Liquor & Drink is now a responsive website. What this means is that the site will adapt to whatever device you are using from a phone to a large desktop computer. The web pages will automatically respond to whatever your screen size is for a quality browsing experience.
This is especially important to you mobile users out there. You no longer have to zoom in and out to read and find content on the site.
There will be more improvements in the coming weeks.
Just wanted to explain some of the changes on the site in the last few weeks. I have removed a lot of liquor and mixers that had little or no content. These were placeholders for future content but were also crowding search and browse results needlessly.
I have also simplified the liquor and mixer categories (there were way too many) and flavors.
I will continue this process on the drink recipes and will also start revising adding new drink recipes over the coming months.
Hope the changes bring you a tighter, more useful cocktail website.
OK, just got back from a local restaurant that patterns itself after a nightclub. Guy in a tuxedo up on stage singing the classics (good voice). I face the Big Decision...cocktails or beer?
This place has tried to style itself up. They have a cocktail list and it's not all [fill in with a crazy Martini idea] Martinis. They have a Manhattan. Good. They have a Rob Roy. Whoa. And they list the ingredients and they look legit. Knob Creek bourbon, vermouth, bitters, and a cherry for the Manhattan. Damn.
I'm still suspicious. No prices on any of them. And they have a "Victor's Mai Tai" made from the "Trader's secret formula with four rums." Well Trader Vic never used four rums in his Mai Tai so the secret formula is probably pineapple juice and Rose's grenadine. And "four rums" is code for coconut, blueberry, pineapple, and Dragonberry flavored rum. No way this place has four ...
More...
I found Blason de Bourgogne's Cremant sparkling wines at Trader Joe's and have really enjoyed them. They are a fantastic value at about $10 and I think their quality rivals some domestic sparkling wines that cost twice that.
More...
After a long hiatus, Liquor and Drink is back with a new site design and new content. We have added comments so you can participate in discussions about drink recipes, liquors, mixers, reviews, and blog posts. Some of the searching and browsing features have been simplified as well.
Also, I will be moving the drink recipes towards more serious and classic examples while toning down the Spring Break drinks. I want to move more towards a thoughtful, craft cocktail and mixed drink direction.
Additional features such as mobile device support and more user customization are forthcoming. Until then, cheers!
The Brinley family makes vanilla and other flavored rums in the St. Kitt's in the Caribbean. These spirits have a very natural flavor and avoid the usual cloying nature of flavored rums.
More...
Packing booze in checked baggage can be a messy affair. Take your drinks with you safe and sound in aluminum Sigg bottles.
More...
The ubiquitous Thermos has grown up and is perfect for taking that mixed drink with you on a hot day.
More...
Mojitos are everywhere and most of them taste like crap. Find out how to make a really good Mojito from Cuban bartenders in the Cayman Islands.
More...
Indeed, James Bond drinks a variety of spirits, wine, and even beer. The movies push the vodka Martini but there is much more in Bond's bar.
More...