At The Bar: Christiania Vodka
Christiania Vodka is pretty good stuff. A Norwegian vodka made from organic Trondelag potatoes and Norwegian arctic spring water, Christiania is an ultra-premium vodka that bills itself as “The World’s Smoothest Vodka.”
Now, I liked this vodka, it is really good stuff, however, if you are going to make a claim in advertising like “The [...]
At The Bar: Summer ‘08 Prediction
Reflecting upon Cook. Eat. Drink. Live., I noticed a bit of a trend developing amongst mixed drinks.
Herb’s Vodka flavors their vodkas with rosemary, dill, coriander and fennel.
DH Krahn Gin was serving a Basil Martini.
U’Luvka Vodka had a drink that called for fresh rosemary and another on their website that calls for sage leaf
And of course [...]
Maybe I am Just Paranoid…
When it was just a few articles here and there posted days after we posted them folks started saying it was just a “coincidence” that New York Magazine had written about the exact same thing that we had just covered.
Now, I am getting a little scared. I have had a small bottle of Lucid Absinthe [...]
At the Bar: Canton Cognac
To date, we haven’t been especially impressed with the liquor industry’s manic attempts to revolutionize stale brands by infusing them with a witch’s cauldron of weird flavors. However, Maurice Cooper & Cie has probably got a hit with Canton, a slightly syrupy blend of cognac and ginger.
The first sip had us a little worried. The [...]
At The Bar: Cabana Cachaça
If you couldn’t quite tell yet, when I drink alcohol I like to drink it in a classic form, a way in which is was meant to be enjoyed. For gin that meant a gin & tonic, bourbon was straight up and on the rocks, and tequila was obvious both straight up and as a [...]
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