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 [...]
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Hangar One Fraser River Raspberry Vodka
Posted by Brian Johnson on January 17, 2012
http://www.digitalmixologist.com/hangar-one-fraser-river-raspberry-vodka/
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/
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 [...]
Posted by Brian Johnson on August 24, 2011
http://www.digitalmixologist.com/right-vs-wrong-vol-2/
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 [...]
Posted by Brian Johnson on July 31, 2011
http://www.digitalmixologist.com/cocktails-and-foam/