Orange Is The New Cocktail — The Orange Satchmo Satchmo (short for “satchel mouth”) is the nickname of the late great musical legend Louis Armstrong. It’s also the name… Continue reading “Orange Is The New Cocktail — The Orange Satchmo”…
Cocktail Rock You Like A … — The Hurricane The Hurricane is associated with New Orleans, not the 1980s rock anthem from the Scorpions. It’s not the official cocktail… Continue reading “Cocktail Rock You Like A … — The Hurricane”…
Got Intense? — Putting My Money Where My Liver Is I got Intense. Barrow’s Intense. Barrow’s Intense is an excellent ginger liqueur that lives up to its name and multiple… Continue reading “Got Intense? — Putting My Money Where My Liver Is”…
New Orleans Happiness — The Antoine’s Smile Antoine’s is a great old school restaurant in New Orleans. Many years ago Lawson Rollins, my best friend in college… Continue reading “New Orleans Happiness — The Antoine’s Smile”…
South American Santa — The Peruvian Christmas ‘Tis the season for cocktails! Ok, as far as I’m concerned it’s always the season for cocktails. This Christmas dare… Continue reading “South American Santa — The Peruvian Christmas”…
A Bright Beacon Of Bourbon — The Kentucky Sunshine I promised to post two bourbon cocktails this month because September is National Bourbon Heritage Month. So here we go… Continue reading “A Bright Beacon Of Bourbon — The Kentucky Sunshine”…
The Resilience Of New Orleans Ten years ago today Hurricane Katrina smashed into New Orleans and left in her wake lost lives, uprooted communities, and… Continue reading “The Resilience Of New Orleans”…
Tales From Tales This year’s Tales of the Cocktail conference (my second) in New Orleans was a glorious success. Hung out at familiar… Continue reading “Tales From Tales”…
Old Meets New — The Vieux Nouveau Sazerac Great experiences, meeting old friends, and making new ones — that’s how I describe the recent Tales of the Cocktail… Continue reading “Old Meets New — The Vieux Nouveau Sazerac”…
Tales of the Cocktail — Welcome to the Den! Here’s a multiple choice question — if you’re reading this it means you: while you were I’m honored that you… Continue reading “Tales of the Cocktail — Welcome to the Den!”…