Imbibe and Cinzano Present: The Negroni
Capitol Bar is celebrating #NegroniWeek by donating $1 from every negroni sold to PAWS, champion for animals committed to rehabilitating...
After the latest cocktail revival, here’s one for the bartenders
By Kevin Hopper For a bartender, being steeped in classic cocktails isn’t a bad place to be as there are countless creative tipples...
Introducing the official drink of your backyard
By Kevin Hopper With summertime around the corner, and after reeling from a particularly nasty winter season, it’s time to start the...
How to enjoy whiskey the ‘old-fashioned’ way
By Kevin Hopper Perhaps one of the most iconic, misunderstood and modified drink in the history of cocktails is the Old-fashioned. At...
Make room for formerly maligned mezcal, hold the worm
By Kevin Hopper If you are like me, your first experience with mezcal likely came from a miniature bottle of Monte Alban or Dos Cosanos...
From Ireland, via Frisco, with love
By Kevin Hopper With the winter party season at its peak, winter warmers are likely being poured in taverns everywhere as you read this....
Italian classic Negroni lifts bitter to a new level
Bitter is perhaps the least desired flavor. But note that it is still a flavor on your palate. How do you like your coffee? Cream? Sugar?...
Acquiring a taste for the ‘bartenders’ handshake’
By Kevin Hopper I like to continually challenge my palate by eating or drinking things that at first don’t go down well. But upon a...
The ‘simple’ approach to sweetening cocktails
What makes a great cocktail? That’s easy: striking a balance of flavors — sweet, salty, bitter, sour. There are salty drinks, such as the...
As temps dip, alter a Mule the Cuban way
Farewell summer! As always, this gin and tonic season was a memorable one. However, as the air grows cooler, cocktail ingredients begin...
