Just this week I was talking with a Southern friend who was lamenting the lack of new summer cocktails featuring bourbon. Low and behold this one popped up yesterday in Liquor.com’s email, featuring the heady combination of ginger, crisp bacon, sweet maple and good bourbon in a fairly unique yet easy to prep cocktail. I […]
Thirsty Thursday
From South Texas / Padre Island compadre EH this week – …here’s one to put on your tequila short list for the summer – a new spin on the Tequila Mockingbird. A buddy of ours pulled this off the Liquor.com site back in the late spring when the first watermelons were coming up out of […]
Back with part two of Louisiana adventures. While down in the Pelican State, we set aside a “booze day” (you know it’s a good trip when the on-the-ground team has a cooler already loaded with beer and wine on Day 1) as our last day. We’d explored the marshes, fished the Gulf, and barely scratched […]
Earlier this month, I was lucky enough to work in southwest Louisiana, getting a solid dose of an unexpectedly awesome culture. Based out of Lake Charles, I was able to explore the Creole Nature Trail (gators galore), fish for speckled trout off oil rigs in the Gulf (ridiculously fun), eat a silly amount of fantastic […]
From long-time compadre Steve S. in Salt Lake City – …Here’s another one for you guys now that summer has officially arrived: the Palomita. My wife’s bestie grew up in Houston and served these at a dinner the other night, she’d even tracked down the genuine Jarritos soda (not the easiest thing to do in […]
This weeks Thirsty Thursday offering comes via Kimberly in Driggs (that’s in southeastern Idaho for those unfamiliar) – …Here’s one for your Thirsty Thursday, The Hanky Panky. For those with an eye for history, this cocktail was allegedly crafted by one of the first female bartenders at the Savoy in London, and ended up being […]
There are advantages to being frequent fliers at your local Tex Mex place. Occasionally you catch the team in good spirits and they throw a bone your way – or one of these Tequila El Diablo cocktails we had served up on the house during our (more or less) weekly swing by the restaurant the […]
She Who Must Be Obeyed and I are back from a run to home country and spent a couple of days in Laramie en route (what a great Western college town). There’s a bevy of creative food options in the old downtown, one of which was serving these – The Gin Buck – as an […]
After chatting about various libations with Libby and her head bartender (Leo) in Austin the other day, we diverged off into a wandering discussion that led somehow to the best tequilas under $40 bucks. While not inspiring near the knockdown, fight-it-out-in-the-parking-lot disputations that brisket, what ever might be the essential Texas taco, or the real […]
With the Kentucky Derby coming up the weekend after (admittedly during what should be prime time pre-runoff fly fishing in the Northern Rockies), several reader friends have fired in variations on the Mint Julep to post here on Thirsty Thursday. This one comes via Ricky K in Driggs and Jackson Hole, who claims to be […]
This one has been in the queue for a while now, sent over a few months ago from chef compadre Libby in Austin; when I saw it pop up in Liquor.com’s email list this week, that was sure enough a sign from above that it was time to post it. We’re long time fans of […]
From friend and fly fishing compadre EH (aka the Grapefruit King) in South Texas this past week – …the Ruby Reds have been stellar as always this year. Think about putting this simple but oh so good version of the old fashioned – The Grapefruit Old Fashioned – on your list for the next few […]
From Jason K. in Ennis this past week – I’m a long time Montana fishing guide who gets by in the winter tending bar; I’ve got a few seasons of both under my belt (more than just a few in fact) and have found patrons asking more and more for some of the venerable classic […]
