We’re on the road this week (Ennis and the Upper Madison yesterday, West Yellowstone and the Firehole today) and stopped in a local shop to see an old friend after a big lunch yesterday. He was battling what sounded like a pretty crappy fall flu, though insisted the cocktail he was sipping out of his […]
Thirsty Thursday
Here’s one from the “classics” file that somewhat ironically came up in a discussion this week chatting about menu options for a little get together I’d been asked to help with. Our compadre, the host, is now a very busy Louisiana-based fly fishing guide, and while he has embraced all the amazing cuisine of the […]
Well, the coffee based Coffee Rum Punch posted nearly a month ago seems to have resonated with a lot of folks based on the number of other coffee / coffee concentrate adult beverage recipes that have come in over the past weeks. Being big fans of the traditional Dark and Stormy, as well as growing […]
Even though it shouldn’t be such a surprise yet again this year, it seems like another summer season has flown by like the wind and fall, in all its glory, is knocking on the door. Fall means a lot of great things for the outdoor loving women and men we hang around with – seasonal […]
Saw one of these served while out with the lovely wife this past week enjoying a healthy-ish Tex Mex salad at one of our favorite eateries, prompting a quick chat with a very satisfied customer at the neighboring table and later with the bartender. Refining a classic still occasionally wins the day. ‘Nuff said. 1.5 […]
Cold brew coffee has become a staple around our camp; I make roughly a gallon at a time of a cold brew concentrate, of late most often using a superbly roasted Mexican Chocolate from Addison Coffee Roasters, that will last in the fridge for seven or eight days pending how caffeine-starved my lovely wife might […]
Last week’s Mezcal Paloma inspired a flurry of mezcal-based cocktail submissions, though I have to admit we reached first for this Mezcal Mule from Eddy in Albuquerque who wrote – …my wife and I have grown to favor the smokey depth of mezcal over tequila since moving out here about ten years ago. One of […]
Another winner from compadre EH down in the Rio Grande Valley (one of the few coastal regions in Texas to escape critical damage in the past weeks) – the Mezcal Paloma. EH is a self-admitted connoisseur of citrus-based cocktails, particularly grapefruit, and given his damned close proximity to Mexico, he and his lovely wife have […]
From new friend of Chi Wulff Albert P. in Birmingham (Alabama) – …saw the Irish Maid recipe from the guy over in Georgia a few weeks back. Southerners don’t only drink good bourbon, but it’s by and large the spirit of choice in these parts. Summer isn’t the easiest time to convince non-bourbon aficionados to […]
New friend of Chi Wulff Mike B. of Denver appears to have just returned from business on Barbados (I can’t be the only one who might be interested in whatever line of work that is) and suggested we post this simple but “powerfully tasty” Barbados Rum Punch cocktail. As we chatted a bit, it appears […]
Long time friend SS from Salt Lake City sent this Rosemary Paloma in a few weeks ago; he’s a friend from way back and due to reasons related to his locale he always asks that I not identify him by anything other than his initials when the discussion swerves to include any sort of adult beverage. […]
Here’s a somewhat different spin on a whiskey-based cocktail from Jimmy D. in Waycross, GA. – Defeating the heresy that Southerners only drink good bourbon, here’s one for your Thirsty Thursday that offers a very nice melon and citrus flavor profile, The Irish Maid. Like all good things drinkable and edible, this one is at […]
Another perfect cooling cocktail from fly fishing compadre EH in deep South Texas – The Sicilian Slush. …Here’s another for these blistering peak summer days, the Sicilian Slush. It’s about as easy as they come, though you do need to put in the 2 minutes of effort to juice fresh lemons and oranges to make […]
Been waiting for a fitting time to get this one posted; seeing how it’s high summer – tourist hit the beach time, it’s as good a time as any. After a relatively mild early summer, it’s been roasting down here in Tejas prompting planning for a little beach time in a few weeks. Sex on […]
Summer and citrus-based beverages go together like peanut butter and jelly, ice-cold margaritas and Tex Mex Taco Plate Specials, cold beer and crispy chicken wings off the grill, etc., etc. Further proof comes from this Lemon Drop cocktail courtesy of Jamie D. of Houston who spends weekends guiding with her husband down on Tres Palacios […]
