2025-04-20 19:42
Tag: cocktail hour
2024-12-23 11:13
My most active period of the day this year was at 5:00 PM. This is when we wrap up cocktail hour, and I take Ashley out for her last walk of the day. The evening walk is actually shorter than her morning walks, but it’s got a nice, crisp start time:
2024-06-11 16:26
Jackie got some pineapple juice for some cocktail or another, so I seized the opportunity to make us each a Zenaida Dove. (Hers has a bonus Luxardo cherry.)
2024-05-10 17:48
A Manhattan for Jackie. “I’m only in it for the cherries,” says she.
2024-02-08 07:46
I did make my bluevardier last night. It was kinda sweet. Not a surprise, as triple sec is sweeter than sweet vermouth. I usually make boulevardiers replacing half the Campari with Aperol. I’ll not do that, and see if that gets the balance closer.
It is pretty though:
2024-02-07 10:34
I have invented a (I think) new cocktail: the bluevardier! It’s a boulevardier, except that the sweet vermouth is replaced with blue curacao.
I’ll make one for cocktail hour and post a picture!
2023-01-01
Ashley, Jackie with a martini, and my beer.
2021-06-05 18:24
Stopped for the night on the road to visit @limako. I’ve got the Brew Dog Elvis Juice and @jackieLbrewer has the 7th Son Humulus Nimbus. Missing online cocktail hour, so cheers!
2021-05-04 17:03
Found our second silver mint julep glass, polished it up, and made mint juleps for @jackieLbrewer and myself.
Just the thing for on-line cocktail hour with the fam.
Great Lakes Breeze cocktail
In a shaker mix with ice:
4 parts cheap gin
1 part cheap triple sec
1 splash cranberry juice concentrate
Shake until cold, pour over ice, top with grapefruit juice.