Welcome once again everyone. This week, I've decided to deviate a bit from the theme of simplicity I've been writing about over the last few weeks. I have a fairly extensive list of drinks I've found either in my cocktail books, or the internet that I've been adding to every
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Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Gentlemen Of Leisure
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…
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!
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
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
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
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
"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
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
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