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This is it - my blog is officially moved to www.qmixalot.com 25 Jan 2010 | 11:21 am
If you have subscribed to this blog, please take a moment and redirect to my new wordpress blog at www.qmixalot.com. Now that everything has been moved over, the Jerry Thomas Project is back in full s...
The Jerry Thomas Project - Repeal Day Cocktails 10 Jan 2010 | 01:51 am
A little catch up with the Jerry Thomas Project. I’ve still been making drinks, but haven’t a spare moment to blog about them. Repeal Day offered a chance to put together a pre-prohibition cocktail li...
Where have I been? 7 Jan 2010 | 01:58 pm
Please excuse the lack of posts this past month, as I am trying to move the blog over to wordpress (which sounded soooo easy, but hasn't been). I promise to catch you up on the Jerry Thomas Project th...
Collateral Damage 1 Dec 2009 | 09:04 pm
There are few ways that you can attempt not to pay for your drinks. While the bartender has your attention, you can break your neighbor’s highball so that she has to clean up ice cubes, slivers of gla...
Repeal Day is this Saturday! 30 Nov 2009 | 11:10 pm
Once again let's thank Jeffrey Morganthaler for recognizing Repeal Day and putting some spark into what should be America's favorite holiday. Can you imagine a world where you couldn't have a gorgeous...
The Jerry Thomas Project: Whiskey Cocktail & Boker's Bitters 28 Nov 2009 | 03:37 pm
The Boker’s bitters are done! They aren’t perfect, but they are the best and only Boker’s bitters I’ve ever made. And I think they are absolutely delicious. My only real qualm is that I couldn’t find ...
Gomme Syrup 24 Nov 2009 | 12:45 am
Tonight I broke out the gomme syrup and made a lemon drop with regular simple syrup and a lemon drop with gomme syrup and quite honestly, I couldn't tell the difference. I had three other people with ...
The Jerry Thomas Project: Whiskey Smash, Brandy Smash, and the Gin Smash 21 Nov 2009 | 02:21 am
For those of you who haven’t read my entire blog, I am currently in the process of recreating all of Jerry Thomas’s cocktails from his 1887 book, Jerry Thomas’s Bartenders Guide Receipts for Mixing Al...
Hot toddy - what kind of booze should I put in it? 11 Nov 2009 | 02:15 am
So after I put up the hot toddy post I got a lot of questions about if you can use brandy, or rum, or bourbon in a hot toddy. You can use whatever you have in the house. I’ve made hot toddies with lem...
Jerry Thomas Project 10 Nov 2009 | 11:00 pm
Two major obstacles will be tackled this week. Gum arabic is soaking in water as I write this so gomme syrup shall be ready this week and the boker's bitters appear to be done. More to come.
