Feb 13
Last night we cracked into a bottle of vodka our friends brought us back from Vermont. (Thanks, K&F!) It's made from maple sap, but isn't maple flavored. It's a smooth and nice drinking vodka. The website has recipes, a lot of which incorporate maple syrup, of course.
http://www.vermontspirits.com/site.html#/home
Nov 26
We started with a Jack Rose cocktail. Zach went to the liquor store yesterday and purchased brandy and sherry for Thanksgiving. We found a recipe for a Jack Rose, which uses apple jack brandy, simple syrup, grenadine, maraschino cherry, lemon juice and an apple slice. After getting past the brandy smell, the drink was quite tasty. Here's a recipe, but you'll want to add about three quarters of an ounce simple syrup: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/drink/views/Jack-Rose-236103. The resulting cocktail is pretty too.
While sipping our cocktails, we cracked into a gift we hadn't yet opened. Last Christmas we received Foodie Fight, a trivia game about all things food. So last night we gave it a go. It was fun and we learned some new food facts.
Oct 2
It was very good and paired well with the meal.
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Oct 1
I am in the middle of a two week tour of the west spending some time in Denver with my friend Karen. I have tried a few things, mostly food - duck confit sandwich, blueberry lavender lemonade and a sea salt dark chocolate bark. All of these were wonderfully tasty.
Sep 25
A true 2 for 1 happy hour.
Sep 18
I couldn't finish it. I think I'll stay away from brown liquors with the exception of rum.
Sep 11
That being the case, I'll keep this short for tonight and perhaps elaborate more tomorrow. =)
The new bars: the Pioneer Bar, the Anchor Bar, and the Gaslight Lounge.
All part of the mardi gras Red Cross fundraiser we went to downtown this evening.
Well, it's time for bed for me. Starting the party early, 6pmish, always results in one of two possibilities: (1) calling it an earlier night, which is the smart choice; or (2) keep going, which results in a hell of a hangover the next day. I'm going smart tonight.
Aug 28
Pretty good since it tastes like Ginger Ale. We made a second that was much better; here's our recipe:
Fill a tall glass with ice, add 1.5oz Pimm's No. 1. Then squeeze 1/4 lemon and 1/4 lime into the glass. Top with tonic and stir. Then garnish with a lemon slice, cucumber spear, slice of green apple or all three.
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Aug 4
I will definitely try another.
