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Archive for September, 2008

Stocking Your Bar with the Basics – One Cocktail at a Time

Posted in angostura bitters, Bitters, Cocktails, column, David Wondrich, Gin, Hanky Panky, Hearst, Hibiscus, Italian Vermouth, lime juice, Orange Bitters, Orange Juice, Pinky Gonzales, Rum, Rye, Trader Vic, Vermouth, Ward Eight, Weekly Dig on September 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »

by Pink Lady Hanky Panky’s column in this week’s Dig advocates building your home bar on a cocktail by cocktail basis: each week, choose a favorite cocktail and purchase the items necessary to mix it at home. With this method, you will never be left wondering what you can mix with the items you have [...]

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The Endangered Cocktail of the Month: The Scoff Law

Posted in Broads, Chartreuse, Cocktails, Endangered Cocktail of the Month, French Vermouth, Green Chartreuse, Grenadine, lemon juice, Scoff Law on September 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Welcome to the Endangered Cocktail of the Month, a new feature on the LUPEC Boston online home. To help us achieve our goals of “breeding, raising, and releasing nearly extinct drinks into the wild”, LUPEC Boston will select a new classic cocktail to revive at local bars and restaurants each month. We’ll write about the [...]

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Boston by way of Paris: the Scoff Law Cocktail

Posted in Bitters, Boston broads, Broads, Cocktails, Scoff Law on September 21, 2008 | 5 Comments »

by Pink Lady scoff·law – \-ˌlȯ\ – noun: a contemptuous law violator.* As the story goes, the Scoff Law cocktail was invented in 1924 at Harry’s New York Bar in Paris. The word, however, was invented in Boston the previous fall. Here’s story of how one beget the other.** In October of 1923 prominent Anti-Saloon [...]

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Fabulous Fall Cocktails

Posted in angostura bitters, Benedictine, Bourbon, brandy, Cocktails, Green Chartreuse, Jamaican rum, maraschino liqueur, Pimento Dram, St. Elizabeth Allspice Dram, Yellow Chartreuse on September 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »

We’re always sad to say goodbye to summer, but happy to welcome a new season of drinking and all that that entails. If you read this week’s column in the Dig you know we are all about the fall-tastic flavors you can create with a little Allspice Dram. Since this also happens to be National [...]

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Reasons to Love Chartreuse

Posted in grapefruit juice, lemon juice, lime juice, Plymouth gin, simple syrup, St-Germain, Yellow Chartreuse on September 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Chartreuse is an enchanting liqueur if there ever was one. As we covered in this week’s Dig, the Chartreuse we drink today is based on a recipe for an “Elixir of Long Life” that was handed down to the Order of Carthusian monks in the 17th century. Reputed since their founding in 1084 as the [...]

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Genever – its a Dutch thing

Posted in angostura bitters, genever, Gin, Italian Vermouth, maraschino liqueur, the Martinez on September 3, 2008 | 7 Comments »

by Pink Lady When I studied abroad in Ireland my junior year, I was shocked to learn that my Irish roommates preferred Budweiser to Guinness. The American import was pissier and more expensive than their native stout, yet none of the lads would be caught in the pub with a Guinness in hand. I chalked [...]

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