The Cooking Banana Cocktail
Plantains are never the stars of the show. The starchy cooking bananas are a lot like the malt that makes malt whisky. It takes a process to turn sweet.
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Bananarac Cocktail
One thing I sometimes fantasize about is doing the Julie & Julia version of cocktails. To be honest, I have never watched the movie, but I know the gist of it: some girl named Julie recreates all of Julia Child’s …
Cocktails to Make with Cognac
What cocktails should you make with cognac? These are our top picks.
Aperol Spritzmenot
The recent New York Times article on the Aperol Spritz has driven a wedge through our household. One of us likes the drink, the other one is sensible. While the Spritz is not good (guess which one of us is …
Cognac French 75
This weekend we went to Boulibar, a new-ish restaurant in San Francisco’s Ferry Building. On the whole it was expensive and nothing special, but I enjoyed their take on a French 75, which substitutes Cognac for Gin and with the …
The Cognac Cocktail
Early cocktails in the 1800s were mostly based on a simple formula: a base spirit, a sweetener, a sour and bitters. The old fashioned (simply just an “old fashioned whiskey cocktail”) and its many cousins are riffs on this simple …
The 1831 Cocktail
Developed by Tim Laferla with the vision of becoming a "future classic". Cognac-based.
Red Eye
Original cocktail from Jim Meehan designed for the Amex Centurion Lounge
Yard Sale
High Octane split base cocktail of rye, bourbon, and Calvados
Japanese Cocktail
Historical cocktail with cognac and orgeat.