Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Make It Weird

Sharkbait - September 22, 2023September 22, 2023

We've made it to the end of another week again hooray! Though at least for me on paternity leave, the days just kinda run together at this point. Though I did learn that this week is Negroni Week. I had no idea this was a thing, but I am all

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Here I Am

Sharkbait - September 15, 2023September 14, 2023

...Rock you like a hurricane tropical storm! Tropical storm? Sure it isn't a hurricane, but it still counts. Currently I'm posted up on FOB Cape Cod to do some storm prep. This isn't the first time I've been posted up on the Cape for a major storm. That was for

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Wasting Away

Sharkbait - September 8, 2023September 8, 2023

You all knew this was coming right? I mean how could I not mark the passing of Jimmy Buffett here. The man that epitomizes laid back tropical lifestyles, and is permanently associated with "that frozen concoction that helps me hang on" aka the margarita. I was lucky enough to have seen

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Bubbles and Brown

Sharkbait - September 1, 2023September 1, 2023

Good morning and Happy Friday. This week I'm sticking with the champagne theme as somehow I've allowed a bottle to go open and unused in my fridge. After testing it's fizziness factor and it having passed, I decided to finish up the bottle and go with a champagne drink again.

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Popping Bubbly

Sharkbait - August 25, 2023August 25, 2023

Oh hi there. Apologies for the one week absence of your weekly guide to drinking. I was indisposed last week since Sharkbait 2.0 decided to show up last Wednesday. The family is all home and healthy. It's certainly been an adjustment for sure. Not just for us, but especially for

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: South American Style

Sharkbait - August 11, 2023August 11, 2023

Hello and happy Friday once again. I'm still tinkering with the idea I put forth last week about going through the entire Gentleman's Companion. I haven't figured out how it would work yet, or if it's even a feasible idea. More research is clearly needed on the matter. In the

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: French West Indies

Sharkbait - August 4, 2023August 4, 2023

Happy Friday once again! I've been thinking about this recurring column and how I can (pardon the pun) mix it up a little bit. Lately I've fallen back into the works of Charles H. Baker's Gentleman's Companion. A book about his experiences travelling the world and the drinks and stories that

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Now I Am Become Death, The Destroyer of Worlds

Sharkbait - July 28, 2023July 28, 2023

Happy midsummer Friday! We're right in the thick of the summer, which means summer blockbuster movies are now coming out. One of the bigger ones this season, Oppenheimer, happens to have a cocktail tie in! Although by tie in I mean there are a couple scenes with Robert Oppenheimer drinking

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Coffee Coolers

Sharkbait - July 21, 2023July 21, 2023

Happy holy fuck it's hot Friday. Is it me or does it seem like its been either a wet. smoky, or boiling hot summer so far? Not surprising given that the planet is on fire, so might as well finds a creative way to cool off. I've been eying this one

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Chacun Prépare Sa Propre Mort

Sharkbait - July 14, 2023July 14, 2023

Chacun Prépare Sa Propre Mort. A bit ominous for a lighthearted Friday drinking post no? For those that don't speak French, that phrase translates to "Everyone Prepares Their Own Death". What does this have to do with cocktails? Well, apparently it's a tradition to serve this week's cocktail: Ti' Punch. In

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: St. Martin Daydreaming

Sharkbait - July 7, 2023July 7, 2023

Allow me, if you will, to re-visit my recent Caribbean vacation. Aside from having awesome cocktails before dinner, the French side of St. Martin is known for the post meal libations as well, at least in Grand Case anyway. In most (but not all places) you get a nice shot

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Put the Lime in the…Collins?

Sharkbait - June 30, 2023June 30, 2023

Man Fridays before a long weekend suck huh? I don't know about you guys but today is going to drag. In keeping with the warm weather theme (as well as the actual weather) I've gone and made a classic that I've been surprised I haven't made before: a mojito! Surprising isn't