Category: The Mixologist’s Guide to Surviving Graduate School

A current favorite. I do not recall what inspired this one, but I apparently have cultivated a taste for bourbon! Temperance Ingredients: 1 3/4 oz Stirrings brand simple bellini mix 1 1/2 oz vodka 3/4 oz bourbon (I use Old Forresters) 1/5 oz freshly squeezed lemon juice 1/4 oz Chambord Lemon peel Sprigs of fresh Read More

As noted in my previous post, my hunt for Contratto, which had commenced late February, was unsuccessful. I ultimately had to special order a bottle. My search wasn’t a total bust, however. I did stumble upon Cork and Barrel, a new-to-me liquor store in Hamden that hosts tastings — of wine, infused vodkas, tequilas, you Read More

Last August in Montreal, while in town for the ASA 2017 Annual Meeting, I had the perfect cocktail, the Janette Bertrand, served at the bar Philemon. To be frank, that cocktail ruined me (in the best of ways) — so much so that I have been in search of the perfect cocktail this side of Read More