We've made it to November, we're on the downward slide of the year. Change freezes start up, holiday schedules start slowing projects down, and people just plain don't give a shit anymore. But you care not for such musings, you want links and drinks. A bit early, but...
It's Halloween, candy has been purchased, costumes have picked out, and movies have been watched. DON'T DATE ROBOTS! In local news. Gabe has been the one rock among tech companies. Steam has been pretty amazing about avoiding enshittification. On the other hand......
Quite frequently, those who do not follow a team, or follow sports will routinely ask what’s the purpose of it? I hope to at least provide my reasons for following a team enough that I flew half way around the world to watch a team that’s rebuilding lose in a...
What do you mean things were late? You better check your clocks again, as there are morning links.
Nope, not a sharpshooter, but I do like beer. Join me as I try the literal strongest beer in the world.
The regulars are off doing non-regular things, which leaves the morning links open and barren. So I offered to fill in to supply some links for this glorious St. Practice Day. There’s some basketball stuff going on, Lamar Jackson is entertaining me in his brain...
Due to technical difficulties, you'll be getting me throwing up some morning links this first Friday of the new year. Let's start with some good news, I'm somewhat surprised that I haven't seen anyone link this yet this year. Welcome to the works that have entered...
So, I understand sometimes people need links. I may still stick to a theme.
RJ is off and enjoying himself somewhere, leaving me to fill in for movie nights. While I don’t have quite the knowledge base to compete with some of the gems he has delivered, I hope this one lives up to his standards.
It’s back, time for more runs out into the world of cocktails. Today, I bring to you one that had me searching for ingredients, and two that break the standard rules of cocktails.
Back with some more cold weather drinks for the holidays. These do require a bit of prep work, and by a bit, it’ll probably take longer to clean up after then to do the work.
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It’s here! It’s finally here! I’ve put together something for you non-drinkers to make, with a soupçon of history.
With the weather warming up (in most places at least), it’s time to shift focus to drinks to help beat the heat.
Grab your specialty glassware, rum, and tropical mixers. It’s time to talk about tiki.
So how did we get to where we are now in the cocktail world? There’s a lot of history, and we’ll be at least touching on the big notes.
So it’s happened. The end of the world. You’ve survived the wastelands, found a still, some trading partners, and a way to make ice. But where can you get grenadine?
As we’re now in March, let’s start talking about making some cocktails appropriate for some upcoming holiday.
This time, we’re going to branch off from base liquors, and look at some of those other strange bottles that sit behind the bar.
The poor, pretentious, pretty drink. The Martini. Let’s talk about a classic, no tuxedos required.
Based on the calendar, there’s some sort of holiday that people are supposed to be celebrating on the 14th. So here’s some drinks to make for that special someone (even if it’s just yourself).
Based on responses last time, it looks like people are more interested in some theory than some terminology, so let’s get going with some basic ratios that will let you make your own drinks, be they mixed drinks or cocktails.
We went over the definition of a cocktail last week, next step is to simplify it down to three things that you want in balance: Sweet, Bitter, Strong. Sweet and bitter refer to three of the items we discussed last week (Sugar, Water, Bitters). Strong simply refers to a spirit of ~40% ABV (80 proof). So you’ve got your bottles of bitters, your flavored simple syrups you made, and several bottles of liquor that you like. Where do you go next?
Let’s start talking about cocktails, the history, and eventually learn how to create your own.