The dean of American bartenders — who have nicknamed their mentor “King Cocktail” — Dale DeGroff is widely credited with bringing mixed drinks out of the dark ages of the 1980s (when wine spritzers and chemical Margarita mix ruled the day) with new twists on classic recipes, made with fresh ingredients.
The King is also no [...]
December 5th marks the 75th anniversary of Repeal Day, when Prohibition ended and Americans depressed by the Depression could once again drown their sorrows legally — instead of having to get tanked in Tijuana, hammered in Havana, or literally paralyzed with the Jake Leg after quaffing poisonous home-brewed hooch.
To toast that auspicious occasion, here at [...]
Instead of cranberry sauce, this Thanksgiving you can get sauced on cranberries — thanks to the Queequeg’s Harpoon, a drink from the New England chapter of F.O.M. (short for Fraternal Order of Moai, a social group for Polynesian Popsters).
A joint effort by Randy Wong, Tim Mayer, Michael Sullivan, Jon Bartholomew, Carl Ayotte, Jay Kennan and [...]
The best ink the Beachbum has gotten lately is on the arm of Mike “Elvis” Karnowski. He’s currently sporting a tattoo of the symbols used in the Grog Log to indicate how a drink is made, what vessel to serve it in, and how strong it is. Mike’s tattoo (above) describes a drink made with [...]