The Spirit World

Martini & Rossi Warhol Manhattan
This cocktail takes a classic recipe and embellishes it with a striking dash of color and flavor.

1 part Martini & Rossi Rosso vermouth
1 part Dewar’s White Label Blended Scotch whisky
3 cherries soaked in premium orange liqueur

Shake liquid ingredients with ice and strain into a martini cocktail glass or pour over ice in a […]

Exhausted and grimy, a cream colored label flashed in front of my eyes. In the lobby of the Hotel Monteleone, a gentleman by the name of Brandon Bach was kind enough to give me a bottle of something I had never seen before. He didn’t tell me much about it other than it was bourbon…he […]

Martini Rossi Factory Martini

Picking up on the great ‘assembly line’ method of the Warhol factory, this cocktail can be made in stages by multiple mixologists.
3 parts Martini & Rossi Extra Dry vermouth
½ lemon in wedges
½ part simple syrup
3-4 mint leaves
Club soda, chilled
Muddle lemon wedges and mint leaves in the base of a shaker. Add Martini […]

What do you get when you mix butterscotch with a complex, 43-ingredient liqueur and top it with a chocolate-cream head? The answer is the cocktail created by Sweden’s 2008 Bartender of the Year. The bartender is one Fredrik Lindfors of the Cadier Bar in Stockholm and the drink is the Ebony & Ivory.
At first I […]

Odd, complicated, and delicious. All three of those adjectives describe a product from Crop Vodka. It’s not what you would expect though: it’s tomato flavored. The wonderful thing about it is that it’s not gimmicky flavored, it’s actually USDA organic. On the nose, tomato really rings out, smelling like V8 minus 7.
 I was also really […]

This classic recipe for preserving the short seasoned-yet-delicious raspberry comes from The Vintner’s, Brewer’s, Spirit Merchant’s and Licensed Victualler’s Guide (1826), but looking through old housekeeping or inkeeping instructional manuals, it seems to be a pretty standard one. The result is a sort of brightly-flavored brandy cordial, as opposed to a dry fruit brandy or […]

Well, you may have thought I was done for the evening (as I did), but the bottles started speaking to me as I sauntered by. I don’t have a story that accompanies this drink, other than it was sent to me through the ether……which is enough for me.
 

 
 
I give you the
 
Phoenix
2 oz of Diabolique Bourbon
1/2 […]

Today we visit another one of Leo Engel’s “specialties.” Perhaps you remember the Girard Flip from his American and Other Drinks (1878) Crazy ol’ Leo advises us to
Fill up a sherry wine glass two-thirds full of Maraschino, yellow Chartreuse, Kummel in equal proportions, and one dash of Kirschenwasser. Having done this, add the white of […]

The designers of these two cocktails are pushing them as kid-friendly; personally they sound more than suitable for everyone - sometimes you just have to skip the alcohol, although that doesn’t happen with me that often!
Sparkling Sunrise Surprise      Serves 2
2 oranges
1 pink grapefruit
1 x 330ml can of Whole Earth Sparkling Organic Apple and Raspberry drink
2 […]

Aperol is a product you might be finding appearing on liquor shelves more often these days. You might be intrigued by its slightly festive looking bottle looking classic, without appearing outdated.
I find that the best way to describe Aperol, is that it is a very mild version of Campari. It has that same balance of […]