We tried to skip ahead to the American Beauty Cocktail a couple weeks ago but after mixing all the odds and ends I discovered the note for “a little Port Wine” at the very bottom of the description. That said, I had to practice patience and wait until we...
Since Ryan and I needed to drive to Southern California to pick up a bottle of Kümmel, I decided I should start a list of all the ingredients we’ll need to finish our Mr. Boston’s experiment. After skimming the book I discovered that there is a lot we...
As we continue further onto the fourth page of Mr. Boston’s 1935 edition, the Alfonso Cocktail introduces a new ingredient… Champagne! In discovering that bubbly was going to play a part in this adventure, Ryan keenly noted that the wise would mark each...
I love the Brandy Alexander Cocktail, so when the Alexander Cocktail popped up on Mr. Boston’s list I expected Brandy to be a key ingredient. Low and behold I was surprised and excited to learn that this Alexander was Gin based! Like its Brandy cousin, the...
It happened again! The week got away from us. I can’t believe it’s been 6 days since my post 🙁 Hopefully I’ll get my groove back next week and get back on track with the Mr. Boston’s book. There are still 123 pages of recipes to get through so...
We bit the bullet and picked up that needed bottle of yellow Chartreuse this afternoon. Might as well continue our weekly $80 Total Wine spend I guess. Like the green version, the yellow Chartreuse is mint forward. While the green tastes a bit like toothpaste, the...
