A Sharp Olympic Drink — The Lucien Gaudin
Hailing from France, Lucien Gaudin was an Olympic champion fencer in the 1920s. Fencing as in trying to stab someone…
Category: Sports
Sometimes cocktails make you think of certain athletes, sports or sporting events from real life, television, and the movies.
A Well Dressed Drink — The Tuxedo
A tuxedo exudes sophistication. Whether your tastes run to ZZ Top (who sang about a sharp dressed man), James Bond…
Not What You Think Drink — The Diamondback
Does the word “diamondback” conjure visions of the deadly snake? Do you channel your inner Indiana Jones (“I hate snakes”)…
A Field Guide To Bad Cocktails
Do you want to avoid bad cocktails? Of course you do. David Wondrich, a preeminent cocktail authority of our time,…
A Whiskey Closer — The Final Rye
Closing is important in things such as real estate (remember “ABC” from the play and film Glengarry Glen Ross —…
A Smashing Success With Booze — The Intense Smashed Julep
It’s the time of year when many Americans briefly focus on horse racing. And what cocktail is associated with the…
Bombs Away — The Brown Bomber
The drink is not explosive or dangerous, unless you have too many of them. It is a tribute to Joe…
A Drink For A Stud — The Man O’ War
That’s stud as in a horse, not as in a man. Man o’ War was one of the greatest horses…
Hats And Horse Races — The Derby
Want a well-balanced drink that pretty much goes with everything? Meet the Derby. It has nothing to do with the…
For Kings (County) and Dem Bums — The Brooklyn
This borough of New York City lives in the shadow of Manhattan, both in the world of cocktails and in…