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Comment on Spotlight On!: Żubrówka by Don Littlefield

Don Littlefield — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:47:30 +0000

Attached are a few photos of the empty Zubrowka bottle. Boy was it delicious!

Comment on TRUST – A message full of stupid by Boozeblogging Thoughts, or How We Can All Get to a Million Hits | The Pegu Blog

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:23:51 +0000

[...] post in the entire cocktailosphere is this one, by Jeffrey Morganthaler. A good brutal fisking of a hapless outsider is an excellent occasional [...]

Comment on Lemon ain’t easy, but it sure is fun by Terri

Terri — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:06:55 +0000

I’ve been making limoncello for years, and always have a bottle in the freezer. The recipe has evolved, as well. I now make a large batch, zesting 150 locally-grown Meyer lemons, and use Everclear for the alcohol when I can’t get good-quality moonshine (I divide my time between my homes in New Orleans and Mississippi, so have access to both). Always experimenting, I added some of the lemon juice to the simple syrup portion (I always juice the lemons and freeze the juice). While the end result is a bit murkier in the bottle, this batch has a really nice tartness to it, less sugary. By the way, I also save the alcohol-soaked lemon zest, keeping jars and baggies in the freezer. It is wonderful added to fresh-squeezed lemonade, pies, cakes, etc. By the way, I typically soak the lemon zest in the alcohol for about 4-8 weeks, and then after mixing with the simple syrup concoction and bottling, I allow it to sit another 2 – 3 weeks at a minimum before uncorking.

Comment on iPhone Cocktail App Reviews: Drink Genie by Bobby

Bobby — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:00:19 +0000

Neat little app! Wish they had more free ones though!

I took on UK bar franchise and devised my own cocktail, you reckon it’s any good?

http://bobversus.com/archives/356#more-356

Comment on Ginger Beer Extravaganza II: Part I by The Concierge

The Concierge — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:36:28 +0000

I did some field tests for a bunch of different ginger beers on New Years, making Moscow Mules, Dark and Stormies and a combo of Rye, Absinthe, Lime and Ginger Beer.

I used absolutely no scientific method and relied solely on my subjective observations to form my opinion. Thus, purely relying on this anecdotal evidence,

I am been starting to think that Maine Root has just too much damn bite for most people and that Regatta is the most well rounded. I still like Maine Root in a dark and stormy, but find it overpowering in a moscow mule or any drink with Rye whiskey.

Also, I find some people like the artificial flavors of cock and bull-type ginger beer better than real ginger. So much so that they will reject anything that is as gingery as Maine Root.

Fentiman’s to me is the most interesting as far as flavor range.

Still cannot find Fever Tree in stores.

Recently I almost bought Diet Regatta by accident, yikes.

Comment on Where to Shop: Tulsa by A New High in Liquor Law Lows | The Pegu Blog

A New High in Liquor Law Lows | The Pegu Blog — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:55:53 +0000

[...] folks, we all like to play, My state’s booze laws are the stupidest. And truth to tell, competitive as I am on this front, I’ve always admitted [...]

Comment on Spam this, bitches by The Absinthe Review Network

The Absinthe Review Network — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:27:56 +0000

Great job on this article. I have cited this in our review of LTV.

Cheers!

Comment on Spotlight On!: Żubrówka by Don Littlefield

Don Littlefield — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:03:25 +0000

My wife and I spent September driving all through Poland, including several nights in Bialoweiza, Poland at the Hotel Zubrowka about 1 KM from the Belarus Border. I walked through the Primeval Forest and also viewed the Bison and the Tarpans. Zubrowka Vodka is just as unique and wonderful as all of those sights. We brought a bottle of Zubrowka home with us. The bottle is very fancy, not smooth but is a “relief” version with Polmos Bialystok embossed in the glass with the Royal mark, a blade of Bison grass embossed iin the glass on both side of the
bottle and Zubrowka spelled ini script in the glass below the regular label. Very fancy. It is also only 700 ml e versus the 750 ml you find in the USA. It truly a unique and excellent vodka.

Comment on Where to Shop: Denver by Sylvia

Sylvia — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:31:48 +0000

I could not find a good liquor store when I was in Denver that had any of this stuff.. I wish I would have stopped by sooner. (Although truth be told I wasn’t aware I would be in need of that much booze..) But I was– and I missed miserably. Great Write up.
-Sylvia
Seiko SpaceWalk

Comment on Last night’s dogbite: Jupiter Cocktail by Frank Schwartz

Frank Schwartz — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:24:11 +0000

When in Hong Kong years ago, the popular drink was a “Violet Fizz”…much like a Tom Collins but was purple…lovely drink, too…have yet to find a recipe or a local store that carries the Bols Parfait Amour….still looking