From the monthly archives:

September 2006

Being and nothingness

by Michael Dietsch on September 26, 2006 · 0 comments

in Vodka

Eric Asimov returns today to the spirits, with a good entry about vodka. From time to time, I find a good non-flavored vodka that actually tastes like something (and, moreover, something good). I’ve praised Charbay on this point in the past, and they deserve it. But in most cases, I find that Asimov’s right. Vodka is boring, unless you’re drinking it straight and freezing cold, or unless it’s in a bloody mary.

As an aside, I like it when Asimov talks spirits on The Pour. I love wine, and I enjoy his writings on wine, but I also wish he’d mix it up a bit and bring the likker more often.

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Tiki Talky

by Michael Dietsch on September 21, 2006 · 0 comments

in In the library,Rum

tiki mask

For the tiki-crazed among you, American Heritage has just published an excerpt from Wayne Kramer’s book, And a Bottle of Rum, which I keep bloody-well meaning to read. The excerpt focuses on Tiki culture and the histories of Don the Beachcomber and Trader Vic. They’ve paired the excerpt with a James Teitelbaum review of ten tiki bars. Makes me wanna open the rum.

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Zeta Hot

by Michael Dietsch on September 12, 2006 · 0 comments

in Gin,Mixology,Photos

Cool as Zeta

photo by Jennifer Hess

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Zeta Cool

September 9, 2006

One of the new blogs I’ve been reading is the cool Cocktail Parlor, out of Vancouver, B.C., a city I’d love to go visit one of these days. In an entry last week, Damin linked to a site called VideoJug, a repository of videos meant to explain and illustrate topics ranging from health and cooking [...]

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