gin | Drunken Diplomacy - Part 2

Several stills and bottles in front of bar

Distillery Reviews San Francisco

Tripp Distillery

A one-man show well worth the short ride from SF

Beautiful bar in the center going up to the ceiling with light coming in from windows on all sides

Around the World Bars

Atlas Singapore

#15 of the World's Top Bars

Cocktail with two large bottles behind it and one small bottle to the left

Straits Sling

Drier precursor to the Singapore Sling.

Cocktail on blue coaster next to coaster and two celery sticks

Celery Gimlet

Lovechild of a gimlet and Bloody Mary

Friday Cynar Negroni

This bitter Negroni is the best way to jump start the weekend

Tea mug filled with reddish liquid with coffee beans in front of it on top of cutting board

Woken Cadaver

Coffee, cacao, and amaro cocktail from Saskatoon.

Cocktail with lemon twist in the middle against gold and blue backdrop

Attention Cocktail

1915 classic remade with reasonable proportions.

The Golden Compass

Delicious post-Indian digestif

Humuhumunukunukuapua’a

Impossible to pronounce gin based tiki drink

Orange cocktail next to gin bottle with blue label with buildings behind

The Aftershock

Cocktail featuring faultline and coffee liquor.

Pandan Express Cocktail Recipe
2022-01-02
I've experimented with infusing a few spirits, but I find it plays incredibly well with high-proof American Applejack and with some bourbon whiskies. For this one, I used cask strength Bullet Bourbon, Vermouth Terino and Carpano Antica, along with Tom Foolery Applejack. If you can't find Tom Foolery, check out Copper & Kings Butchertown brandy as well. […]
Eastern Cork, Riff on the Corktown Cocktail
2021-08-09
A few years back we visited Boston's Eastern Standard […]
Birch Tree by Nomad Bar
2021-07-31
Coffee liqueuer, Amaro Nonino, sweet vermouth, aged aquavit, and cognac […]
Review #128: Edradour: The Fairy Flag 15 Year Review
2021-07-18
Sylvia received a handful of samples when she visited […]
Review #127: Sovereign Laphroaig Single Cask Whisky Review
2021-06-22
The Sovereign is a sub-brand of the venerable Hunter […]
Breakfast Negroni Cocktail – A Fistfull of Cocoa Puffs
2021-06-13
the highlight of the last Negroni Week was Wildhawk's Breakfast Negroni cocktail. The star ingredient is the Cocoa Puff infused Sweet Vermouth. […]
Review #126: Balcones Healthy Spirits Bottle
2021-06-06
It's exciting to try local products when you travel. […]
Review #125: Heaven Hill Bottled in Bond
2021-05-30
Heaven Hill used to release a 6 year old Bottled in Bond bourbon only in Kentucky. In 2019 the company started releasing a new Bottled in Bond whisky, now aged for 7 years. […]