How it all started.
For me (that is, Christa), it started on a trip to Hawaii. We were waiting for dinner one balmy evening and looking at the drinks menu at the lovely resort where we were staying. I decided a Mai-Tai...
View ArticleWhite Lion
For this week’s post, we’re having a taste of something a little different. We managed to get our hands on a bottle of White Lion VSOA. What is it, you ask? Well, it’s a liquor made out of the...
View ArticleStation Break
Regrettably, we here at Booze Nerds are under the weather this week, and cannot join you for our regularly scheduled conversation about cocktails. Please check in next week, where we’ll be providing a...
View ArticleMxMo: Southern Virgin & Peruvian Disco
It’s Mixology Monday time again. This month’s theme comes from Andrea from Gin Hound. It’s cherries! A favorite around here :) Both of the drinks this month are favorites that we’ve been holding in our...
View ArticleWe’re a Speakeasy finalist!
We found out today that we made the finals in the Speakeasy cocktail competition from Slow Foods with our July 5th cocktail. We’re very excited! We’d love to encourage all of you to vote for us so we...
View ArticleCampari: A Milanese Belle with a Bite
Strong bitter-sweet liqueurs are often welcome additions to cocktails, and we use them frequently. Chartreuse brings welcome herbal notes, maraschino brings cherry and almond flavors, and Campari...
View ArticleMxMo CIII: Standoffish
Update: The roundup is now live. Happy November, everybody! Now that we’re into the cold weather, it’s a good time to be bringing out the richer, stronger ingredients for use in cocktails. How to use...
View ArticleMxMo CIII: The “Standoffish” Roundup
We are very excited with this month’s entries! We asked folks to create or discover a tasty cocktail that used at least one non-mixed element (float, sink, rinse, etc.) and everyone really delivered...
View ArticlePink Sparkles
We are now officially into the thick of the holiday season, so it’s time to break out the sparkling wine cocktails. OK, we’re actually fans of having sparkling wine cocktails at any time, but now...
View ArticleAmaro: Averna
2+ years ago O_o, we planned on doing a series of posts on amaro, which we are *ahem* picking up now. As we mentioned in our original post, we’re big fans of amaro. For those of you who don’t know,...
View ArticleSazerac Alikes
There’s nothing like a good old-fashioned cocktail (of which, of course, an Old Fashioned is a great example ;)). Booze, sugar, and bitters, with maybe a twist and/or a teeny splash of an amaro or...
View ArticleCherry Bitters
We recently went on a quest to acquire more cherry bitters. Good cherry bitters are delicious, and a lovely addition to many cocktails. We’re running low on our preferred brand, and Mr. Boudreau is out...
View ArticleMxMo: Swizzles
It’s time for Mixology Monday again. This month’s theme comes from Fred Yarm, the Cocktail Virgin Slut himself. Fred’s theme is Swizzles: So what is a Swizzle? And what is a swizzle stick? The literary...
View ArticlePNW Ginger Liqueur
When people think of the Pacific Northwest, they think of rain, green firs and ferns, salmon, and ginger (record scratch). OK, maybe not ginger. However, it turns out that we have a number of local...
View ArticleRed Hot Cocktail Action
This week we’re noodling around with cinnamon syrup. It pops up from time to time as a tiki ingredient, but we’ve never done much else with it. We’re big fans of tiki, and we’ve been having a spate of...
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