Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: The Hangover

Sharkbait - January 1, 2021January 1, 2021

Happy New Year! Finally, we're off of the roller coaster of suck that 2020 was. Not that the calendar turning to 2021 is going to immediately make everything better, but it does seem to have a little bit of optimism attached to it already doesn't it? Do I have any

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Apple Pie

Sharkbait - December 25, 2020December 25, 2020

Happy Christmas one and all. Hopefully you're all safe at home and making the best of this outlier of a Christmas. For those that don't celebrate Christmas, today is the beginning of a three day weekend at what is essentially garbage time in the year. So why not have a

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Nor’Easters!

Sharkbait - December 18, 2020December 18, 2020

Well, I don't care what the calendar says but it's officially winter now. The East coast got hit with a sizeable winter storm Wednesday night, and Boston got just about a foot of snow. So I spent most of my Thursday afternoon shoveling my car out. Thankfully, I had two

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Flipping out

Sharkbait - December 11, 2020December 8, 2022

Greetings one and all. Once again we're attempting something festive here. While we're not drinking eggnog, eggs ARE involved, since this is a basic Flip. This recipe comes from the Waldorf Astoria Bar Book by Frank Caiafa, and couldn't be any easier. It's booze, an egg, and simple syrup. It

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: The Power of Pine Syrup

Sharkbait - December 4, 2020December 4, 2020

Happy first Friday in December. This December feels a little bit different thanks to *gestures wildly* everything going on, But I'm going to try and be festive damnit, since Christmas is one of my favorite holidays. Another reason this feels a bit different is that the Sharkbait clan is moving

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: First Class Thanksgiving

Sharkbait - November 27, 2020November 26, 2020

Happy Black Friday! I trust your Thanksgivings (or for our Canadian neighbo(u)rs Thursday) were happy and safely celebrated. We did a low key dinner with just the three of us, interspersed with multiple video calls so we can see family. Such is the normal for 2020. As much as it

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Last Minute Assignment

Sharkbait - November 20, 2020November 20, 2020

The directors of the post hired to continue writing after the other people had been sacked, wish it to be known that they have just been sacked. The post has been completed in an entirely different style, at great expense and at the last minute. Ok, so maybe I wasn't sacked, and

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Sour Days

Sharkbait - November 13, 2020November 13, 2020

My two weeks of self isolation down at Forward Operating Base Cape Cod are finally over! I'm healthy and back in Boston with my fully armed and operational home bar. So, I've been trying to keep the drinks here as seasonally relevant as possible (with the exception of last week, that

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Cinnamon & Rum

Sharkbait - November 6, 2020

Well, I don’t know about the rest of you, but election stress drinking still in full swing, despite being three days post election day. At the time of this writing the outcome is still in question, though hopefully it will have been decided favorably. Anyway, with the need for booze to

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: What’s In Your Head, In Your Head?

Sharkbait - October 30, 2020October 30, 2020

Happy All Hallows Eve everyone! Keeping with the holiday weekend theme, and my desire to break out a drink I've been dying to try, I made Zombies this week! Also, now you have The Cranberries stuck in your head (in your head), You're welcome. The Zombie is the brainchild of Donn

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Apple II

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Sharkbait - October 23, 2020October 30, 2020

Happy Fall Friday Everyone. Once again, I'm making another seasonal cocktail. This time, we are giving the apple brandy a break, but we're still on the apple theme. Mainly because I still have a ton of apples and apple cider leftover from the orchard trips we've taken the last couple

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Coming Out of the Woodwork

Sharkbait - October 16, 2020October 16, 2020

Hello again one and all. In keeping on the autumnal seasonal trend I started last week, I went looking for cocktails that made use of one specific ingredient: apple brandy. I feel like it is a spirit I always seem to have but tend to underutilize. Plus, with warm fall