Imagine yourself on a desert island, or some kind of cocktail-zombie-apocalypse and you need a drink, natural coconut water, some island-made rum perhaps, zombie brain juice, what 5 pieces of kit would you need on your Mixology survival kit? What are the 5 essential pieces of bar equipment that every …
Sleek with a laboratory flask flare, the Menu Wine Breather looks little like its intended task. An oval, disc like base attached to a long cylindrical neck—but what is it: a vase, an inverted funky wine glass, a graduated cylinder and Erlenmeyer flask hybrid, or simply a container for holding …
You consider yourself a beer enthusiast. Your friends consistently ask you if you’ve found any new brews you really enjoy. Maybe occasionally you’ve sighed in disappointment upon perusing a bar’s beer list because their “new selections” are all choices you’ve seen and tried before. Your instinct for when breweries release …
I’m sure everyone can recall a time when they’ve laid a hand on a dusty, dirty bottle of wine at the back of kitchen cupboard. You carefully extract the cork like a neurosurgeon. Slowly pour a glass trying to avoid sediment. It smells like a fousty sofa in an old …
The dreaded Non-Twist Bottle Cap strikes again as hands quiver in fear—terrified to make a second attempt at a skin-ripping opening. With a wicked chortle, the Non-Twist Bottle Cap prevents the goods from flowing. Evil prevails yet again. The havoc stricken hands scatter about counters, cabinets, even risking not returning …
You’re an adventurer. You explore! You discover! You look to enrich your life! But you are constantly let down by beverage containers that can’t keep up with you, leaving you with tepid hot drinks and luke-warm cold ones—or even worse: no drink, due to a leaky cap. Suddenly, that “cheers …
Title: Cheese & Beer Author: Janet Fletcher She teaches cheese appreciation classes around the country. She has also written 25 books on food, wine, and beer. Janet is also the San Francisco Chronicle’s weekly cheese columnist. This woman is a gold star authority on the issue at hand. Review Those …
What’s nine inches and allows for a nice cool swallow every time in just 45 minutes? The Chillsner by Corkcicle obviously. Why? What’d you think I was talking about? This stainless steel rod inserts into your standard beer bottle and clips on with a drink through lid. Made entirely of …
Synopsis The introduction to Mark Sexauer’s cocktail recipe book (what a name!) offers a level-headed disclaimer: alcohol “is a very powerful substance, but does not move the dial on your sex drive” – so really, the theme of romance throughout the recipes is more poetic than chemical. Although, if sexy …
These days your rocks could be made from ice that was hand cut from a purified block of Icelandic spring runoff or crafted by purified filtration. But in all likelihood the ice you put in your cocktail was an afterthought pulled from the depths of a plastic bucket or freezer …
Author Amy Stewart Originally a botanist, Amy followed her heart to two things she loves: drinks and the plants that make them. She’s been widely published in magazines and newspapers; The Drunken Botanist is Amy’s sixth book. Synopsis Amy marches through the alphabet explaining every single ingredient crucial to beers, …
There would be no better time to reveal a new gem we recently read. Fresh from the creative mind of Brian Abrams, a cheeky and insightful look into the tales of inebriation, mischief and lechery across the fore founders of this country and those we have come so fondly to …