Introducing First Pour Cocktails August 8, 2019August 8, 2019Nick Comment A few months back, my girlfriend and I began First Pour Cocktails – a site to help us document our enthusiasm for cocktails [...]
Mint Spritz December 31, 2016Nick Comment Happy almost New Year! Sliding one last one under the door with a Mint Spritz! This cocktail is a great Negroni alternative to [...]
Asti Mimosa December 30, 2016December 31, 2016Nick Comment It’s almost the New Year, and what better drink to ring it in with than the Asti Mimosa. Mimosas are of course the best [...]
French 95 July 22, 2016July 21, 2016Nick Comment French 95 As previously mentioned, the French 75 was a named after the artillery rounds in World War I. But what if you [...]
Elder Fashioned Royale July 15, 2016July 16, 2016Nick Comment Elder Fashioned Royale Death & Co’s Modern Classic Cocktails book is one of the most influential cocktail books on my shelf. With a [...]
Sixth City July 9, 2016July 14, 2016Nick Comment Sixth City Coined in the 1970s, the nickname, “The Mistake By The Lake” has long been one that haunted Cleveland. This is just [...]
Sparkling Aviation July 1, 2016July 1, 2016Nick Comment Sparkling Aviation Happy 4th of July! In celebration, we’ll be making a riff on a classic cocktail, the Aviation. A normal aviation consists [...]
French 75 June 17, 2016June 17, 2016Nick Comment French 75 The French 75 is a classic drink named for the French artillery gun which fired 75 mm rounds. While the gun [...]
The Algonquin June 10, 2016June 10, 2016Nick Comment The Algonquin There was an era, not so long ago, when cocktails and writers went together like peanut butter and jelly. Great writers [...]
The Perfect Martini June 3, 2016June 9, 2016Nick Comment The Perfect Martini While the Classic Martini may get most of the attention, it doesn’t mean there aren’t variants. For those that can’t [...]