Cocktail Quest

And with a year a half sojourn from writing, back to Mr. Charles Baker. Let's ease back in with a tried and true quaff. The Cuba Libre i...

For years Kummel represented one of the larger gaps in my knowledge. On that day when I finally tasted it, I knew that I needed to learn mor...

I absolutely love egg nog. The holidays just aren't the same without it. In fact, the entire winter season would not be the same. I can ...

As with any newly made syrup, the problem instantly becomes how do I use it? Fortunately since apples are so versatile, the potential applic...

Before the leaves even start to turn here in Washington it seems that grocery stores are simply overflowing with apples. This is hardly surp...

Barrel-aged cocktails seem to be everywhere. It is hard to imagine a back bar without a small one- or two-liter barrel perched on some out o...

Lately I have been all but obsessed with bittering up classic cocktail recipes. Though this may just be a consequence of having recently acq...

I have always had a special relationship with root beer. On visits to my grandmother's house, we would discover her homemade version mat...

In 2008, the Bitter Truth won the Spirit of the Year Award for their celery bitters, though in some ways you would never know it. While indi...

Whenever I see pineapple, whether it is the actual word in a book or on a menu, or the actual fruit at the grocery store or even perched on ...

Bucks are one of those drink categories that stretch far back into history. A simple combination of a spirit, citrus, and ginger beer, they ...

March--a trying month to be sure. As winter loses its grip, a great impatience flourishes inside me, a restlessness stemming from the wearis...

Charles Baker tells us that he encountered the Baguio Skin when he visited Baguio City, the then summer capitol of the Philippines, or as Ba...

Charles Baker tells us that this cocktail is from the Army-Navy Club in Manila, Philippines. This social club was the go-to hang out spot fo...

Halloween is my favorite time of year. Every October Tracy and I indulge in as much spooky fun as we can, and that usually means a full mont...

I have emptied three bottles of Angostura bitters during this summer alone! We once had a bottle of Angostura last us a couple of years when...