http://drinkdogma.com Cocktails, Beer, Wine Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:20:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I’ve got two obsessive hobbies: cocktails and large South American tropical fish. The .0005% of the world’s people who appreciate the cocktails don’t understand the fish, and the .0005% of the world’s people who appreciate the fish don’t understand the cocktails. I might be the only link between ... http://drinkdogma.com/air-infusions-smoked-rye/ I just want to take a moment to clarify what it is actually like to be a bartender. I can’t tell you how many times people tell me every week that being a bartender has some how made me some sort of jigalo that people tip tremendously because I ... http://drinkdogma.com/the-bartenders-life/ Bourbon is a little angry at the cocktail world . For such a long time, it was a cherished standby of the refined palate, a refuge from the candy cocktail plague. Bourbon was a more respected American take on nobility, if such a thing exists. Yes, Elijah ... http://drinkdogma.com/the-maple-leaf-cocktail/ That damn movie has everybody asking for cosmopolitans. I love turning people into cocktail enthusiasts, but man, I might not be able to take this much longer. Not only that, but when a proper cosmo is presented before these Sarah Jessica Parker wanna-bes, they question the validity of ... http://drinkdogma.com/sex-and-the-citys-ing-cosmopolitans/ I thought my fascination with Rhum Agricole was something that would be here today and gone tomorrow, but after my first cocktail containing the unusual spirit paired with some quirky pickled watermelon rind juice, I was hooked. Since that fateful day, I have gone through more bottles of Rhum ... http://drinkdogma.com/the-ti-punch/ I want to be like Antoine Peychaud. After finally confronting the realization that I will never live up to the old “Be like Mike commercials”, I lived in a world without a role model and guidance for several years. This void in my life, filled by a perilous ... http://drinkdogma.com/how-to-make-your-own-bitters-for-cocktails/ No, I’m not talking about those tasteless desserts at your family reunion. You know, the ones that contained canned peaches (or some other abort-able fruit) and a heavy “crust-like” substance surrounding all sides? Really, the only reason you ate them was because they were there and your only ... http://drinkdogma.com/the-cobbler-a-drink-of-infinite-possibilities/ I would like to extend my apologies for not getting a classic cocktail up for you last Monday. At Drink Dogma, I am going to do my best to shed some light on the classics at the beginning of each week. In researching the Whiskey Daisy, it became ... http://drinkdogma.com/the-whiskey-daisy/ This one is a hard one to sell at the bar. Ears of corn and bottles of Quaker State generally don’t invoke impressions of delicious cocktails. What’s worse is that when promoting this Bajan cocktail I inevitably face the question, “Well, why is it called a Corn ... http://drinkdogma.com/bio-fuel-cocktails-the-corn-n-oil/ Several weeks ago, I received emails from two people directly related to the wine industry in Texas in response to my post on Texas Wine. Seeing as how I can be a bit obsessive, I have been on a binge of drinking a new bottle of local wine on ... http://drinkdogma.com/a-new-perspective-inwood-estates-palomino-chardonnay-2008/