Category: Recipes

The Hampden Negroni, featuring Smith & Cross rum

Next week (June 2-8, 2014) is National Negroni Week, but being impatient,…

Classic and Modern Tiki and Recipes from the Tacoma Cabana

The Seattle area hasn’t had a true authentic full-time Tiki bar for…

Checking out Seattle’s new Elysian Bar, and a Mezcal/Cherry Heering cocktail

Seattle has a solid base of top shelf cocktail bars that hold…

Tiki Drinks - Mai Tai

Tiki Drinks Improvisation Fundamentals

I realize that what follows may be heretical in Tiki circles. It…

Improv Notebook – The Seattle Summer in May cocktail

The weather here in Seattle today was outstanding – May 1st and…

The Incomplete Sentence – A new spin on the Last Word

The “Last Word” cocktail has a certain cachet among the cocktail cognoscenti. Originally a…

The importance of storytelling – Lost Spirits Navy Style Rum

I frequently make new and unusual cocktails for guests at my house….

The curse of the oddball ingredient – A cocktail improvisation example

Almost anybody with more than a six pack of Bud in the…