The Spirit World

This weekend is Mother’s Day. So for this week’s Happy Hour at Home invite your mom, any siblings you may have and other family members and celebrate your Mom.
For your celebration you’ll want something that speaks of spring and is easy to make for a crowd. Make up a pitcher of […]

This Friday night (May 12) from 6 until 10 pm at the Huntington Hilton in Huntington, New York, beers from all over Long Island, New York, and the World will be served up at the Long Island Beer Festival sponsored by Shoreline Beverage. For the $45 entry fee you get unlimited tastings of a […]

When we drove to Mount Joy, Pennsylvania in search of Bube’s Brewery (see my previous post: “Introducing Bube’s Brewery“) we didn’t know what to expect since I hadn’t done any prior research other than grabbing the street address from BeerMapping.com. The only glitch was the street address. Mount Joy has two roads named […]

I always like to have a few different cocktails that I can spring on folks who don’t think they like gin, the Pegu Club is one that I often use, but the Jasmine is probably the one that I use the most.
Before I spring the Jasmine on somebody however, there is one question I have […]

There’s a new bi-monthly periodical that has just hit the stands this month. It’s called imbibe and its got a very ambitious objective: to cover drinks, all manner of drinks, as it’s own culinary category. We are talking cocktails, coffee, wine, beer, tea, even the Horchata is covered in this premier issue! […]

From the website:
New Orleans will once again be home to Tales of the Cocktail, a dining and drinking experience that explores the history and spirit of the cocktail this summer at various locations in the New Orleans French Quarter and headquartered at the Hotel Monteleone.
Experience a classic New Orleans weekend of food, fun […]

As you know, here on The Spirit World we have Brewsday every Tuesday, but coming up this weekend is Big Brewsday. Saturday May 6 is National Homebrew Day, the day of the “Big Brew“, the day when homebrewers all across the world will fire up their brew kettles in unison and brew a beer […]

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If you are interested in injecting some more authentic flavor into your relatively in-authentic Cinco de Mayo celebrations try the truly mejicano drink called Horchata.
(Oooh-rrrrr-ch-a-ta, one does not say the “H” sound in Spanish, don’t forget to trill your “R”s too. If said right, this word can be fun to say).
Horchata is a […]

Not only do we have the Kentucky Derby this weekend but tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo! And while we tend to make much more of it here in the US than they do in Mexico it is a holiday and a good excuse to celebrate. Robert has already given you the 411 on […]

For a little review of Robert’s Martini Class, check out this post on Cornichon.