Posts Tagged ‘Chartreuse’

Here's my regular roundup highlighting some of the more interesting/thought provoking/hangover inducing pages I've had the fortune to read in the past week (or so).

As you'll discover if you read this blog on any sort of even semi-regular basis, I am a huge fan of Chartreuse (green or yellow) in general and a full fledged groupie of the cocktail fittingly named The Last Word.

The Last Word. Please don't ask why I garnished it with a lime, because this drink is served without garnish.

This week, Doug Ford at the Cold Class blog looks at three variations of this classic cocktail: The Final Ward, The Dernier Mot and his own creation, The Asterisk. Do yourself a favour and check them out. I certainly intend to give them a try.

Interested in one of the latest cocktail trends? Darcy O'Neill at The Art of Drink explains the process behind barrel aging cocktails and how to influence your own homemade creations. It's an interesting read.

If you're a regular patron of the NYC cocktail scene you're probably already familiar with Adam Kolesar. For the rest of you, check out this profile of the man affectionately known as Tiki Adam.

As fans know, the 2011 Major League Baseball season got underway this past week. To celebrate, cocktail historian David Wondrich shared the pre-prohibition Cooperstown Cocktail with the people behind Liquor.com.

A bottle of green Chartreuse. Hmmm – delicious.

Chartreuse fan? I sure am. Lover of chocolate? Who isn't. In this post from The Cocktail Chronicles, Paul Clarke shares four cocktail recipes featuring Chartreuse and chocolate. I really enjoyed this post, and I even went so far as to order a copy of Beachbum Berry Remixed immediately after reading it. Ya just gotta love the immediacy of the web. It really allows the impulsive to be, well, impulsive.

This Sunday (Dec. 5) marks the 77th anniversary of the end of the Volstead Act (Prohibition). The folks at Imbibe have chosen The Scofflaw cocktail to mark the occasion.

A beer lake? Tequila diamonds? Camper English at the Alcademics blog shares some drinking trivia from the recently released Ripley's Believe It or Not book called Enter if You Dare!

If the gift guides on That's the Spirit don't really move you, take a look at Marleigh's Holiday Gift Guide 2010 on the Sloshed! blog. It has some pretty cool gifts for the serious bartender.

When you're hosting a holiday party, you're likely to be fairly well stocked up drinks-wise. But hosts often forget or decline to serve a few good beers at their bash. Josh Rubin of the Toronto Star says, Make your guests happy: serve beer. Some nice suggestions for different holiday occasions. Give it a look.

Cocktail historian and Esquire drinks correspondent David Wondrich offers up nine interesting suggestions for what booze to bring to the office holiday party.

As the Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails note, "...the line between educated ordering and pretension can be paper-thin." Check out their four tips for proper ordering etiquette.

My love for green Chartreuse continues to grow rapidly as I continue to discover cocktails that boast this delicious herbal liqueur. Plus, it's apparently made by monks. How cool is that? Anyway, Kaiser Penguin has posted an Improved Chartreuse Swizzle recipe that I thought was marvelous. Highly recommended.

Check out this super cool, old-school Martini Gigger advert at A Dash of Bitters. Apparently it ran in Playboy way back. Makes me want to say: Neat-o!

If you're willing to out  little effort into making your own ingredients, this Autumn Whiskey Sour from Simon Desilva-Naimji, mixologist at the c5 restaurant in the Royal Ontario Museum. You'll need to make your own spiced syrup and infused bourbon, but hell, as I'm finding out, that's a big part of the fun.

Ever wonder about all those "diswasher-safe" claims you see on just about everything nowadays? I sure do. The folks at Food & Wine ran a bunch of glassware though 20 cycles and came up with six they thought passed the test. Not sure how many they tested, but hey, I wasn't there.

Not big on champagne? Always empty-handed and self-conscious when it's time for the New Year's toast? Never fear, it's here, champagne beer. That's right, Samuel Adams is releasing a limited run champagne beer called Infinium later this month. Should be here in time for the holidays.

I found another Chartreuse recipe that also features Calvados apple brandy (which I love -- Jersey Sour anyone?) on the Globe and Mail website this week. It's called The Apple Pie and it was created by Neil Daoust Nectar Social House in Dartmouth, N.S.