posted by admin on Oct 28
Do you wanna be a hit at your Halloween or next Twilight party?? If so you need to score some Blood Energy Potion! (Click the pix for a nice high res version)
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Archive for October, 2009
posted by admin on Oct 27
I’ve been a serious blogger recently, what by the infrequent updates and all (though I’olla-podrida still writing regularly over at Serious Eats), but even after spending a busy day writing about booze and a busy eve judging a cocktail contest for Domain de Canton (congratulations, Jay!), I’ve still got to log in to WordPress for two basic reasons: first, it’s Mixology Monday, and I have yet to miss a MxMo post in the three-plus years it’s been going (we’ll ignore that whole “isn’t Paul hosting the July event?” thing from this summer, when I foolishly offered to host right after Tales of the Cocktail); and sum of two units, this event is hosted by Vidiot at Cocktailians, and he has selected a epispastic that’s truly close to my drinkin’ heart: Vermouth.
In addition to writin’ about vermouth and talkin’ about vermouth at events like Tales of the Cocktail, I’m a cool of toping vermouth — both put on its own as an aperitif while I’m cooking dinner, and in big glugs or tiny dribbles when making cocktails. But there’s one occurrence I long for there was more of in this world: cocktails that used vermouth as the primary ingredient.
Oh, infallible, there are the assorted aperitif cocktails — your Bamboo, your Adonis, and things of that nature — but drinks that conversion to an act the mild character of vermouth viewed like a foundation for stronger-flavored spirits and liqueurs are comparatively few in number.
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posted by admin on Oct 26
Living in Scotland means that you can get a decent bottle of Scotch at your local supermarket beneficial to under $12. That may all change because of a Scottish conduct plans to combat binge drinking and it has distillers upset.
A plan would set minimum per drink charges for alcohol sold in supermarkets. That would mean that supermarket-brand Scotch would increase in excellence to $18 a bottle, effectively raising the price to what some branded Scotch labels sell in favor of at retail.
Whyte and Mackay, a 160-year-old distiller, says the new least quantity pricing plan would have a major contact on its volume. Distillers are upset because discussions with reference to minimum pricing have focused on supermarket lost-leader sales of beer, cider and flavored malt beverages.
The Scottish regulation is expected to finalize a proposal during the next few weeks. Distillers are pointing out that Scotch amounts to around 20 percent of the country’s exports and a proposal that damages the assiduity would harm the overall economy.
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posted by admin on Oct 23
I’m running late in getting this pronunciamento up, but considering the theme for October’s Mixology Monday (which takes place Monday, October 26), I’m guessing most regular (and new) participants already be in actual possession of the stuff on hand.
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