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 [...]

A Weekend with the WSLCB

For those of you that don’t know, the Washington State Liquor Control Board (WSLCB) has begun to roll out improvements to the way it conducts business. Washington is one of 19 control states and until recently has had no reason whatsoever to change the way it does business, that is until they started getting pressure [...]

Canon

If you haven’t had a chance to check out my video from the Canon preview event, do that and then come back here are read my thoughts on the bar, Jamie’s philosophy, the cocktails, and more. The Bar – As Jamie said, at this point Canon is 90% done. To the naked eye, though, the [...]

Introducing Canon: Whiskey and Bitters Emporium

Last night, I was lucky enough to attend a preview of Jamie Boudreau’s new bar, Canon. In the next day or two I’ll post a recap and thoughts on what will soon be one of the best bars in America, but I wanted to post the video I took of Jamie describing what Canon will [...]

Right vs. Wrong: Vol. 2

Here we have a couple of great videos taking a look at the Old-Fashioned cocktail, one the best cocktails known to man. The first video features the amazing Derrick Schommer making a recipe he received from somebody on the internet. Nothing like the internet recipe-poor technique combo. Thanks Derrick. Doing it right is the lovely Anu Apte of [...]