Sake and Starfruit “Caipirinha”

Saw this on Imbibe’s page. It’s a really cool-sounding drink on the menu at Bar Veloso in São Paulo, Brazil. Sake and Starfruit “Caipirinha” – 1 3/4 oz. sake – 1 starfruit, cut into cubes except for one star-shaped “round” reserved for garnish – 1 tsp. sugar – 5 fresh basil leaves – Cracked or […]

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On making gin

I got on a bit of a craft liquor kick a while back, and recently started making wine, syrups, shrubs, and other bartending-related treats. The latest was to make gin (and allspice dram, but that’s still aging; check back near the middle of July). There are many many recipes online for making home gin, most […]

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Mai Tai One: Drink Seminar

This looks good enough to drink to. Join the Beachbum and 200 seminar attendees June 12th at the historic Mai-Kai restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, where we’ll separate fact from fiction with a two-hour event entitled “Who’s Your Daddy? A Mai Tai Paternity Test.” The seminar is part of the Hukilau, Florida’s annual four-day festival of […]

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The Gentleman’s Guide to Being a Classy Drunk

Because, if you have to be a drunk, be a classy drunk. Intoxicatedly Charming, or a Wasted Bore? Your mouth is always a pretty good indicator: If someone is kissing it, you’re being charming. If someone is ramming their fist into it, well, not so much. The Gentleman’s Guide to Being a Classy Drunk – […]

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Drink Scotch Like a Man

… or like a manly woman. If You Drink Scotch, Love Scotch “It’s the people that want to impress me by asking for Scotch and then putting a ton of ice in it, letting that melt, and then leaving with it three-quarters gone — it’s those people that need to die,” White warns. “[But] my […]

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No, I asked for a Mai Tai

A while ago I wrote about the myth of the Velvet Hammer, a drink whose recipe is so contested that I was able to collect 16 or so recipes from various sources, including books and the Internet. Today, I was looking at an article on the Food Network (via Slashfood) about the top 10 summer […]

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The myth of the Velvet Hammer

Girlfriend asks for a drink. Something sweet. “How about a Velvet Hammer?” I ask. “What’s in it?” she responds, her interest piqued. “Beats the hell out of me.” Apparently everyone’s heard of this drink, but nobody knows what goes into it. I’ve got a place mat from a chinese restaurant on the wall of my […]

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