by Brian | Jul 6, 2013 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Last year was not a good one for our mint. It was late coming up, the stalks had few leaves, and the leaves were perforated by gobbling insects that I never saw. Or tasted. To my knowledge. This year, all that rain and now intense heat have given us a mint forest. The...
by Brian | Jun 27, 2013 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Thirsty? Nothing can quite match watermelon. I’ve actually started eating it by the chunk. But, but, my preference is always to have some liquid I can drink. Those watermelon chunks may be tasty but they would not easily slide down my throat. Of course, on a hot...
by Brian | Jun 17, 2013 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
I was making sangria this weekend and I had two assets: time and a great Cab. Time was important because like many of you I am often tempted to “throw sangria together” at the last moment — or perhaps the last hour. I do give it time to chill,...
by Brian | Jun 5, 2013 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
I love lemonade year round. Not just on hot days, but right there when the snow is falling. Gratefully, it was in the 70’s today. Snow is far, far away. Mint, on the other hand, is readily available. Our mint patch is two by five feet. Plus the assorted runners that...
by Brian | Jun 1, 2013 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Cherry can be a tough flavor to love. You grow up, get sick, have cough syrup, and vow that never, never, never again in your life will you have another thing to do with vile cherries again. Except maybe for pie. Pie should always be an exception. When the...
by Brian | May 19, 2013 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Having a last name with an apostrophe is tough. Mine is O’Rourke. It’s that second “our” piece that cause the confusion for people. They haven’t written down the apostrophe because they don’t know what it is. I have given them one “or” and now comes “our.” All...
