I’m trying to polish off a bottle of Hangar One Fraser River Raspberry vodka tonight. For flavored vodka, Hangar One is great stuff. Nothing like the artificially flavored crap from the large, cheaper brands. But I need to make room for the spirits I really like like gin, whiskey, and rum. Onwards, to the first drink of [...]
Hangar One Fraser River Raspberry Vodka
Posted by Brian Johnson on January 17, 2012
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Label Me: Dry Fly Washington Wheat Whiskey
I’m starting a new series of blog posts that look more at the labels on liquor bottles, since that’s how so many people buy spirits… by what the bottle looks like. For this first edition, I thought I’d start with the distillery that single-handedly brought back the spirit industry to Washington State- Dry Fly Distilling [...]
Posted by Brian Johnson on January 9, 2012
http://www.digitalmixologist.com/label-me-dry-fly-washington-wheat-whiskey/
The Martinelli’s Cocktail
I’m sure your Thanksgiving table looked just like mine: decorations, sweet potatoes, turkey, cranberries, you know, all the Thanksgiving fixings. Oh yeah. I left off the bottles of Laird’s Straight Apple Brandy, Angostura, and Angostura orange bitters. What? You didn’t have those sitting on you table? I’m going to give you a reason right [...]
Posted by Brian Johnson on December 8, 2011
http://www.digitalmixologist.com/the-martinelli%e2%80%99s-cocktail/
A Proper Margarita at Scale
I ran across the news that Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville empire will be reclaiming the largest margarita title soon. After looking at the colossal specs of this thing, I wondered what a proper margarita would look like at the same scale. Let’s dive into the recipe for the biggest margarita in the world. The Lucky Rita [...]
Posted by Brian Johnson on October 16, 2011
http://www.digitalmixologist.com/a-proper-margarita-at-scale/