The Spirit World

To help set the mood on the 14th, Disaronno Amaretto has created the scrumptious Disaronno Amaro Dolce, the perfect cocktail to treat your special Valentine.
The creation of Disaronno Amaretto can be traced all the way back to the Renaissance, one of the most romantic periods in history.  Bernardino Luini, a student of Leonardo Da Vinci, […]

If you ever wanted to know what it feels like to be a Greek god and hundreds of women are feeding you grapes, now you can. Just take a sip of
 
Bacchae
1 1/2 oz of Barsol Acholado Pisco
1/4 oz of Vya Sweet Vermouth
1/8 oz of Suze
1/4 tsp of Marie Brizard Parfait Amour
1/4 tsp of Grenadine

Stir for […]

When I picked up a bottle of Damrak gin, I realized that ordinary bitters wouldn’t quite cut it. The body of the gin is far too malty for anything I had, so I made my own. Being that I have hoppy beer, I used that as the bittering agent.
 
This beauty is what followed:
 
Natural Harmonic
2 oz […]

Brandon, the boy who takes care of me, was so kind to supply me with the rest of the Infusionique line. I’ve been pretty exhausted as of late, so I actually didn’t want to force making a drink with my newly received hooch. When I was nearing heading off to bed, the bottle of Angelique […]

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 […]

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 […]

If you’re eager for something outside of the norm, our friends in Austria might have something to offer you. Monopolowa has been known for its vodka, which tied the Russian Stolichnaya at the International Review of Spirits in 2003. Some of you might not be informed that they are also offering a potato based gin […]

I’ve never quite figured out exactly why, but “cocktail bitters” is something that has fascinated me ever since I first got into cocktails and mixology. Perhaps it stems when first coming to the realization that there were once far more bitters in use than “Angostura”. Orange bitters was one of the key “missing” bitters that […]

There are many different products that you may have heard of, yet have never really tried, Fernet Branca typically falls into this category for most people. It is also one of those products that when some people try it they wonder what on earth made them do that.
To the uninitiated, Fernet Branca can frankly seem […]

One of the key new products I was looking forward to seeing at the recent London Bar Show was Angostura’s new orange bitters. But before I dive into that, I’d like to provide a little background to help set the context.
We’ve covered cocktail bitters overall in the past, in which we discussed the category itself, and […]