Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Not So Dry January

Sharkbait - January 3, 2020January 3, 2020

Happy 2020 drinkers! I'm sure the majority of you are holding onto the last vestiges of your holiday breaks from various jobs. Let's easy back into reality with a nice sherry based cocktail shall we? Once again, we're consulting Meehan's Bartender Manual. Meehan has a recipe for a very simple

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Keep It Simple

Sharkbait - December 27, 2019December 26, 2019

Happy mid-holiday Friday everyone. I trust your holiday is/was a good one. Mine was pretty good, and I did get a new cocktail book to play with: Meehan's Bartender Manual by Jim Meehan. Meehan is a name that should be familiar, as I've made drinks from his PDT cocktail book

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Get Cracking!

Sharkbait - December 20, 2019December 19, 2019

Happy Friday before Christmas, Hanukkah, Festivus, & Kwanzaa. Sticking with the seasonal beverage theme we've been on since last week, I decided to kick it up a notch and do some homemade eggnog! The New York Times has a recipe for butterscotch scotch eggnog that I've been dying to try

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Buttering Up

Sharkbait - December 13, 2019December 13, 2019

Hello and happy Friday once again. We're smack dab in the middle of the holidays. I've decided to channel the season and make a hard to find but yet seasonally appropriate beverage: Hot Buttered Rum. This is a drink I've heard about numerous times, but never actually looked into making

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Getting Fancy

Sharkbait - December 6, 2019December 5, 2019

Hello, and happy Friday once again. Hopefully you all survived your Thanksgiving (or for our Canadian friends, another boring Thursday). Now we are officially into the holiday season. This time of year usually means a lot of get-togethers. Usually these kinds of events (family commitments, office parties, friends holiday parties

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Thanksgiving Survival Guide

Sharkbait - November 27, 2019November 26, 2019

Happy day before Thanksgiving! I suspect that most of you have some sense of existential dread right about now. Is it because you're A) Still at work? B) Still at work knowing that you need to do some traveling during rush hour on the busiest travel day of the year?

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Cocktails for the Cure

Sharkbait - November 22, 2019November 22, 2019

Welcome back drinkers. Originally I had something else to show off to you fine folks this week, however, at the last minute I made a substitution. I've been fighting a nasty head cold over the last few days, and I decided the best cure for said cold was a tried

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Use Your Infusion II

Sharkbait - November 15, 2019November 15, 2019

Welcome back everyone. Just like Guns N' Roses released Use Your Illusion 1 and 2 in the same year, I'm going for back to back infusion drinks. Thanks to a generous donation of ghost peppers from The Wee Baby Seamus, I was able to concoct my very own Ghost Pepper

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Use Your Infusion

Sharkbait - November 8, 2019November 8, 2019

Happy Friday everyone. We all made it through another week....I think. I'm currently in the middle of parental leave from work, so knowing what day it is has been a bit of a struggle. One of the perks of having some time off is the ability to play with some

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Popping Champagne

Sharkbait - November 1, 2019November 1, 2019

Hello to the new Deadspin refugees! To everyone else, welcome back to Cocktail of the Week! Now back in its usual slot after a one week absence, due to baby sharkette deciding to arrive a few days earlier than expected. Because everyone is happy and healthy, let's celebrate with some

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: I Got A Rock

Sharkbait - October 18, 2019October 17, 2019

Happy Fall people. Now that we're well into the season (and the month of October), the presence of Halloween is starting to be felt. As much as I love summer, I do think that fall is the best drinking season. Fantastic seasonal beers are released, and as far as cocktails

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: We’re Getting Sour!

Sharkbait - October 11, 2019October 10, 2019

Hello and welcome back fellow drinkers. Fall is upon us and the weather (at least in the Northeast) is finally cooling down and temperatures are becoming more seasonal. I figured I'd go with a nice whiskey based drink this week, since that would provide a nice warm up. After consulting