Back to gin...

When we went to New Heights Restaurant last week, I had a lot of fun.  Marshall wrote up his long post on it but I wanted to touch on some of the points of my visit.

Like I said, I had a great time.  Everyone was very friendly there.  I felt a bit bad for our bartender, Chris.  He was a pretty nice guy but was almost overwhelmingly ( Read more... )

I kept waiting for
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But I'll be darned if I know where my USB cable is for my camera.  Thus, we'll stick with written descriptions.

Part one:  I was at the VA ABC store next to the Harris Teeter near my house today.  I was buying a bottle of dark rum (Gosling's) since I'd Twitter-ed some good tiki type drinks yesterday that used Myer's, but I'm not a huge Myer's fan.  ( Read more... )

So on my last post, I told ya'll that I would be posting some stuff soon . . . and that was a while ago.  I know you're thinking "Damn you, you never post when you say you will!"  And yes, I agree with you, however, my absence was due to unforeseen circumstances.  Monday morning, my Aunt Linda, my Mother's sister, passed away in her sleep, finally ( Read more... )

As my esteemed co-poster
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Today I took a ride with Sean, aka
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The Sazerac is one of the "classic" cocktails.  Originally made with brandy, the quintessential recipe for it right now is rye whiskey, an absinthe substitute, simple syrup, and bitters (typically Peychaud's).

But the different recipes...

I originally made the recipe using Robert Hess' website's recipe.  If you click on his recipe, you'll see his ( Read more... )

My neighbor and his brother came over tonight.  My neighbor was sick.  I'd been reading Imbibe! the other day, so I made him a cherry smash:

Cherry Smash
by Julie Reiner via Imbibe! by David Wondrich

1 1/2 ounces Courvosier VS cognac (I used the Castarede XO armagnac)
3/4 ounce orange curacao (Cointreau)
3/4 ounce lemon juice
1/2 ounce cherry heering
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The Willett that I got from Schneider's was $49.99 when I bought it.  The price hasn't been raised if you're thinking of getting it there; that's the price for the 6 year old, and the older ones cost more.  Much more.

However, they are out of the 6 year old until some time next week, probably Thursday.

I hit the store today to stock up on a few ( Read more... )

We've been quiet lately and for that - I apologize.

The whole hand thing hasn't helped that for me.

So tonight I ended up alone, basically, and bored out of my skull as it snowed/rained/whatever here in the DC area.  Couple that with the fact that I fell and busted my arm - THE SAME ONE - on my way to lunch today (this time the elbow, though I'm sure ( Read more... )