The Spirit World

Oregon beer writer, Fred Eckhardt says you should listen to your beer. With an Internet connection it’s possible to take listening to your beer to the next level by listening to beer podcasts.
For the last couple of weeks I’ve been listening to about half a dozen different beer podcasts. While all the podcasts […]

This delightful drink has already been described here on The Spirit World, but I feel that it is important to try to set the record straight and provide you with more information about this wonderful drink, and a recipe which my Peruvian friends insist is quite popular all across Peru.
Pisco Sour

1 1/2 ounce […]

Father’s Day seems to have become this sort of grunge-fest of heavy foods and beer. It would not do to celebrate it in other ways but some of us need a break from the hunks-o-meat and savory beers. To me, these things are better suited to cooler weather, like October, but what can […]

Here’s a list of the upcoming mixology seminars taught by folks at The Museum of the American Cocktail, including one in Seattle by our own Robert Hess.
Wednesday June 21 2006 (6:00 to 7:30 pm)
All in the Family: Learn to create a myriad of cocktails from a few simple formulas
Presented by Gary Regan
In: New […]

No. 9 Park is one of those places that appear on every “best of” or “must see” list when talking about restaurants in Boston. In addition to that, once Robert heard I was heading out East he added his recommendation to the lists I already had. Amazingly, though, I missed the one thing […]

The Slanted Door is one of those places that has been around for awhile and has appeared on all kinds of “best of” or “must see” lists. On my trip to San Francisco it was one of many places I had tucked away in my travel folder as a place I might check out. […]

For some reason over the past several days the topic of Rickeys seems to keep popping up. So I’ve decided that will be the drink for this week’s Happy Hour at Home. What’s really nice about Rickeys is that they can be made with alcohol or not, so they are a good choice […]

If you are not aware that we are in the middle of the World Cup, you must be living under a rock! Even here in the US, where soccer is far from the most popular sport, you’ll find people suddenly claiming national heritages you never realized they had - especially if “their” team happens […]

Near the end of April I attended an American Homebrewers Association (AHA) membership rally hosted by the Brooklyn Brewery. One of activities at the rally was a tour of the Brooklyn Brewery by brewmaster Garrett Oliver.
The tour consisted of standing in the one big room where all the brewing takes place and listening to […]

June 12th. Something I try to do every year at this time, wherever I happen to be, is seek out a traditional Brazilian restaurant, and celebrate National Cachaça Day, which remembers June 12th, 1744, the date when Portugal, then colonizer of Brazil, prohibited the production and distribution of cachaça throughout Brazil. Ok, so perhaps it […]