Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Gentlemen Of Leisure

Sharkbait - June 12, 2020June 18, 2020

It's always interesting when you get a text message like this: "I need a second / third opinion on this cocktail". Checking the link, I was surprised when I saw it was a split base cocktail. Not so much on the fact that it was a split base, but more

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Storm’s A Brewin…

Sharkbait - June 5, 2020June 5, 2020

Hello and welcome to another summer Friday. Up here in the Northeast it is finally starting to get warmer and feel more seasonal. Like last week's spritzer, I wanted to focus on a lighter, easily drinkable cocktail. Mrs. Sharkbait and I are still on our self imposed quarantine, so the

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Spritz!

Sharkbait - May 29, 2020May 29, 2020

How is everyone this week? I see the roller-coaster of suck that is 2020 is still going strong. Mrs. Sharkbait and I decided that we would head to our place on Cape Cod for a while. We usually rent it out for the summer, but our mid June to mid

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Gut Punch

Sharkbait - May 22, 2020May 21, 2020

I'm not going to lie, I'm still at a loss for words. This week has been quite depressing. I've lost count as to the number of times I've edited this post, because I don't know if I can adequately express how I feel. Losing The Wee Baby Seamus this week has

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Late Substitutions

Sharkbait - May 15, 2020May 15, 2020

Wait? It's Friday again? Already? When the hell did that happen? These weeks and days are melding together it seems in an endless slog through the awfulness that is the year 2020. This week some states started to re-open in stages, which is a small shimmer of hope that we may

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: The Land of Milk & Honey

Sharkbait - May 8, 2020May 8, 2020

Well, we've survived another week in the nightmare known as 2020. I've got to be honest, all days are starting to run together. It seems like the only way I can keep track of the days is writing this column every week. It's the little things right? Anyway, on to

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Sours 2

Sharkbait - May 1, 2020May 1, 2020

"Give me the coffee to deal with the things I can control, give me alcohol to deal with the things I can't" I heard that phrase late last week. While I find it amusing, it also serves as a reminder that there are, in fact, a lot of things that are

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Fancy Fancy

Sharkbait - April 24, 2020April 24, 2020

Well, its Friday once again. That means we're mixing drinks again. Usually, my cocktail selection process follows one of two paths. I either search the web with a pre selected base spirit in mind to find an obscure drink or recipe I've never had before. The other method is to

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Bittersweet

Sharkbait - April 17, 2020April 17, 2020

Happy Friday...wait, is it Friday? Regardless, it's a day that ends with "Y", so we should start drinking right? So let's get to it. Just like last week, I'm dipping into the "bench" and instead of using the canton again, I'm instead using elder flower liqueur as a key ingredient. But

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: The Need For a Deep Bench

Sharkbait - April 10, 2020April 10, 2020

Hello and welcome to yet another inside Friday. It's week 3 of social distancing; hopefully supplies of food and liquor remain high. I'm certainly looking to make the most of my stash, mostly because I'm trying to limit my trips outside for errands. Looking at my "bench", I found a

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Sour Times

Sharkbait - April 3, 2020April 3, 2020

Hello once again and a happy Friday to my fellow shut ins. Hopefully you're all practicing good social distancing and keeping inside, except for essentials. Good thing alcohol is considered essential! This week, I'm bringing you a cocktail from one of my favorite food personalities, Alton Brown. He put out

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Drink Like You’re Stuck Somewhere

Sharkbait - March 27, 2020April 9, 2020

Happy Friday my socially distant friends. Have we all gone stir crazy yet? Were we already crazy to begin with? I think if you're here reading this, the answer to either of those questions is probably yes, so we might as well make the most of our collective insanity and