by Brian | Feb 19, 2020 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
In the lovely new Tex-Mex cookbook Ama, you will find exciting recipes for food and for beverages. That picture shows hibiscus syrup made with dried hibiscus flowers. What to do with that syrup? Smell it for one thing. Smell it. Then, add it to club soda. Or...
by Brian | Jan 31, 2019 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
This Sunday is the Super Bowl and you have a range of beverages you can enjoy. Suzi and I do not drink in quantity but in quality. Five years ago I posted this recipe from The Spotted Pig, a combination of Aperol, St. Germain, and sparkling wine. The recipe...
by Brian | Nov 4, 2018 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes, Syrups
In Seattle there is a bar called Canon that is considered one of the top 30 bars in the world. The world. Next time I visit my daughter there, we are going drinking. In the meantime, I just got The Canon Cocktail Book [2016] and I’m planning on deep explorations. Many...
by Brian | Oct 23, 2018 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
An Aperol Spritz is a divine beverage. And, as Suzi and I discovered last spring in Milan, a lifesaver. We were dead on our ass after hours of walking. We found a lovely and historic bar a mile from the cathedral, sat, had our spritzes and some mini-sandwiches and...
by Brian | May 20, 2018 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
“We need Aperol,” I told my wife. “We should buy a case,” she said. Not an exaggeration by any means, as this beverage demonstrates. I’ve been experimenting with Aperol in combination with different spirits. Suzi loves her G&T. I’m into the Aperol and, of course,...