http://www.adashofbitters.com A weblog detailing cocktails, spirits, liqueurs, mixers, barware, bars, lounges, and of course, bitters. Maintained by Michael Dietsch, a hobbyist mixer in Brooklyn, New York. Tue, 06 May 2008 19:34:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Easing back in to posting, after settling in to Providence. photograph by Jennifer Hess This is simply an Aviation variant, with St.-Germain in place of the creme de violette. We sipped this in front of the television while watching Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music, part of TCM's Sinatrafest. http://www.adashofbitters.com/2008/05/06/happy-hour/ With apologies to the folks in this eGullet thread... You know you're a cocktail nerd when you move house, and one box contains nothing but bitters. We're in Providence as of yesterday afternoon, but we're still digging out. Catch up with y'all soon. http://www.adashofbitters.com/2008/04/23/nerd/ It's not quite midnight anywhere in the States, folks. Are your taxes in? We had an accountant prepare ours this year, for the first time, and boy was that a load off! In honor, I decided to prepare a special cocktail tonight ... but not the one you're thinking of. You're ... http://www.adashofbitters.com/2008/04/15/declare-the-pennies-on-your-eyes/ A website that I won't name (I don't want them to get the traffic) has been scraping and republishing my content without my consent. I think this is reprehensible, and it's pissing me off. The very post I put up earlier today has already been scraped and republished. The site ... http://www.adashofbitters.com/2008/04/06/scummy-scrapers/ As you've no doubt seen on other cocktail blogs, tickets for Tales of the Cocktail went on sale Tuesday, April 1. Click on over and have a look at the events. The talks that appeal to me most, at this point, are these: Research Drink Recipes and Collecting Drink Books ... http://www.adashofbitters.com/2008/04/06/tales-of-the-cocktail-2008/ For this month's Mixology Monday, I decided to highlight a cocktail called the Diamondback, which I first saw in the September/October 2007 issue of Imbibe magazine. Our taskmaster, Rick, demands we tax our livers with drinks that "contain at least 3oz of 80-proof spirit or have less than 1/2oz of non-spiritness." ... http://www.adashofbitters.com/2008/03/16/mxmo-limit-one/ Rye whiskey, port, lemon juice, simple syrup, and an egg white--from a small piece on egg-white drinks, by David Wondrich, in the April 2008 issue of Esquire. If you want the proportions, you'll have to consult the mag, I'm afraid. (Photograph by Jennifer Hess.) http://www.adashofbitters.com/2008/03/11/the-elks-own/ From the why-hasn't-anyone-thought-of-this-before department, Reuters ran a story last week about an American ex-pat entrepreneur in Casablanca who's opened a new cafe...named Rick's, after the gin joint in one of my favorite films, Casablanca. I don't know whether I'll be in Morocco any time soon, but somewhat closer to home, anyway, ... http://www.adashofbitters.com/2008/03/05/everybody-comes-to-ricks/ Recently, I set out to make another batch of dark simple syrup. My go-to sugar for this is normally Demerara raw cane sugar, but my local Whole Foods was out. I did, though, find both dark and light Muscovado. Both varieties are similar to brown sugar, but instead of adding ... http://www.adashofbitters.com/2008/03/01/simple-misadventures/ I have to bow out of this one, I'm afraid. Apologies and complements to Jimmy Patrick, who adulted up and chose to host this batch. Sad thing is, I knew what I wanted to do. I have the three Sazeracs at home--the baby, the 18, and the Thomas Handy. I ... http://www.adashofbitters.com/2008/02/12/mxmo/