Author: Randy Hanson

Ice Spheres Revisited

A while back, we posted a lengthy description about How To Make Ice Spheres. If you recall, spheres of ice that fill your glass originated in Japan where they are

Absinthe

There are several wonderful cocktails that we wanted to feature as Drinks Of The Week that contain absinthe, a strong, herbal spirit that was illegal for many years in the

Jack Rose

The other day, the booze fairy delivered a bottle of Laird’s Applejack. Well, OK, it wasn’t actually the booze fairy, but rather a good friend “paying” us for some technology

The Happy Gnome: Avoiding the crowds at Firkin Fest

We suppose it’s not really a fair review of the Third Annual Firkin Fest held in tents outside The Happy Gnome in St. Paul, because we didn’t actually attend. However,

Caipirinha

It’s one thing to be able to make this drink, but it’s something else to be able to pronounce it! For those of you who don’t speak Portuguese, we are

Pisco Sour

Here we are with another exciting Drink Of The Week. It is exciting, right? This time it’s the Pisco Sour. Is it Peruvian? Is it Chilean? Who knows. It’s probably

Kentucky Wrap Up: Rain Vodka

We thought we would post a final wrap up regarding our recent trip to Kentucky. Everyone out there has been clicking “refresh” waiting for the next posts, so we figured

Kentucky Bourbon – Woodford Reserve

Although the basic steps in the distillation process are common, one theme that finally became obvious about Kentucky is the serendipity of converging resources. First and foremost is the land

Day 2 on the Trail: Buffalo Trace Distillery

Although it’s not officially on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail®, we were probably more excited to visit the Buffalo Trace Distillery than any other. Buffalo Trace has won more awards for

Kentucky – Day 1 on the Trail: Making Bourbon

Our first day on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail® started with a drive through Bardstown which is south of Louisville. Although we’d spend the evening in Bardstown, we drove straight on

Kentucky – The Seelbach Hotel

The trip started with a pre-dawn drive and continued with some morning cruisin’, followed by an afternoon on the road and finally ended with even more time behind the wheel.

Kentucky Bourbon Kickoff: Seelbach Cocktail

A few weeks ago we posted a teaser about our upcoming tour of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail®. Well, it’s time to kickoff the bourbon trail series starting with a special