Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Perils of the EBUG

Sharkbait - April 26, 2024April 26, 2024

I'm going to get straight to the point and temper expectations right off the bat. This is not going to be a good and or in depth post. It's mostly a reflection on my inability to plan ahead for something I do on a weekly basis, and it's finally come

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Friends in the Right Places

Sharkbait - April 19, 2024April 19, 2024

Welcome back to the best day of the week. This week's drink is the result of an innocent, half joking ask of my bartender friend of what I should make. I expected him to reply with some over the top nonsense that only he can concoct with special ingredients at

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: The Fix is In

Sharkbait - April 12, 2024April 12, 2024

Thankfully Friday is upon us once again. This has been the longest short week (for me at least). The family came back from a trip to northern Vermont to be in the path of totality for the eclipse, which was awesome and well worth it. However a long weekend with

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Experimentation

Sharkbait - April 5, 2024April 5, 2024

Thankfully we've reached the end of the work week, and not too soon. This week I've been doing some experimenting. A while back at a Superb Owl party I hosted, some friends brought over a bottle of Martini and Rossi Fiero. That is a sweet orange (and slightly bitter) vermouth.

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Ménage à Trois? Non! C’est Quatre!

Sharkbait - March 29, 2024March 29, 2024

Happy Friday one and all. For this week, I wanted to break a streak I've been on here. It might not be the case, but it certainly feels like I've been neglecting the plethora of awesome cocktail books I have on hand and should be sampling from, rather than relying

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Spring Into Action

Sharkbait - March 22, 2024March 22, 2024

Happy Friday everyone! We're all pretending to work and just watching the tournament right? Right? I'll be doing at least one of those things. I never got into the NCAA tournament. Maybe because I went to a DII school and never went to a game? Either way I just root for

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Daiquiri Days Are Here Again

Sharkbait - March 15, 2024March 29, 2024

Ok so maybe not completely here again, but they are getting close. Though an argument can be made that any day can be a daiquiri day and I'm OK with that logic. Despite being a warm weather/summer mainstay, I say let them be made any time! Especially in the late winter/early spring

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Bushwick, Not Bushwood

Sharkbait - March 8, 2024March 8, 2024

Happy Friday! I'm especially happy for it to finally be the end of the week. Sharkbait 2.0 hasn't been sleeping well lately, which leads to a lot of interrupted sleep. Coupled with remote training for work starting at 7am every day this week has made for one long slog of

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Merry Leap Day

Sharkbait - March 1, 2024March 1, 2024

So I'm not sure where this surge of English themes I have going on recently, but here we are again with an English inspired cocktail this week. Well not inspired per se, but born from one of the world's best cocktail bars: The American Bar at the Savoy hotel in

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Laid Back

Sharkbait - February 23, 2024February 23, 2024

As I've mentioned numerous times, I am a history nerd. Recently I came across a couple history centric (British mostly) youtube channels posting full length documentaries that have sucked me in over the past few days. After consuming yet another documentary about WWII and The Blitz, I decided to keep

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: How Long Until Spring?

Sharkbait - February 16, 2024February 16, 2024

We finally made it to Friday. To me this week has been kind of just...meh. Maybe it's because February is the worst month of the year, maybe it's because I'm now catching back up at work after having been on leave for 20+ weeks. Either way, I've been very much

How to Ruin a Classic: Clam Chowder

Sharkbait - February 14, 2024February 14, 2024

I know what you're thinking: You're the drinks guy. Why are you writing about food? DFO has a food guy and he's damn good at writing. Just bear with me here. Recently I came across this video of Jacques Pepin making "Classic New England Clam Chowder". I watched it and there