Cutting Edge Cocktail — The Guillotine
Famously associated with the French Revolution, the guillotine is a device designed for a lethal purpose – beheading people. It…
Category: Tequila/Mezcal
Tequila and Mezcal are Mexican spirits distilled from the agave plant. Steam the heart of blue agave to get tequila, and roast the heart of agave to get mezcal (which is smokier).
Robin Hood and Archer – The Bow and Arrow
The subject of many stories and films, Robin Hood is a famous fictional English hero (and an amazing archer). The…
Cocktail Painting — The Nighthawk
Evoking stark contrasts between light and dark, and between loneliness and community, Nighthawks is a famous 1942 painting by Edward…
Ask Your Fortune — The Magic 8 Ball
Answering important questions (and not so important) questions with twenty possible answers, the Magic 8 Ball is a toy that…
Stompin’ in Savannah — The Savoy Society
Recorded for the first time in 1934, numerous artists have covered the song “Stompin’ at the Savoy” over the years…
Stimulated, Muscled, Or …? — The All Jacked Up
Is someone really excited? Is someone seriously muscled? Is someone or something really FU as in the old military acronyms…
Robin Williams and Wordsmiths — The Dead Poet
Starring the late great Robin Williams (and featuring soon to be well known actors such as Ethan Hawke and Josh…
Lively And Boozy — The Pura Vida
“Pura vida” is a Spanish phrase that literally means “pure life.” While Costa Rica uses the phrase as a national…
A Bullfighting Drink — The Matador
Bullfighting is a brutally elegant spectacle of human versus animal. A matador is the man or woman (or rabbit, if…
An Ode To Irish Cocktail Joy — The Good Cork
Ms. Cocktail Den had a business trip to Cork, a small city in southwest Ireland, and I shamelessly tagged along.…