Salted Caramel Apple
apple brandy, sugar, bitters, salt
Geijer Spirits California Fernet
Geijer Spirits California Fernet. Fernet is often synonymously used to refer to Fernet Branca, but fernet is actually an entire category of spirit, and there’s quite the variation within the group (fernet is the product type, while Branca is the distillery name). Fernet is a sub-category of amaro, which is…
Cherry Nostalgia
gin, cherry, lime, bitters, black pepper
Tomahawp Highball
IPA whiskey, soda
Highland Park Magnus
Highland Park Magnus Whisky. My intro to Highland Park was actually an event celebrating the launch of this single malt entry-level whisky, where they brought along an actual Viking Ship and proudly celebrated their Orkney Viking heritage. The whisky is lightly smoky from local Orcadian peat (which adds a different…
Pisco Passion
pisco, chili pineapple shrub, passionfruit, Angostura
Negroni Week 2018
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr1135OHX8c&w=560&h=315] Soo…Negroni Week may be over, but I definitely took advantage of the amazing Negroni specials we had here in San Francisco during the week. And I made sure to capture a bit of it on video to share with you all! What was the most interesting Negroni you…
Candy Cap Old Fashioned
candy cap mushroom infused rye, maple syrup, bitters
Hello YouTube!
Oh hi. So uh…I made a Youtube channel. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3UPQJHMgkU] ‘Nuff said, sound on, give it a listen, and come say hi and maybe subscribe over yonder in YouTube land if ya wanna hear some longer BarFaith rambles. Trying to get used to talking to a camera, so excuse the…
East India Negroni
rum, sherry, Campari
Alkermes Liqueur
Alkermes. Ok it’s not Campari, but it IS a red Italian liqueur. I had never heard of Alkermes til my visit to Florence earlier this year. Designated as a traditional product of Tuscany, Alkermes/alchermes is a liqueur with ANCIENT origins. The recipe for this current version from Santa Maria Novella dates…
Don Ciccio & Figli Cinque Aperitivo
Don Ciccio & Figli Cinque Aperitivo. Negroni Week is in full swing…are you maybe out of Campari, tired of Campari, can’t stand Campari? Well, let’s about about other Bitters. American-made Don Ciccio & Figli Cinque is a reddish liqueur highlighting bitter orange and gentian, an obvious alternative to Campari/Aperol. Compared to…
Strawberry Negroni
strawberry Campari, gin, sweet vermouth
Walter Collective Vodka
The Walter Collective Vodka. Vodka is kinda known as that “ugly duckling” in the spirits/craft cocktail world, given that its legal designation requires distillation up to 95% alcohol by volume. Distillation is the process of separating alcohol molecules from the rest of the fermented substance, and distilling to such a…