Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: State of the Bar

Sharkbait - January 13, 2023January 12, 2023

It finally happened. After three years of avoiding it, I finally got COVID. Six days in Florida is all it took for the family to get it. Thankfully, it has been a very minor case (thanks vaccines!). I mostly have a low grade intermittent headache, slight cough and that's about it.

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Hail Caesar!

Sharkbait - January 6, 2023January 6, 2023

I spent most of the week visiting friends and avoiding the cold in Florida, visiting friends, and staying with Boris. Given we were ringing in the New Year down here, I thought this week would be a good one to finally answer Balls' request of making and trying Caesars that

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Fly Me To The Moon

Sharkbait - December 30, 2022December 30, 2022

Happy last Friday of 2022! Originally, I was planning on having the much anticipated Caesar tasting from Letterkenny I promised Balls I would do a very, very long time ago. Despite New Years Eve/Day coming up rapidly, I've decided to postpone that entry for two reasons. One: For Christmas I

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Happy Festivus

Sharkbait - December 23, 2022December 23, 2022

Happy Festivus! I've got a lotta problems with you people, and now you're gonna hear about it! That's a lie. I have no problem with you fine folks. It's just a really good line, and needed to be said. Today, I'm bringing you another seasonal cocktail. This one is from a

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Ho Ho The Mistletoe

Sharkbait - December 16, 2022December 16, 2022

Happy Friday! Last week I promised some more seasonally relevant cocktails and I've bringing it today. This week I made a great gin cocktail called Under The Mistletoe. What intrigues me is the addition of the fresh cranberries as a muddling ingredient and as a garnish. Good thing I'll be

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Flip 2 – Electric Boogaloo

Sharkbait - December 9, 2022December 9, 2022

Happy Friday once again! I hope those that are playing are still alive in the Little Drummer Boy Challenge! I somehow am after a weekend away in New York. Speaking of holiday type things, now that we're knee deep in the Holidays (haus Sharkbait is in the process of getting

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Orient Express

Sharkbait - December 2, 2022December 1, 2022

Happy first Friday in December. I was having a conversation with Mrs. Sharkbait the other day, and we were trying to figure out a good analogy for this time of year. I mean, we're already in the 4th quarter, but have we hit garbage time status yet? We came to

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: A Punch Above

Sharkbait - November 25, 2022November 25, 2022

Happy Black Friday! The grand plan I had this week was to make a punch for Thanksgiving and then discuss it here. As good of an idea as that was, I didn't think through the whole "write a post after hosting a dinner for 14 people" thing. So apologies for

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Audience Participation

Sharkbait - November 18, 2022November 18, 2022

Hello and welcome to a different kind of cocktail of the week post. This week, I've got nothing to share with you since I've been under the weather recently. My head cold deteriorated since last week's tea based drink to the point where I'm just regaining my voice. So, with

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Sick In The Head

Sharkbait - November 11, 2022November 11, 2022

Happy Friday, as well as Remembrance/Veterans/Armistice day. I've finally caught was was going around. Not COVID thankfully, but whatever head cold/cough that has been bothering Mrs. Sharkbait and Sharkette the last two weeks finally sunk it's teeth in me. It's a less than ideal situation to be in when it hurts

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Substitutions

Sharkbait - November 4, 2022November 3, 2022

Happy Friday one and all. This week I'm keeping it simple, but also taking a bit of a risk. In honor of the trip to New York City I'm taking this weekend, I wanted to make this Manhattan variant called the Just For Mary. The risk comes from the ingredient

Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: The Long Weekend 1

Sharkbait - October 28, 2022October 28, 2022

Happy Friday! This is the first of two back to back long weekends I have, and I fully intend on enjoying every minute of them. As I've mentioned before here, I enjoy looking for seasonal drinks, and once again this week was no exception. Though I'm not sure how "seasonal"