The Spirit World

Well, I’m a day late and a dollar short…. Look what’s been going on in Seattle this week and I completely missed it! It’s the Craft Brewer’s Conference! This looks like a really great conference from the speakers to the seminars to the special events - makes me wish I was a brewer! […]

A couple of our blog contemporaries have decided that its time to start cocktail blog events, much the way the food blogs have Is My Blog Burning? and several other regular events or the vino lovers have Wine Blogging Wednesday.
So far I’ve come across two planned series of events. The first, at […]

You are probably aware that Sunday is Easter. For some reason, Easter and lemon are two things that just naturally go together in my mind. Lemon is yellow and sunny and springy. Things I think of when I think of Easter. But even more than those associations, I think it’s because one […]

I’m asked this question a lot: “What’s your favorite beer?” My stock answer has been “whatever happens to be in my glass.” It’s true. I really appreciate all the varieties and styles of beer and there’s usually something good to be said about each beer. When I was doing my tour […]

Thus far on our little cocktail journey, we’ve danced around some of the classic cocktails without really addressing what could be considered as the two quintessential pre-prohibition cocktails, the Manhattan and the Martini. This week I’d like to present to you the older of these two cocktails, the Manhattan.
As with most cocktails, it is next […]

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I’ve been a tea drinker for years and have been happy to see the increased interest in all things tea. Many people are focused on the health benefits and, while I think that’s nice, the appeal for me is the feeling of calm and contentedness I get when I’m drinking it. I think […]

Last month we talked about one important type of glass to have for your bar, the Martini Glass. This month we are looking at another basic the Old-Fashioned glass.
These glasses will serve you for any drink calling for an Old-Fashioned, rocks, double rocks or a bucket glass - you’ll just need to […]

Several years ago the ‘Appletini” became a popular martini-like drink. With it’s sweet profile it was meant to appeal to the younger drinker who was just getting into the world of cocktails. As many of you know this would not be something that would appeal to me, as I much prefer drinks on […]

Although most people think of Ouzo when they think of Greece there are other drinks and beverages which one could associate with the island country. As with many areas in Greece, the island of Cyprus (Southern Cypress is Greek; Northern is Turkish) has seen many civilizations come and go and each has left some […]