Tiki month update
February is, of course, Tiki Month – seriously, who doesn’t know that? – and I’m going to attempt to make up for skipping chief kahuna Pegu Tiki Doug‘s MxMo by sharing this tale of the peculiar effects of one of Donn the Beachcomber’s signature creations.
Twelve: Kitchen Special No. 1
Being honest, I’m pretty cocktailed out at the moment. We’re just put the finishing touches to a new drinks menu at work – featuring some of the drinks I’ve posted here – and I’ve been making the most of not thinking about combinations of spirits and liqueurs. That said, there are still times when I [...]
Newsdesk: no, you can’t
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ILndvRyPPQ] There are many noble Scottish traditions – St Andrews Day, the Edinburgh Festival, for example, and it’s important not to forget drinking. Whether it’s three litres of cheap cider in a supermarket carpark or an expensive single malt in an upmarket bar, we’re much better at it north of the border. But the current [...]
Quality of vodka is directly proportional to level celebrity endorsement; discuss?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJAYcrw74rk] (Via Dowd’s Spirits Notebook.)
Drink it? Can’t even pronounce it.
Anyone else think February’s a little early for naming the World Whisky of the Year for 2009? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8KMlVEIVo0]
DC dry spell over
Alcohol is officially back in the White House – who better to break the news than home mixologist Rachel Maddow? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-pAcN7Q0CU]
Record Breakers: German cocktail special
My German isn’t what it used to be, but 359 cocktails in 1 hour is still damn impressive. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-zPTiMTel0]
Absinthe and laptops
…no longer guaranteed to end in catastrophe! [youtube=http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=x_E0yTwW0dA] [Via The Mixoloseum]
Reasons why this is the best video in the world
Whiskey? Check. Syringe? Check. Blowtorch? Check. Dude’s arm on fire? Oh, hell yes. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpmnScLzw20] YouTube – Blue Blazer Mix-Off: Johnny Iuzzini and Dave Arnold (via Standards & Pours and Liqurious).