Molecular Drinking

Mostly Vintage Cocktails.

  • Thought I would go with a quick post here. B and I bought a couple of “Mexican Sweet Limes” at the Sacramento Farmers’ Market on Sunday.  They look like a round lemon.  We decided to give them a whirl tonight…

  • One of the problems with the history of cocktails, is that the people most qualified to write it would rather be drinking.  Those that are writing, tend to be prone to indulging in a bit of self aggrandizement.   Case in…

  • B & I were just settling in to enjoy a cocktail in front of the newly erected Christmas tree discuss hors d’oeuvres for our impending Christmas party. I was in the mood for something new with Rye and turned to…

  • After a hiatus much to long, we’re back to wish everyone a happy Halloween.  B and I will likely be celebrating with The Corpse Reviver #2. Since we already had whack at that one, I’ve decided to mention another one…

  • I think I’ll start this post off with a disclosure and a disclosure on the disclosure in the form of a confession.  Confused?  It all started a couple of weeks ago when, much to my surprise, I received a bottle…

  • Tonight is one of those great summer evenings. There’s a cool breeze blowing in off the Sacramento River delta. The blackberries in the sorbet are at their sweetest. The perfect cocktail to round out this evening, a Kir Royale.  The…

  • Just a quick blog post about one of our newer cocktail discoveries. This cocktail has three things I love. It’s old,  being mentioned in Jerry Thomas’s 1887 Bartenders Guide.  It also has both rye and absinthe, two of my favorite…

  • I think we stumbled on a really good one this time.  B and I were trying to decide what we wanted for our cocktail on Sunday when the discussion drifted to a daiquiri made with rhum agricola that was mentioned…

  • Apparently spring is upon us.  I looked out an our mint has gone absolutely crazy.  It was Sunday, the weather was fabulous and the only choice B and I had to make was how to drink some mint.  No problem. …

  • B and I decided to try a new one this weekend.   Imbibe Magazine tweeted about an old cocktail named Tipperary in honor of St. Patrick’s day.  We are a little late on that one as it’s now Easter, but since…

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