may have noticed from my events, when sum­mer comes around I like to focus my cre­ative juices on a few beer cock­tail recipes. This one stood out from the rest. If you think you’re get­ting off easy on the alco­hol per­cent­age, don’t fool your­self. This cock­tail packs a man­ly suck­er punch. It’s sneaky, hid­den by all those pret­ty flo­ral and herbal tones. This is exact­ly why I named the cock­tail …

— No. 108 —

Justice For All

Jus­tice For All is a cock­tail I was com­mis­sioned to cre­ate and serve for a Baltimore/DC adver­tis­ing fir­m’s client par­ty. This recipe is a twist on the clas­sic Side­car. I ramped up the fla­vor pro­file and added my own per­son­al touch with a home­made hon­ey syrup that fea­tures notes of chamomile, clove and black pep­per­corn. To bal­ance the addi­tion­al sweet­ness I also includ­ed a bit­ter­ing-agent in Mon­tene­gro Amaro. Side Note: Wash­ing­ton D.C.‘s mot­to is “Jus­tice For All”, so it seemed …

— No. 107 —

Trader Vic’s Mai Tai

It’s get­ting hot out, so I’m shak­ing up a Trad­er Vic’s Mai Tai. Before I get into the recipe there are a few things we should prob­a­bly dis­cuss first. The Mai Tai comes with its fair share of dra­ma. First, this clas­sic cock­tail has been slaugh­tered so many times that most patrons would­n’t rec­og­nize the clas­sic ver­sion if you put it down in front of them. You know what I’m talk­ing about. That neon pink con­coc­tion dom­i­nat­ed by bot­tled pre-mix­es, …

— No. 105 —

Mojito

Like the Mai Tai and the Man­hat­tan, there are mul­ti­ple schools of thought on build­ing the per­fect Moji­to. If you’re look­ing to learn the old method of mix­ing the Moji­to direct­ly in the glass, check out the Havana Club web­site for some inter­est­ing videos. They’ll show you what you need to know. As for me, I don’t like a mint sal­ad in my drink. I’ll take the fla­vor, and leave the flot­sam behind. So, for this post, we’re going to make a …

— No. 104 —

Elephant Flip

As you may know, I great­ly admire the Franklin Mort­gage and Invest­ment Co.‘s cre­ative cock­tails. Dur­ing my last cou­ple vis­its, a cer­tain cock­tail stole the show. It had my whole par­ty ques­tion­ing the foun­da­tions of log­ic and rea­son. I present to you (insert drum roll) The Ele­phant Flip. When I first tried this cock­tail, I knew I had to seek out its cre­ator. The bar­tender who devel­oped this beau­ty is the Franklin’s own Christi­na Ran­do. She has giv­en birth to …

— No. 103 —

Daiquiri

The clas­sic Daiquiri might just be the most con­ve­nient and appro­pri­ate rum drink you can make on your beach vaca­tion. In fact, it’s so sim­ple it only includes three ingre­di­ents. That means you’ll want to choose a qual­i­ty rum. I just hap­pened to be in a coun­try that allowed me to pur­chase Havana Club Añe­jo 7 Años (Score!). So it was a no-brain­er to use this rum in my Daiquiri. Some­times the sim­plest drinks are the most enjoy­able. I guess that’s why it’s a …

— No. 101 —

Pressure Drop

The Pres­sure Drop, a cock­tail cre­at­ed by Man­hat­tan’s Death and Com­pa­ny, is undoubtably a wor­thy addi­tion to my series fea­tur­ing the best cock­tails from my trav­els. New York City boasts some of Amer­i­ca’s best cock­tail bars. If you’re in the Big Apple, seek out Death and Com­pa­ny and pull a stool up to the bar. The Pres­sure Drop was eas­i­ly my favorite cock­tail on their menu. It’s such an out­stand­ing cock­tail it even made it on Syl­vain’s menu all the …

— No. 100 —

Manhattan

There are as many vari­a­tions to the Man­hat­tan’s his­to­ry as there are to its recipe. The most seduc­tive sto­ry, which is wide­ly regard­ed as false, is that the cock­tail was invent­ed for Lady Ran­dolph Churchill (Win­ston’s Moth­er) at the Man­hat­tan Club in the ear­ly 1870’s. This sto­ry might not have sur­vived the test of time, but the cock­tail cer­tain­ly did. It’s a clas­sic that I like to enjoy with a cig­ar and some good con­ver­sa­tion. The one ques­tion you’ll need …

— No. 98 —

The Six Inch Gold Blade

One of my favorite speakeasy style cock­tail bars is The Franklin Mort­gage and Invest­ment Com­pa­ny in Philadel­phia. Their cock­tail menu is the best I have come across in my trav­els. Yup, I said it… the best. They even have a sec­tion in the menu quot­ing a Howl­in’ Wolf song called “I asked for water and she gave me gaso­line.” The menu is very coura­geous and their exe­cu­tion and style is flaw­less. A few of their cock­tails are fea­tured in this mod­ern cock­tail …