*as posted in DigBoston If a Sazerac tastes delicious to you and drinking several makes you drunk, what’s an easy way to make the experience of imbibing them even better? Why, make them stronger of course. But how do you make a cocktail that’s already about as boozy as they come even more so? A [...]
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LUPEC: HIGHER PROOF, HIGHER SPIRITS
Posted in Absinthe, Bitters, Herbsaint, Peychaud's, Rittenhouse 100 Proof, Sazerac on February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
On Pink Gin
Posted in Bitters, Gin, Weekly Dig, Pink Gin, angostura bitters, Pinky Gonzales, tagged Bitters, Gin, Weekly Dig, Pink Gin, Plymouth, Hendricks, Drink, British Royal Navy on April 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
by Pinky Gonzales For those of you who consider the Pink Gin an old familiar friend (not to be confused with LUPEC member Pink Gin), below you’ll find an array of comments on its existence. For the unacquainted, or who read this week’s Dig column to the bitter end, Pink Gin is a keep-it-simple, Zen-like [...]
Feels Like the Very First Time
Posted in angostura bitters, Bitters, Bourbon, Bourbon Belle, brandy, Cocktails, Cointreau, French Vermouth, Gin, gincident, Grenadine, Hanky Panky, lemon juice, Mixology Monday, Pink Gin, Pink Lady, Pinky Gonzales, Plymouth gin, Rye, Scoff Law, Uncategorized, Vermouth, Whiskey, tagged Mixology Monday on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
LUPEC Boston is honored to be hosting today’s Mixology Monday at our humble abode. Inspired by a chance encounter that Pink Lady had with a cocktail novice, we’ve decided to consider those cocktails that would be suitably delicious for the first timer. Obviously there are a couple things to consider when offering up advice to [...]
A Bubble Bath for Two
Posted in angostura bitters, Bitters, Bourbon, Champagne, Cocktails, Cointreau, Peychaud's, Uncategorized, Weekly Dig on February 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and folks are clamoring for reservations at romantic locales all about town. With the state of the economy and the big event falling on a Saturday many, however, may be choosing to spend the night at home. That would be my choice as nothing is dearer to me than [...]
Ferneducation
Posted in Bitters, Cocktails, Hanky Panky, Rye, Uncategorized, tagged Aperol, Bitters, Bourbon, Cherry Brandy, Fernet Branca, Grand Marnier, Marachino Liqueur, Punt e Mes, Rye, Velvet Falernum, White Mountain Cider Company, Zig Zag Cafe on October 16, 2008 | 8 Comments »
This week in the Dig I wrote a brief history of the cult favorite Fernet Branca. If you are new to the world of Fernet having an entire bottle sitting on your shelf can seem a bit daunting, to say the least. You’ve choked down a few shots in an attempt to be part of the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez!
Posted in Bitters, Bourbon, Broads, Cocktails, New Orleans on February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today the streets of New Orleans are flooded with revelers for the culmination of Carnival, Mardi Gras. The city ‘s population has doubled as tourists have flooded in to scurry for beads and doubloons thrown from floats as krewes snake through the city. We, the ladies of LUPEC, would like to raise our glasses to [...]
Pearl Rivers
Posted in Absinthe, Benedictine, Bitters, Broads, Cocktails, New Orleans, Rye, Vermouth on June 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Born in 1849 in Pearlington along the Mississippi River, Eliza Jane Poitevent became the first woman owner and publisher of a major daily newspaper in the United States, the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Eliza began her career as a poet under the pen name Pearl Rivers. In 1870 she was offered the position as literary editor [...]
The Cradle of the Cocktail and the Women Who Rocked It!
Posted in Absinthe, Bitters, Cocktails, Gin, New Orleans, Rye, Vermouth on June 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Last night the lovely ladies of LUPEC Boston gathered at the home of Pinky Gonzalez to raise our glasses to the women of New Orleans. We nibbled on Shrimp “Arnaud,” fried okra, fried oysters, jalapeno cornbread, and “Bananas in Jackets”/”Nuts in Sticks.” And we washed it all down with the following delicious cocktails! Pimm’s Cup [...]
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