Paint It Black — The Berry Crush
Paint It Black is one of my favorite Rolling Stones tunes. The Berry Crush has nothing to do with the…
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A Ferocious Bond — The Double O Intense Martini
What makes a vodka martini more intense? Belvedere Intense vodka. Belvedere, which is now James Bond’s vodka, issued this limited…
Variation on a Vesper
Sometimes changing one ingredient transforms an entire cocktail. The Vesper is no exception. I made my version of this classic…
The Bitch Is Dead — The Vesper
“The bitch is dead” — this is how James Bond describes the demise of Vesper Lynd, the girl who broke…
Good Things Come In Threes — The Triple Orange
Inspiration can strike at any time. This citrusy epiphany came one night as I stared at the lineup of homemade…
Liquid Ecstasy — The Intense Ginger Sutra
We’ve all heard of the Kama Sutra, the ancient Indian treatise on sex and love. Kama Sutra roughly means “love…
Shaken Not Stirred — The James Bond Martini
Martini, Vodka Martini. This is 007’s cocktail. Of course, martinis predated the literary and cinematic franchise that Ian Fleming spawned. …
Inside The Oyster — The Passion Pearl
If you want more passion in your cocktail life (who doesn’t?), this clear liquor based drink is for you. Adapted…
A Princely Cocktail — The Raspberry Beret
Elmer Fudd says: “This a gwate dwink if you wike waazbehweez or yowah going to kill da wabbit!” It’s also…
Drop And Give Me Some Intoxication — The Lemon Drop
I recently started a new batch of Lupo limoncello. I ended up with a lot of lemons, so I decided…