by Pink Lady “The proper union of gin and vermouth is a great and sudden glory; it is one of the happiest marriages on earth, and one of the shortest lived.” – Bernard De Voto Yes, we are talking about vermouth again, both here and in our column in The Weekly Dig. I’ll admit, the [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Martini time
Posted in Vermouth, Weekly Dig, tagged dry vermouth, Gin, Grey Goose, martini, Noilly Prat, Toro, Vya, Weekly Dig on January 29, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Great Molasses
Posted in Uncategorized on January 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
by Pink Lady If you checked out this week’s column in the Dig, you know the ladies of LUPEC have molasses on the brain. As mentioned in broad strokes in print, this dark, sticky sugar by-product and the rum that it produces are about as tightly woven into the history of New England as the [...]
Hot Buttered Rum with the Boston Shaker at GRAND
Posted in Endangered Cocktail of the Month, Events, Hot Buttered Rum, Hot Drinks, tagged Grand, Hot Buttered Rum, Hot Drinks, Mount Gay Eclipse, Mount Gay XO, Rum, The Boston Shaker store on January 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Thanks to everyone who stopped by The Boston Shaker store at GRAND yesterday to say hello and sample a little Hot Buttered Rum! The smiling faces of our guests made us feel pretty certain the drink was a hit. If you loved it so much you’d like to recreate the experience at home, here’s the [...]
Hear ye Hear ye – Drink Local
Posted in Pink Gin, tagged Dogfish Head Distillery, lemon juice, locavore drinking, maple syrup on January 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »
by Pink Gin This week’s Dig column highlighted the availability of locally produced spirits. We’d like to hear from our readers what local products you recommend. I’ll start: Mary at Rialto created a drink called the Journalist that uses the Berkshire Mountain Distiller’s Greylock Gin to good effect. In the meantime, I’ll share another yummy [...]
The Steaming Bishop
Posted in Hot Drinks, Wassail, Weekly Dig, tagged Boston Herald, Hot Drinks, Wassail, Weekly Dig on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
by Pink Lady The ladies of LUPEC are still on the hot drinks – how could we not be when President Hanky Panky is introducing us to delicious concoctions like The Steaming Bishop mentioned in this week’s Dig column? This delicious, wine-based beverage also features prominently in the Boston Herald’s gallery about LUPEC Boston, which [...]


