In the new year, I am going to continue with Toast Tuesday, but with a twist. I am going to be toasting life. I will be trying new spirits, new cocktails, new recipes, new restaurants, meeting new people, and in short, trying all sorts of new stuff. It’s not like I have really ever hadContinue reading “Toast Tuesday: Toasting Life”
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Toast Tuesday: Gin
I’m going to tell you honestly, I really didn’t read this chapter in the book. I just looked in my liquor closet and followed my tastebuds. I have three gins and a genever in my collection. When New Deal began making gin, I was certain I didn’t like gin. What I soon realized was IContinue reading “Toast Tuesday: Gin”
Toast Tuesday: The Force of Fernet
This is week 21 of our tour-de-booze. I really thought 21 should have been the kamikaze, the Irish Car Bomb, or buttershots. Something you drank when you were 21 and this was a reminder why you never did it again! This week, though, was the grown up version of something I never need to repeat, butContinue reading “Toast Tuesday: The Force of Fernet”
Toast Tuesday: Why So Bitter?
This week, its all about bitters. Not being bitter because your boyfriend refused to dig a hole for your heart shaped fountain, but taking your cocktails to a whole new level kinda bitter. Week 20 has us exploring aromatic bitters. Our author guides us through the classics and a few new staples that we shouldContinue reading “Toast Tuesday: Why So Bitter?”
Toast Tuesday: Canadian Whisky
I’ll confess, I wasn’t quite ready for Tuesday to roll around this week. Only because Tuesday is Monday and we know how we all feel about Mondays. This week, I had some Guinea pigs to toast with and taste this week’s spirit, Canadian Whisky. Following along with A Year of Drinking Adventurously, I made theContinue reading “Toast Tuesday: Canadian Whisky”
Lula Harp 