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rw_alembic — I am sick. It’s not been a pleasant week. You should understand: I HATE getting a cold. I’m sure no one enjoys it, but I DESPISE it. I take it personally, as an attack on my body from a foreign enemy. So I’ve been fighting it. Vicodin-assisted slumber ensures a […]

Ryan & Wood Distilleries vs. The Plague

29 Feb, 2012 in Boston / Drink tagged Beauport Vodka / Bob Wood / distillery / Folly Cove Rum / gin / Gloucester / Kathy Wood / Knockabout Gin / lady friend / liquor / rum / Ryan & Wood Distilleries / rye / spirits / Straight Rye Whiskey / vodka / whiskey by squirrelfarts

sfo04_marketst — This here is Part Five of the Grand Caliventure of November 2011. For Part 1, make the clicking to here. Yup. Still Friday. So, we hit Magnolia for a delicious lunch and tasty beers, then the Alembic for a superb cocktail. With Ke$shia Ho joining in, we were off to […]

Soused in SanFran – Part 5: SFO D2 City Beer, ...

1 Dec, 2011 in California / Drink tagged beer / Blu Restaurant / brown / champagne / City Beer Store / cocktail / deep dish pizza / gin / JJ / Ke$hia Ho / lady friend / Paxti's / rule 37 / San Francisco / The French Blues by squirrelfarts

unionbeers — The Monday Hangover: Other drink adventures of note from the weekend. Well, given the holiday, our drinkventures actually started Wednesday night with a Very Special edition of our weekly Rule 37 drinks: Champagne Night! We made four different champagne inclusive cocktails with great success and a proper use of a […]

The Monday Hangover: Nov 26-27

30 Nov, 2011 in Boston / Drink / New Hampshire tagged beer / Cathay Pacific / cava / cocktail / Fog Cutter / gin / kitten! / La Paloma / margarita / Monday Hangover / Monstro / navy grog / old tom / sparkling / suffering bastard / tiki / Union Brewhouse / zombie by squirrelfarts

sfo03_alembicbar — This here is Part Four of the Grand Caliventure of November 2011. For Part 1, make the clicking to here. Not your turn yet, Sissy. But soon. Following our delicious lunch and tasty beers at Magnolia, the Lady Friend and I started heading down Haight Street towards our next destination, […]

Soused in SanFran – Part 4: SFO D2 Alembic

18 Nov, 2011 in California / Drink tagged Alembic / blood and sand / campari / Carpano Antica / cocktail / cocktail bar / gin / Ke$hia Ho / lady friend / negroni / rye / San Francisco / The Alembic Bar / whiskey by squirrelfarts

rule37royalhawaiian — Modern Drunkard Magazine’s articleThe 86 Rules of Boozing, by Frank Kelly Rich states: Rule 37. Try one new drink each week. The Rule 37 series of posts chronicle my attempts to accomplish this feat every week. For the recipes of R37s past, click the Htf do I make these drinks? […]

Rule 37: The Royal Hawaiian

11 Oct, 2011 in Boston / Drink tagged cocktail / Dale DeGroff / gin / Royal Hawaiian / rule 37 by squirrelfarts

bluelinecandles — For the satisfaction of Rule 37 this week, it was time for the Bee’s Knees cocktail. This is a Prohibition-era recipe, though no one seems certain exactly when it appeared. The common belief is that, like most cocktails of that time, the liquor provided wasn’t very good. At all. In […]

Rule 37: The Bee’s Knees

21 Aug, 2011 in Boston / Drink tagged Blue Line Apiary / Bully Boy / cocktail / Gary Regan / gin / honey / honey syrup / Prohibition / rule 37 / rum by squirrelfarts

vodkavan_sm — Back in early May, the Lady Friend and I ventured back up to our Moo Hampshire homeland for a Mothers’ Day visit to our respective parental units. It had been a tradition in her family that they do some sort of event and/or dinner on the Saturday preceding Mothers’ Day, […]

Flag Hill Winery

22 Jun, 2011 in Drink tagged apple / apple brandy / applejack / flag hill / freeze distilling / gin / grappa / john stark / lady friend / liqueur / vodka / wine / winery by squirrelfarts

upyours_sm — The 86 Rules of Boozing, by Frank Kelly Rich, posted on Modern Drunkard Magazine’s website, chronicles a wonderful collection of guidelines for the intrepid imbiber. One in particular that I personally try to follow is Rule Number 37, “Try one new drink each week.” As the Lady Friend and I […]

Rule 37: Satan’s Whiskers

28 Apr, 2011 in Drink tagged 86 rules of boozing / beefeater / brannigan / cocktail / el diablo / gin / irish lad / lady friend / modern drunkard magazine / old fashioned / paloma / prado / rule 37 / satan's whiskers / ted haigh / tequila / wifey / zapp by squirrelfarts

Negroni I — My first Negroni. – 1.5oz Hendricks gin – 1.5oz Martini & Rosso sweet vermouth – 1.5oz Campari Stir in chilled old fashioned glass. Garnish with orange peel. I’m not a great lover of gin, but I’m making an effort to be civil. We get along fine in front of others, […]

So it goes

23 Mar, 2011 in Drink tagged campari / classic / cocktail / drink / gin / negroni / sweet vermouth / vermouth by squirrelfarts