It is time to bid adieu to the Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails. We have reached the end of the alphabet and the last word, as it were is…
Of course, I had to finish with a an entry about books. Very on brand for me.
Cocktail Book – W to Z
Cocktail Book T-V
Last month, I mistakenly wrote that it was the penultimate post in fun words from the Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails. I wrote too soon, it is this month. Next month brings the last 4 letters of the alphabet which includes Whiskey.
But back to this group T-V, the choice is …. Tahona!
Cocktail Book P – S
Time for the penultimate post from the Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails and to my favorite entry from the options in the letters P, R and S.
That entry name wins the day. Almost doesn’t matter that the actual explanation is really cool as well. If I didn’t fear the results of a YouTube search with that title, I would watch videos on this cocktail making technique.
Cocktail Book M – O
Back into the big ol’ Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails and to my favorite entry from the options in the letters M, N and O.
This month I choose a divisive term, one of many ways that spirits makers can try to cheat code / barrel hack aging but can also be used well if used with the right intent.
Cocktail book J-L
Getting into the middle of the Oxford Companion to Cocktails and Spirits, here is my most interesting entry for the letters J through L.
This I have to try on one of my summer cocktail Wednesdays.
Cocktail book G-I
Here is my favorite entry in the G-H-I section of the Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails….
Hors d’age or beyond age is just a cool term that I wish would come back into vogue. It is just so classy.
Spirits & Cocktails D-F
Each month, I am going to pick one entry from the Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails that I feel is the most interesting. This month, I will be choosing from letters A-C.
I do not know why this entry tickled me so much but I just love the idea that far gets added to a spirit and that there is a fancy French word for it. Just fantastic. Also, I do need to learn how to gently wash a cocktail glass with a touch of absinthe before adding the cocktail.
Spirits & Cocktails A-C
Each month, I am going to pick one entry from the Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails that I feel is the most interesting. This month, I will be choosing from letters A-C.
This time the entry is Black Velvet…
A- it is a beer cocktail
B – it has a cool history and an association with gamblers
C – very weird combination