Samantha Harrigan of Cocktail Culture takes issue with the massive hate-on bandwagon for vodka that everyone seems to be jumping on these days and shares what should be the defacto Cosmo recipe. Read, learn and stop with the excessive use of cranberry juice!
If the elitist in you is still not convinced, head on over to The Land of Forgotten Cocktails where John Myers compares vodka to ” the wall-eyed slag still standing at the end of a kegger who’ll partner up with anybody. Have fun. Wear a condom.”
I take issue with his choice of Smirnoff as an affordable choice for the cost-conscious home bartender. Stoli is only a couple of dollars more and so much better. One doesn’t need to be extravagant but there’s no excuse for stupidity.
If your cognac knowledge is only passable (like me, shhhhh!), head yonder to Alcademics.com for an overview by Camper English.
Drink of The Week serves up the most interesting recipe I’ve come across all week-long: the Ultimate Bell-Pepper Cocktail.
What do you do when you fall off the wagon after checking yourself into an asylum for alcoholism? If you’re William Seabrook, you create a cocktail of course! Enjoy this eponymous ode to boozing, I know I will.
The Underhill Lounge offers a Prairie Oyster Cocktail which I’m sure would give many a drinker pause (but only if egg yolks make them nervous). Me, I want to chase mine with Bakon vodka…
Tiare of A Mountain Of Crushed Ice lays down all of the necessary steps to make your cocktail photography as nice as those pretty pictures you see in Food & Drink.
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(I can’t remember where I found this photo. If you recognize it, let me know.)
