In the Solid Liquids Project I found that liqueurs sweetened with honey do not crystallize. (At least the honey-sweetened liqueurs that I tried.) I theorized on why and how we might over come this in this post. However, in reading an unrelated book, I think I found the real reason... Read more →
During a recent trip to Copenhagen, I stayed an extra day to explore (and revisit) its bars, courtesy of the Danish Cherry Heering liqueur. My job was to run around and drink Cherry Heering cocktails at the best bars in town: tough job! I began at Ruby, one of the... Read more →
ShakeStir.com is a new website for bartenders with articles and searchable profiles. They also have a Twitter account, @ShakeStir, and I write the Daily Sip, a daily point of spirits/cocktails/bartender trivia. So feel free to follow that Twitter stream too. Read more →
It's nice when other people do experiments for you. Reader Jonathan Faircloth started a blog called The Zymologic Table to record the trials and tribulations of making orange liqueur dust. Though it's not my experiment, this is a continuing part of the Solid Liquids project, in which I am searching... Read more →
Here are some random pictures and notes from my trip to Rome and the Amalfi Coast with Pallini Limoncello. Rome is a very, very crowded city, especially around tourist attractions. On our second day there we had a guide who was amazing and knew all the ways around the lines.... Read more →
The Burritt Room in San Francisco had a grand flameout earlier this year with the departure of its bar manager and general manager. Now they're back with Joel Baker at the helm. Baker was previously at Bourbon & Branch, NOPA, and other venues. Here is the new menu. Lucia Bosé... Read more →
I am one lucky son-of-a-gun. This September I visited Rome and the Amalfi Coast with Pallini Limoncello. Though we began the trip in Rome and went to the Amalfi Coast later, I'll explain the process of making limoncello in the proper order. The Lemons of the Amalfi Coast The lemons... Read more →
While on a trip with Purity vodka, we were given a talk by Mathin Lundgren about the Swedish bar scene, specifically in Stockholm. This was great because I had just been to Stockholm two months earlier with Karlsson's vodka and had seen a few of the bars first-hand. Lundgren says... Read more →