Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: High Spirits

Sharkbait - October 21, 2022October 21, 2022

Hello and happy Friday once again. This week, I'm finally leaning into the season and I'm making something spooky! I'm making the Green Ghost. Then again, how spooky can a drink can be when one of the ingredients is made by Carthusian Monks? I suppose isn't very spooky now isn't

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Yacht or Not?

Sharkbait - October 14, 2022October 14, 2022

Hello, and happy short week Friday! I originally had something sort of seasonal planned for this spot. However a busier than normal week meant that breaking out specialized tools for beverage making wasn't going to be a thing unfortunately. Maybe I can get to it next week while the seasonal

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Falling Into The Season

Sharkbait - October 7, 2022October 7, 2022

Happy long holiday weekend! Monday is indigenous People's Day in the US. Re-named because Columbus was a giant piece of shit As well as Canadian Thanksgiving. So happy Thanksgiving to our friends up north. For this week, now that I'm back to 100% health wise, I wanted to get into the

Sharkbait’s Cocktail Of The Week: The Fog

Sharkbait - September 30, 2022September 30, 2022

Apologies up front for the length of this week's post. I've been battling a head cold for the last few days, and senses of smell and taste have been negatively affected over the course of that span. Thankfully it is confirmed NAWT COVID, so that keeps my active streak alive! Whenever

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Napoleon Complex

Sharkbait - September 23, 2022September 23, 2022

Happy first full Autumn day. At least it's a Friday and we can enjoy the (hopefully) cooler season. Don't get me wrong, I love the summer and much prefer the beach to skiing, but this past one seemed particularly oppressive. Plus, Fall is by far the best drinking season with

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: GSTQ

DFOing Good

Sharkbait - September 16, 2022September 16, 2022

Happy Friday once again everyone! Despite being across the pond, I've been watching as much coverage of the ceremonies surrounding the Queen's funeral as I can. As has been mentioned here before, I am a huge history nerd and witnessing the first funeral for a sovereign in 70 years is certainly

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: La Fee Verte

Sharkbait - September 9, 2022September 9, 2022

Happy short week Friday! This week was a little shorter for me since I took Tuesday off to extend my weekend and it was a very smart decision. 3 day work weeks are fantastic. Aside from that, I now have a new cocktail book in my arsenal! It is Paris Cocktails

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: In The Navy

Sharkbait - September 2, 2022September 1, 2022

Happy long (if you reside below the Canadian border anyway) weekend everyone! I'm sure I've mentioned this before around these parts, but I am a huge history nerd. When I came across a tweet mentioning a cocktail that Admiral Chester Nimitz created when he was Commander In Chief, Pacific Fleet

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Rye-sing Tai-des

Sharkbait - August 26, 2022August 26, 2022

Hello and welcome back to the best day of the week. What's this? Another Mai Tai? Yes, sort of. In my quest to use my supply of orgeat syrup before it expires, I specifically went looking to feature it again this week. I came across a recipe for something called the

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: The San Francisco Treat

Sharkbait - August 19, 2022August 19, 2022

We made it to another Friday friends. Time to rejoice and relax. This week was a slog and a half so I've been looking forward to writing and posting this as a sort of waypoint/mile marker on the path to the weekend, and it's finally here. National Rum Day happened to

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: The Mai Tais That Bind

Sharkbait - August 12, 2022August 12, 2022

Happy Friday one and all! I don't know about your respective parts of the world, but the Northeast has been baking for the better part of two weeks. That finally came to an end this week, and it was a bit odd. a 30 degree temperature drop from one day to

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: I’m Melting

Sharkbait - August 5, 2022August 5, 2022

Good morning and Happy Friday. I feel like the dog in the "This is fine" meme while the entire room is on fire. We're in the middle of the second stretch of 4 days of temperatures above 95 degrees in the last 2 weeks. Don't get me wrong, I like summer.