All posts in category Cocktails

An Evening with Ken Burns and Prohibition

Tonight I went to an event with Ken Burns that included parts of his upcoming documentary, Prohibition, at the Intiman Theater in Seattle. After some witty comments from Burns, the audience was shown clips from the 6 hour film, followed by discussion with the filmmakers. From what I saw, the film employs his recent strategy [...]

Cocktails and Foam

After owning a whipper for too long without using it, I decided to make foam for cocktails the other night. This was my first attempt at making foam but by using this excellent video from The Small Screen Network and Jamie Boudreau, it was a total success. The Concept Using Jamie’s advice that you should [...]

A Couple of Mai Tai’s

I made a couple of Mai Tai’s this weekend with Smith & Cross and Rhum Clement. Delicious with mint grown in the garden.

A Fine Vodka

Not long ago, I posted a review of Bombora vodka. This review will focus on Bombora’s sister vodka, CooranBong. (Again, I was asked to review this vodka and post my thoughts.) These two vodkas are similar. Both are made from distilled grapes, both use Australian ingredients, but differ when it comes to the filtering. CooranBong is filtered [...]

A New Cocktail in Images