How to Drink Like a Grown Up

Okay, this title of this blog is “How to Drink Like a Man” – but I’m gender neutral. Here’s a sample:

One should however understand that ordering drinks that sound like Cold Stone Creamery flavors are likely not normal accepted known cocktails.

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The romance continues…

Those of you following my little love affair with Flora in Oakland may want to know that I just clipped and commented on a piece in the San Francisco Chronicle about the restaurant side of things:

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Christmas is just around the corner…

For history nerd cocktailians like myself, I present you the most awesome bar spoons in the universe:

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American Bar History, via San Francisco

A nice piece here on 4 key eras of American cocktail bar history, filtered through a San Francisco lens. Though you all would enjoy this one, local or not.

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Gimme some love here?

Hey kids, CarnalNation is reposting one of my cocktail posts. Think you can rush over there and give it some love for me?

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Nice Try, Finlandia

This promotional fluff piece about Finlandia vodka features a few things I want to rant about:

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First off, the 4-3-2-1 system that have is…interesting. Drop the “mixer” (and I love how ill defined that is) and change “vodka” to “the spirit of your choice” and you have the formula for a decent X Sour.

I’m as amused as the article’s author that they show of this magical formula and then break it in the drink they’re so proud of. Which had pomegranate, of course. Vodka is all about trendiness, and Finlandia is always a little behind the curve. It makes perfect sense that they would brag in 2010 about a cocktail that looks like it would have been all the rage back in early 2008.

Native Spirit

As I’m sure you know, I live in Oakland, Celifornia. Please enjoy this brief history of and recipe for the Mai Tai, invented right here in 1944:

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I am Green with Envy

Here’s a great example of why I wish I was going to Tales of the Cocktail:

Locanda da Eva

There’s a new cocktail destination set to open in Berkeley, CA:

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Fancy a shot of Cutter’s Ark?

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How about some Jen Reem or a cocktail with Snotlikaya vodka or Watley’s English gin? For a laugh, you might enjoy checkoung out this collection of fake liquor labels for use in film and TV productions.