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 [...]
Cocktails
“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, [...]
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 [...]
Mixology Monday bears down upon us once again. For this month’s musings on mixological mania, Doug from the Pegu Blog has selected a theme of “made from scratch.” A month requiring that the drink submitted use homemade ingredients of some sort? This month seemed like it would prove challenging.I don’t make a lot of my [...]
This month’s Mixology Monday may turn out to be the most tragically hilarious collection of drinks ever. Stevi from Two At The Most has selected a topic that will pull back the polished veneer of elitist perfection that the cocktail blogosphere loves to wrap itself in when it comes to drinks. This month we expose [...]
I don’t often write about specific cocktails unless I’m working on a Mixology Monday post (one coming next week!) or if it’s part of a rum review – and it’s exceedingly rare that I post about a RumDood original cocktail. This week, however, has seen me rather busy with work and preparations for the dizzying [...]