That post by @cabel that I just reposted is crazy interesting. that DAK catalog and those that preceded it are essentially an enthusiast / hobby website, like #DPReview, or #CoffeeGeek or #Cocktailian, but long before the internet existed. This DAK guy and others before him ran an "enthusiast website" and sold stuff thru it, via a printed magazine catalog.
So cool.
https://cabel.com/2023/11/06/dak-and-the-golden-age-of-gadget-catalogs/
I'm not the only one walking away from Twitter. My good buddy, and #cocktailian Jacob Grier, in Portland, is taking similar steps (though he doesn't have a(n active) #Federverse account).
EDIT: as @Cyberpreppy points out, @jacobgrier is on Mastodon, but not active.
Suggestion: Visit Jacob on these other platforms and suggest he fire up his Mastodon account! He's got a lot to say, and most (not all lol) of it is great!
https://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/2023/10/09/where-to-find-me-after-twitter/
#Americano
• 1 ounce #Campari
• 1 ounce sweet vermouth
• 2 ounces soda water
Garnish: Orange wedge or twist of lemon.
Pour Campari and sweet vermouth into #highball glass filled with ice and stir. Top with soda water.
https://drinkboy.com/mobile/Recipe.aspx?itemid=9
The recipe for the Americano appears to have originated in 1861 at Gaspare Campari’s bar in Turin, Italy where it was referred to as the "Milano-Torino".
#Aviation
• 2 ounces #gin
• 3/4 ounce #maraschino liqueur
• 3/4 ounce lemon juice
Garnish: Cherry
Shake with ice. Strain into a cocktail glass.
This cult favorite first appeared in 1916, in "Recipes for Mixed Drinks", by Hugo Ensslin, head bartender at Times Square’s Hotel Wallick.
I was gifted a new toy for Christmas, a 💀 cocktail smoker, for
#ThePineappleAndThistleClub (my home bar).
I made a Smoked Old Fashion with Ragged Branch Bourbon and Walnut Bitters. 🥃
The video is a bit long but I think it turned out "OK." Working on getting better at it. Gotta relearn to edit and find a work flow.
Hardly a #drink was invented without the use of one or another bittersweet #Italian ingredient, such as #Amaro Nonino, #Aperol, #Averna, #Campari, #Cynar, or #Fernet-Branca.
Cynar has been the most popular…it is made with #artichokes. This achieves a central goal of the #cocktailian bar:
The very idea of fancy #artichoke juice sends the light-#beer crowd running for the exits.
-#WSJ review of: “Modern Classic Cocktails: 60+ Stories and Recipes From the New Golden Age of Drinks”
The term/label #Cocktailian was coined by our dear friend Gary “Gaz” Regan to describe someone who was focused on the art of the cocktail, either professionally or as a hobby. I think it is a great term and I’d love to see it used more.
#cocktail #cocktails #mixology
A day late, but the “#Cocktail of the Week” this time is the #Sazerac
https://drinkboy.com/mobile/Recipe.aspx?itemid=147
Sazerac
1/2 teaspoon #absinthe
1/2 teaspoon simple syrup
1 dash Peychaud's bitters
2 ounces rye #whiskey
Garnish: Lemon twist
Coat a chilled rocks glass with Absinthe, pour off any excess. In a second glass, add bitters, syrup, the whiskey, and some ice. Stir to chill. Strain into the first glass.
#Mixology #Cocktailian #NewOrleans
@swanksalot
And for anybody else wanting to dig a little more into the whats/wheres of #Falernum, I was able to dig up via archive.org an old article that Ted "Dr. Cocktail" Haigh wrote back in 2006 (when the Falernum landscape was far bleaker).
https://web.archive.org/web/20061017160218/http://www.martinirepublic.com/item/barbados-in-a-bottle/
This weeks “Cocktail of the Week” is the “Voyager”
2 ounces rum (medium body)
1/2 ounce Benedictine
1/2 ounce falernum
1/2 ounce lime juice
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
Garnish: lime wedge
Shake with ice, strain into an ice filled rocks glass.
https://drinkboy.com/mobile/Recipe.aspx?itemid=187
This is a recipe I created in 2006 for an event at Tales of the Cocktail, and combines my love of both both Tiki and Star Trek 😉
#Mixology #Cocktails #Cocktailian #StarTrek
