by Brian | Mar 12, 2017 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes, Uncategorized
Tired from a weekend of skiing or cleanup or kids activities? Want to just curl up and relax with something exceptional in your mug? If you like maple syrup and nuts and bourbon and hot chocolate, you can combine them all here in one “not simple”...
by Brian | Mar 2, 2017 | Cocktails, Dedicated Drinker's Diary, TBT, Uncategorized
I posted this cocktail a year ago. My wife Suzi loves bourbon and hates ginger. I wondered how this combo would work for her: could bourbon beat out the ginger? When she took her first sip, Suzi closed her eyes, and then smiled. “This is really good,” she...
by Brian | Jan 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
Suzi often has guests from overseas who want a typical American meal. Nothing can match a great steak with bourbon sauce. In our picture here, you see just a trickle of the sauce on top of the meat. Me, I create an ocean of sauce and then immerse the steak....
by Brian | Jun 16, 2016 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes, TBT
When I blogged a general overview of Pitt Cue Co: The Cookbook, I did mention this cocktail. It’s accompanied by a full page picture with two hands holding a very big glass. I took that to be a warning: this drink is full flavored, full bodied and perhaps...
by Brian | May 25, 2016 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary
When I saw the title, David Balfour Cocktail, I had no clue what it might mean. Except, of course, that Balfour has a slightly English ring to it. My childhood was spent reading two kinds of books: Donald Duck by Disney and mathematics ranging from geometry to...
