Carbelicious Cocktail — The Day Old Bread
Carbe what? I made up the word carbelicious to refer to tasty carbohydrates such as bread. The Day Old Bread…
Category: Rye
A type of whiskey that is at least 51% rye. Rye is a spicier grain, so rye whiskey has more assertive flavors.
Remember What? — The Remember the Maine
While anchored in Havana harbor in 1898, the battleship USS Maine exploded and sank, killing a majority of the crew.…
Not Horsing Around — The Merry Go Round
Call it a merry go round, call it a carousel, it has delighted kids around the world for years. Adult…
Mixing With Monks — The Monte Cassino
Located roughly midway between Rome and Naples, Monte Cassino is the site of the first monastery of the Benedictine Order.…
France and NYC — The Cassis Manhattan
New York City is one of the world’s great cities, and the Manhattan is one of the world’s great cocktails. …
Straight Outta Brooklyn — The Greenpoint
Greenpoint is a neighborhood in Brooklyn. In 2006 Michael McIlroy created the Greenpoint, a variation on the Brooklyn. I wasn’t…
Cocktail Friend — The Old Pal
Do you have a friend you’ve known for much of your life? Many people do. If you’re one of them,…
A Loaded European — The Monte Carlo
When I use the word “loaded” here it’s a non-sexual double entendre. Monte Carlo, part of the city-state of Monaco,…
A Dantean Cocktail — The Purgatory
In some theologies, purgatory is the state after death before some souls ascend to Heaven. It’s also the title of…
Individual and Internal — The Rhythm and Soul
Everyone has a soul. Some of us have rhythm, some don’t (my sense of rhythm is questionable). Describing it as…