Clarified Milk Punch
Easy instructions explaining how to make clarified milk punch
Honest John Coffee + Cherry Bitters
Honest John Coffee + Cherry bitters. Bitters are the ‘spices’ of the cocktail world, with the ability to completely transform a drink. Our body’s detection of bitter substances impact not just our sense of taste, but also trigger activity in other organs involved in the digestion process; hence, bitters were…
Old Fashioned
bourbon, sugar, bitters
Fernet Francisco
Fernet Francisco, Manzanilla edition. This is the 2nd iteration of the growingly-popular Bay Area-made fernet. Fernet, the bracingly bitter, minty, and herbaceous liqueur and sub-class of traditional bittersweet Italian amaro, has developed quite the strong identity with San Francisco as an adopted child of its hipster culture. San Francisco alone accounts…
Widow’s Kiss
applejack, yellow Chartreuse, Benedictine, bitters
Falcon Spirits Botanica Gin
Falcon Spirits Botanica Spiritvs gin. I recently visited Falcon Spirits and had an incredible time talking with the founder and master distiller, Farid. With what started as a passion project, Farid’s passion for the art of craft distilling and experimentation radiates in everything he produces. That, combined with his deep…
Scorpion Bowl
rum, brandy, orange, lemon, orgeat
Amaro Nonino Quintessentia
Amaro Nonino Quintessentia. This is an Italian amaro (traditional bittersweet liqueur) that is quite popular in modern craft cocktail culture, perhaps most notably in its use in the Paper Plane. The base spirit of this liqueur is a unique variant of grappa, a spirit made from pomace (the leftover remains…
Banana Old Fashioned
bourbon, banana, chocolate bitters
Baijiu
Baijiu, part 1. Bai jiu is Chinese for “white alcohol” and was the first alcohol I ever tasted (a chopstick dipped in it as a celebratory gesture when I was a toddler). The taste haunted me for decades, until last week, when I spent some time in Beijing and rediscovered…
The Rusty Bolt
mezcal, Drambuie, grapefruit bitters
Rum Manhattan
rum, sweet vermouth, bitters