Killing Time, murder consultants:
IF you didn't like the piece below on manly beer opening... How about a beer bottle opener that pops open a whole case at one time? It is not on the same plane of manliness, but it's right there in dudeliness.
The manliest beer bottle opener in the history of time. No really, guys, this dude makes girlies of us all. You too, Chuck Norris. (Video)
Somehow, the impending bartender singularity is already in its rococo phase. Because I certainly want my Manhattan brutally shaken and then dispensed through a series of cherub penises....
The timeline of cocktail history. Starts with the Fish House Punch in 1732. But why end with the Coctel Algeria in 1960? (From WorldClass)
Tiki torches for the modern ultra-contemporary home (Video). If you have to blend your primitive with the modern in your Tiki decor as I do, these might make an excellent merge point.
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Doug
under drinking, General Cocktails, Rule 2
Kara Newman, author of Spice & Ice, posts a her list of 11 Cocktail & Spirit Trends for 2001.
I doubt #2 (At least in 2011). I fully expect #5. I hope for #9. And I’m afraid she may be right with #8.
Go read.
December 19th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
Yeah. No on #2 (unemployment is far too high to start flaunting yet), I doubt the flame-out of tiki is that imminent (again with the bad economy, escapism isn’t a bad idea), and I hope not on #4 (seriously, I just want a good drink). Huitlacoche cocktails would definitely say that things had been taken too far, but more bitters, whiskey (and rum), and other sweeteners (again with the tiki) are all well and good.
Jordan(Quote) (Reply)
February 15th, 2011 at 1:49 am
Doug — I’ll still be here to share a tiki drink with you. I think it’s one of the few areas of drink where Liberace-like excess is expected. I don’t want miniature corn cobs in my martini, but garnish my Krakatoa with a fire-breathing monkey that juggles pop rocks and I’m there! Then again, Trader Vic’s has many a badly made drink on their menu.
If bartenders continue to over-complicate things, tikis may be the perfect medium.
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