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MxMo: Witches’ Garden

May 20

This is probably the best smelling syrup ever. Perhaps not the manliest. I'm cutting it pretty close on this Mixology Monday. Call it poor planning or ...poor planning? I sure cant blame it on the theme, since it was wide open to interpretation, benefiting from the broad nature of "gardens". I guess you could make

The Architect

May 16

This one's for you, Tony. You classy ol' fox. I struggled making this cocktail at first. Which brings me to my first point: don't force a drink. Sometimes they just need to be unceremoniously discarded and forgotten; Much like Lindsay Lohan. I got the idea for this one a little while back while getting some refreshments @

Red Queen

May 7

I'm a sucker for all things Alice in Wonderland... So this drink was meant to go in last week's regularly scheduled programming buuuuut I was trying to prove to myself (and my dad) that I can build shit. Like for REAL build things, not just a 5 piece table from Ikea. Well kids, turns out I cant. I

La Muerte Chiquita

Apr 26

This is my first real foray into mezcal-based drinks. I think I'm in love. I've been ordering drinks with mezcal as much as I can to get a feel for how it works and the subtle (sometimes not so subtle) differences between one another; How smoky is this one? Does it work better with this

MxMo: Drink Your Vegetables

Apr 19

I almost didn't participate. Mainly 'cause I'm a big baby. Making a cocktail that tastes good, looks good, smells good and more importantly, would make you want to have another (cause lets face it, we've all downed some shit drinks one time or another just to be polite) is no simple task. To put things

MXMO: From Crass to Class

Mar 11

What is mixology monday? Basically it’s a “booze thunderdome”. I don’t think Tina turner is making drinks here tho. Unfortunately. I didn’t know about this until about a week ago, so don’t feel bad. All I know is there’s a cocktail theme every month, people get excited, fitted vests are pressed and some crazy shit

La Cubanita

Dec 14

I intended to name this post "The eternal struggle for Bank's 5 Island Rum" but it doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. So instead I made a drink inspired by the infuriatingly-hard-to-find rum (in the NorthEast at least) which I finally got a couple weeks ago after a +month long search, along with my own