The Mai Tai is probably one of the better-known rum cocktails – right up there with the mojito and the daiquiri. It’s practically the King of Tiki or Tropical drinks. Anyone that’s ever been on a vacation to a tropical island or locale has probably ordered one at some point. And the sad fact of [...]
Sandeman Port was the most recent sponsor of the Mixoloseum’s Thursday Drink Night. On December 18th a collection of cocktail bloggers, bartenders, and other cocktail enthusiasts signed in to the Mixoloseum’s Bar and spent the evening mixing cocktails with a rarely-used ingredient: port. Port, of course, is a Portugese fortified wine that is often served [...]
OK, in my Mixology Monday: Spice! post I mentioned that I had been working on a spicy drink recipe using sriracha sauce sort of on a dare. Well it wasn’t ready for that post, and maybe it isn’t even really ready now, but after some additional tinkerage tonight, I have something that I’m enjoying quite [...]
“The time has come,” the Dood did say, “to talk of many things. Of rums and spice and MxMo posts – of muddlers and slings!” Once again Mixology Monday has crept upon us. This month’s installment (round THIRTY FOUR) is being hosted by Craig Herman at Tiki Drinks & Indigo Firmaments. Craig, being something of [...]
Ron Matusalem Gran Reserva is billed as being the “Spirit of Cuba.” The frequent gold medal-winning rum has a long and storied past that stretches back to 19th Century Spain and Cuba.Founded in 1872, the Matusalem company has been made by the same family for generations. The company originally took root in Santiago de Cuba, [...]
A few weeks ago Leblon Cachaca was the first-ever sponsor for the Mixoloseum’s Thursday Drink Night event. I mentioned just before the event that Gabriel from CocktailNerd.com and I were going to be taking part in this event live from Trader Vic’s in Las Vegas, courtesy of our new sponsors. I’ve already covered the Vic’s [...]
One of the things I really love about running this site is that I sometimes I get to be a little ahead of the curve as new rums come to market. You may not have heard of Ron Atlantico yet, but you should expect to start hearing about it a lot. One of the newest [...]