Next Monday, yo...Greetings, winos and wingnuts! As you may already know, yours truly is hosting Mixology Monday XIX next Monday for which the theme is ‘Fizz!!’. Once Paul contacted me to see if I was interested in hosting an MxMo (to which I think it took me about 6.23 seconds to respond with a ridiculously emphatic, ‘Yes!!’) I ran through several possibilities, each of which were either too restrictive, too obscure, or too specific to encourage participation (though I thought ‘Equinox’ (drinks with equal parts) showed some promise, but then I considered how few Negronis I can handle in one sitting).

Fizz is close to my heart because, as I’ve mentioned before, I spent about an entire year and three months drinking nothing but Champagne and sparkling wine, much to the chagrin of my financial planner who promptly deemed me hopeless and quit for a career in ice trucking, apparently a much more sane and stable occupation. After leaving the world of the sparkly I quickly found myself drawn to gin fizzes, tom collins(es?), and mojito variations which seemed liked fine and warm cousins to the roommate who’d moved away and was now only occasionally stopping by and crashing in my wine refrigerator.

So, as we watch the warmth of Summer seep into earlier and earlier evenings I’d be honored to have you share your favorite fizzy recipes, be they based on cola, soda, tonic, champagne, or any other myriad of possibilities so we give a final huzzah to Summer and anticipate Fall and her cool blanketed ways. And remember, school’s back in session and I know the lot of you got high marks, so I expect only top-notch work. Mark your calendars for next Monday, do all your homework over the next week, and bring your ‘A game’ folks; just post your entry no later than Monday, September 17th, and trackback to this post. Also, please fire me an email with your name and a hyperlink to your post (gabriel at cocktailnerd dot com).

I can’t wait to see what you come up with, you glorious bastards you.

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