Shaken Baileys Is the Best St. Patrick’s Day Cocktail
Don’t read too much into the orange coaster. It holds no meaning.Photo: Claire Lower Even when I was a serious drinker, I never drank all that much on St. Patrick’s…
Why Your Next Classic Cocktail Should Be Upside-Down
We’re coming to the end of January, which, for some, may have been quite dry. Abstaining from alcohol has many benefits, and one major drawback: If and when you decided…
18 of the Best Uses for Vodka, Besides the Obvious
Photo: B-D-S Piotr Marcinski (Shutterstock) Like egg whites and flat beer, vodka is one of those ingredients that DIY blogs swear can really make your hair beautiful. I’ve tried it…
Strike Gold With the Alaska Cocktail
Photo: Devojka Between gin or vodka, olive or lemon twist, brine or stark, dry or wet, MSG-tinged or saline-tinctured, there is no shortage of paths in the choose-your-own-adventure of martinis.…
How to Order a Drink at a Bar Without Sounding Like an Idiot
Photo: bogdanhoda (Shutterstock) From weddings to breweries to barbecues to plain ol’ bars, alcohol is everywhere. Drinking is a ubiquitous part of our culture, and while it’s easy to stick…
Fuck It, Make Your Dirty Martini With Tequila
Photo: J. VanDerKern (Shutterstock) My relationship with martinis can be traced back to the bar at Bern’s Steakhouse in Tampa, an iconic establishment that’s decorated like a French bordello. Desperate…
The Two Best Ways to Make Limoncello at Home
Photo: Danilova Janna (Shutterstock) When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade, but that only takes care of the fruit’s flesh. Lemonade does nothing to mitigate a barrage of lemon…
What’s So Special About White Whiskey?
Photo: Andrew Pustiakin (Shutterstock) One of the side effects of modern capitalism is the incessant drive for growth. Every business has to get bigger every year or it’s a disaster.…
This Cucumber Gimlet Is a Weekend Necessity
Photo: Devojka If necessity is The Mother of Invention, then it would seem that capitalism is The Father 0f Superfluity. How many skin care lines or podcasts or artisanal gins…
How to Read a Whiskey Label Without Embarrassing Yourself
Photo: ZRyzner (Shutterstock) I recently had the chance to sample Bushmill’s second Rare Casks expression, a 29-year-old single malt Irish Whiskey finished in Pedro Ximenez Sherry casks. This stuff retails…