When you’re done with dinner at 8, there’s really nothing wrong with stopping in the local cocktail club for a post, is there? We thought not.
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A Nightcap at the Clover Club
Thursday, October 28th, 2010
Cocktail Recipe: Perfect Parallels
Sunday, October 17th, 2010With a touch of fall in the air, we settled in by the fire with a warming apple brandy drink called the Perfect Parallel. It’s like a perfect Manhattan — which uses half sweet and half dry Vermouth — except you substitute apple jack brandy for bourbon or rye. We first came across it back at the Pegu Club many years back. We’ve been making it ever since.
A Nightcap at the Hilton Bar
Friday, August 20th, 2010Is it ever really a good idea to have a nightcap at your hotel bar? I question the intelligence of this, but the fact is, we went ahead, and we ended up with some good material.
So here we are, enjoying our bourbon. The band is playing.
Yes, that’s a woman singing and playing drums. Her only other accompaniment was a keyboard player. When we walked into the hotel lobby, we thought, Oh boy. This is the stuff that Saturday Night Live skits are made out of.
And then we were enjoying our drinks for a while, and you know what? We realized the band was pretty good. (Or was that the bourbon talking?) Anyway, you can judge for yourself, in this little clip I like to call “Greg Gets a Scolding.”
Cocktail Recipe: Lemon-Thyme Gimlets
Friday, August 13th, 2010
Recipe: Caipirinhas
Sunday, July 25th, 2010As my mother would say, I do love a cocktail. And not only that, I do love a caipirinha. It’s a Brazilian drink made with cachaca — a sugar cane liquor a little like rum, but not. For caiparinhas, you just nned sugar, lime, ice and cachaca. That’s it. It’s easiest to make them individually, but you can also do a pitcher ahead of time for a party.
Recipe: Strawberry Daiquiri
Monday, May 31st, 2010All you need is a pint of fresh strawberries, rum, lime juice, sugar and ice and you’ve got yourself the makings for a fabulous cocktail.
The fact that you’re using local, seasonal ingredients is just a bonus when it comes to this delicious drink. The recipe, after the jump.
