The Bronx Cocktail

The Bronx Cocktail

We leave for New Orleans in less than a week, but though I have a ton to do I have no energy to any of it 🙁 It’s been rather humid out here in Las Vegas which I suppose is good training for the weather down in Louisiana this time of year. Man! The warm, sticky...
Breakfast Egg Nogg from 1935

Breakfast Egg Nogg from 1935

Timing wise, having Mr. Boston’s Breakfast Egg Nogg fall on a Sunday was perfect. The only hiccup is, we didn’t have any milk to mix this one up with our morning meal. Due to health stuff, I gave up on milk about a year ago. For our vintage drinking...
The Brazil Cocktail

The Brazil Cocktail

The Caipirnha is said to be Brazil’s national cocktail. The drink is a mixture of cachaça (a distilled sugarcane based spirit), sugar and lime. Given this little tidbit of information, I am baffled by Mr. Boston’s next 1935 recipe, the “Brazil...
Wisconsin’s Favorite – the Brandy Manhattan

Wisconsin’s Favorite – the Brandy Manhattan

The Brandy Vermouth Cocktail speaks for itself. Consisting of the obvious key ingredients mixed with a dash of Bitters, this Mr. Boston’s recipe marks the final Brandy themed cocktail in what has been 22 days of the spirit in a row. It also strongly resembles my...
The Brandy Special & Toddy

The Brandy Special & Toddy

Sometimes you have to stop and enjoy some family time. You never know how long you’ll have with those you love and since my Mom and Step Dad were in town one more night, I decided to forgo Mr. Boston for a day. We had a good visit which included Mai Tai’s,...
The Brandy Sour

The Brandy Sour

Between food, fun and fireworks; tonight’s Mr. Boston recipe almost didn’t happen. As it is, I may not have this post published by 12 am but I’ll give it a shot. After running out of Brandy yesterday, we needed to take a trip over to the Total Wine...