Memorial Day Cocktails & Entertaining
Updated: 2010-05-31 08:52:13
Memorial Day celebrates those who have served our country, so please take a moment… Read more
Flamingo and Mary Pickford
Updated: 2010-05-30 20:37:55
Now we explore two so similar cocktails of Prohibition Era. The Flamingo Cocktail and the Mary Pickford Cocktail. Both of this cocktails are so rare and hard to find in popular cocktails book. Both has similar composition with rum and pineapple with hint of fresh lime (Flamingo) or maraschino liqueur (Mary Pickford). Both has beatiful [...]WhiskyCast Episode 262: May 29, 2010
Updated: 2010-05-29 21:38:00Ardbeg has the final distillery day of the annual Islay Festival of Malt & Music, and even though there wasn't a full-size roller ... tags: Ardbeg Arts bourbon distill Feis_Ile Food Islay WhiskyCastShaker Faces
Updated: 2010-05-29 03:56:43The way a bartender shakes will tell you a ton about the bartender and the… Read more</aCosmopolitan Dreams
Updated: 2010-05-29 01:31:17
Just in time for the release of Sex and the City 2, Cointreau asked legendary… Read moreDr. Frank quadruples in International Eastern wine test
Updated: 2010-05-28 22:46:39
Dr. Konstantin Frank took four major medals, best among among New York State entries, in the annual International Eastern Wine Competition just completed in Watkins Glen.
Frank’s 2008 Riesling Bunch Select Late Harvest took top honors in four categories — Best of Varietal and Best Dessert Wine, plus Best Sweet Riesling and the overall Riesling Championship, [...]WhiskyCast Episode 261: May 28, 2010
Updated: 2010-05-28 20:47:00The road to Bunnahabhain Distillery is four miles long, and full of twists and turns. The views are stunning, though...and the whisky's ... tags: Arts Black_Bottle bourbon Bunnahabhain distill Feis_Ile Food WhiskyCastHow To Drink Scotch
Updated: 2010-05-28 13:00:26Learn how to drink Scotch whiskey like a connoisseur. FoodDrink drink scotch whiskey tasting flavor color brand whisky scotland taste ... tags: brand color drink flavor FoodDrink scotch scotland Dailymotion - Official ContentWhiskyCast Episode 260: May 27, 2010
Updated: 2010-05-28 01:15:00This is the of Thursday's two episodes from the Islay Festival of Malt & Music, recorded on location at Isle of Jura Distillery on the ... tags: Arts bourbon distill Feis_Ile Food Islay Jura WhiskyCastWhiskyCast Episode 259: May 27, 2010
Updated: 2010-05-27 19:34:00This is the first of two episodes today from the Islay Festival of Malt & Music. Kilchoman is Islay's first new distillery in more than ... tags: Arts bourbon distill Feis_Ile Food Islay Kilchoman WhiskyCastHamptons rental: 8 BR, 9 baths, 4 f’places, 5,000 bottles
Updated: 2010-05-27 17:32:39
By the time you finish packing up the suitcases, the swimsuits, the kids’ toys, your golf clubs and everything else deemed necessary for a family vacation getaway, it’s tough to find a place for a bottle or two.
Fear not. The Wall Street Journal, now that it is owned by Rupert Murdoch and a lot more [...]more Sex and the City 2 Cocktails
Updated: 2010-05-27 04:30:41With the opening of Sex and the City 2, cocktail folks have been busy… Read moreWhiskyCast Episode 257: May 25, 2010
Updated: 2010-05-25 20:52:00Laphroaig is one of those whiskies that you're either going to love or loathe...with no middle ground. Today is Laphroaig's day at the ... tags: Arts bourbon distill Feis_Ile Food Islay Laphroaig WhiskyCastWhiskyCast Episode 256: May 24, 2010
Updated: 2010-05-24 18:36:00Caol Ila Distillery may have the most beautiful setting of any of Islay's distilleries. It sits on the Sound of Islay directly across from ... tags: Arts bourbon Caol_Ila distill Feis_Ile Food Islay WhiskyCastRothman & Winter Creme de Violette
Updated: 2010-05-24 16:30:09Creme de Violette was a part of pre-Prohibition American cocktails like the Aviation and Blue… Read moreWhiskyCast Episode 255: May 23, 2010
Updated: 2010-05-24 01:17:00Day two of the Islay Festival of Malt and Music is Bruichladdich's turn to shine, and the sun was shining once again as Ileachs and whisky ... tags: Arts bourbon Bruichladdich distill Feis_Ile Food Islay WhiskyCastWhiskyCast Episode 254: May 22, 2010
Updated: 2010-05-22 19:31:00Here we go...with the first of many episodes from the Islay Festival of Malt and Music. It's opening day, and Lagavulin traditionally is ... tags: Arts bourbon distill Feis_Ile Food Islay Lagavulin WhiskyCastMahattan Cocktail Classic Gala
Updated: 2010-05-22 07:32:43The inaugural Manhattan Cocktail Classic kicked off last Friday night with a booze laden gala… Read moreWhat’s Up, Doc? Cocktail
Updated: 2010-05-20 08:11:13
What's Up, Doc? Looking for a new way to add vegetables to your diet? Try this carrot cocktail. We can't promise it's good for you, but it sure is good.HVCC stadium to host craft beer festival
Updated: 2010-05-19 21:08:58
Baseball and beer are an American tradition, so it seems only fitting that the Capital Region Craft Brewer’s Festival on July 24 will be held at the Joseph L. Bruno Stadium in Troy.
It is being billed as the first major New York State Brewer’s Association-sanctioned event in the Capital Region. The co-sponsors of the event [...]Brown’s Brewing planning a (wait for it) pignic
Updated: 2010-05-19 20:56:09
Brown’s Brewing will host what it hopes will become an annual event when the first Club Brown’s Mug Club Pignic Dinner.
That’s no typo. “Pignic” is the centerpiece of the Sunday, June 27, event at neighboring Revolution Hall on River Street in Troy.
The 4 to 8 p.m. schedule includes a “West Hoosick-style spittin’ pig roast,” [...]Vesper
Updated: 2010-05-17 17:18:23
“I never have more than one drink before dinner. But I do like… Read moreLucid Frappe
Updated: 2010-05-15 00:58:12
It’s Friday, how about some absinthe. Here’s a few fun facts from Lucid.
1.… Read moreSex and the City 2 Cocktails from SKYY
Updated: 2010-05-13 04:31:52Sex in the City 2 is coming May 28th and once again SKYY Vodka is… Read moreMax London’s planning New York wine dinner
Updated: 2010-05-11 21:40:51
Max London’s Restaurant & Bar is planning a wine dinner featuring Ravines Wine Cellars, a Finger Lakes facility, on Thursday, May 27.
Max London’s is located at 466 Broadway in Saratoga Springs. It is one of numerous local restaurants participating in “New York Wine Month” in the Capital Region. You can get full details on the [...]Singapore Sling
Updated: 2010-05-11 06:31:36
Actually sling is old mixed drink which made with strong spirit (like gin), water and sugar. This drink is no so popular today. This mixed drink continue now to its famous version – Singapore Sling.
One of the simplest recipe of Singapore Sling I found in one of my Salvatore Calabrese book. He notice [...]Another NY bourbon joins the field
Updated: 2010-05-09 19:31:26
Put two unrelated guys together who share not only a surname but a love of spirits and the result is Finger Lakes Distilling, a craft distillery in the heart of New York’s Finger Lakes wine country. The partners are Thomas Earl (left) and Brian (right) McKenzie, and they produce a line of spirits that includes, [...]Troy bar labeled nuisance, shut down
Updated: 2010-05-09 00:06:18
Danny’s Place, a bar at 530 Second Street in Troy, has been shut down for a year as a result of repeated disturbances. Police spokesman Terry Buchanan said complaints against the establishment have included numerous instances of fighting and noise disturbances.
Under the city’s Nuisance Abatement Program, properties with repeated violations may be closed for up [...]Art-and-wine project for the Hudson Valley
Updated: 2010-05-08 16:47:53
The publishers of Hudson Valley Wine Magazine this week announced plans for “A Year-long Celebration of Art & Wine in the Hudson Valley.”
The project will pair Hudson Valley artists with Hudson Valley wineries and vineyards. A juried selection of 35 professional artists will be invited to create in their chosen medium a wine- or vineyard-inspired [...]Casa Larga racks up another ice wine ‘best’
Updated: 2010-05-08 16:40:20
A Finger Lakes winery walked off with a best-in-class award at this week’s Riverside International Wine Competition in Temecula, CA.
Casa Larga Vineyards‘ 2006 Vidal ice Wine was named “best dessert wine” in the Sweepstakes Awards round, just two weeks after reaping the same honor at the Pacific Rim competition.
Forty-three judges evaluated 1,923 wines over a [...]Collins
Updated: 2010-05-07 17:24:20
Second classic summer drink with same inhredients (alcohol, lemon juice, sugar and soda) at my blog is a Collins. Collins is a versatile cocktail. In the Collins you may use any alcohol that you prefer.
On of the first mention about Collins drink we can find at Bartender’s Guide by Jerry “Professor” Thomas (1876).
Collinses and [...]Gin Fizz
Updated: 2010-05-06 18:01:14
I decide to explore two cassic sours – the fizz and the collins now. I do not prepare this cocktails before and this is my first experience.
The fizz is realy very old mixed drink from strong alcohol (preferable gin), lemon juice, sugar and carbonated (or aerated) water. The fizz must be shaken. This drink should [...]