TweetHealers and Tipplers- Bitters from the past and the present. During the 1800’s immigrants came to the New World from far off lands. Some of these early settlers brought their primitive methods of healing with them in the form of root teas, bitters, tonics and elixirs. Root teas were alreadyContinue Reading

TweetI love cocktail parties. Especially ones that give me the opportunity to take my guest’s palates to another level.    This little cocktail party served notice that great mixed drinks don’t have Fireball or Tito’s in them.  Far from.  They take great parts and incredible craft spirits and bring these liquidContinue Reading

Tweethttps://bevvy.co/cocktail/mezzrole/luhy I’m a huge fan of Manhattan-style cocktails; they make great aperitifs. This one is named after Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, a jazz musician who lived in Harlem in the 1920s. And, as Mezz himself would have known, the term for a well-rolled cannabis cigarette was a “mezzrole”—so I just hadContinue Reading

TweetThe Dramatis Personae is my Cocktail Whisperer’s riff on the Vieux Carré, the classic New Orleans cocktail. My version calls for belly-friendly Creole bitters, and uses Calvados, or apple brandy, in place of cognac. Sound like an unusual cast of characters? It gets better. Enter a spritz of Infused Absinthe,Continue Reading

TweetWhenever Warren Bobrow says he’s publishing a new cocktail book, I get excited, very, very excited. Warren speaks my health & kitchen language- apothecary, homeopathic, restorative, small-batch… Words I live by and the ingredients I create with. His latest, Bitters & Shrub Syrup Cocktails was created in the spirit of medicinally-themedContinue Reading

TweetDo please join me! https://mountainx.com/food/high-spirits-a-guide-to-asheville-cocktail-week/ May 1-8  Best Bloody Mary Contest takes place at participating Asheville bars and restaurants Wednesday, May 4 Cocktail Theatre with Rob Floyd Thursday, May 5  Spirit Dinner at Rhubarb with Warren Bobrow and John Fleer, Cinco de Mayo tasting and bar crawl with Hornitos tequila at TheContinue Reading