I’m very excited to be the host of this month’s Mixology Monday, which spotlights one of my favorite wintertime spirits: brandy.
Mixology Monday XXIII: Brandy
January 15th, 2008 | by Marleigh | published in brandy, calvados, MxMo, pisco, recipes, rum
Golden Dawn
September 14th, 2007 | by Marleigh | published in brandy, calvados, gin, liqueur, recipes
There are, conservatively, about eighteen thousand available variations on the cocktail known as the Golden Dawn. With bitters, without bitters. With Cointreau, without Cointreau. With calvados, without calvados. You get the idea. From what I have gathered, it originated sometime during the 1920s, though Chuck Taggart traces its creation to London in the 1930s. I, [...]
Kicker
July 9th, 2006 | by nerdling | published in brandy, calvados, liqueur, recipes, rum
A penalty shoot-out is the worst way to loose a soccer game. Mano-a-mano with the goalie sounds like a great idea, but PKs are a stressful, unfair way to end two hours of evenly matched football. Especially when your team’s captain, widely regarded as the finest footballer of his generation, does something idiotic in the [...]
Castro
November 30th, 2005 | by nerdling | published in calvados, liqueur, recipes, rum
Any drink named after a dictator is a good place to start. Rum drinks are generally accompanied by fruit juices, so the ingredients in the Castro weren’t surprising. During the process of mixing this drink I realized that I just don’t like Bacardi. I know legions of sorority girls swear by it, but the quality [...]
Star
November 23rd, 2005 | by nerdling | published in brandy, calvados, gin, liqueur, recipes
My boyfriend was entranced by the sound of calvados, an apple brandy, so we picked some up and decided to give it a go with the Star. Upon further reflection (after the fact), I should have considered that this might not have been the best choice for an experiement, as the gin and grapefruit juice [...]
