Having a cocktail at the end of the day is a treasured ritual in our home. We are especially partial to gin and whiskey drinks, hence the bias in the recipes below.
Updated 12/2021
I created this guide for basic cocktail making when a friend retired. His wife,
who was not retired, thought he might want to work on his cocktail skills to
ensure
There are so many ways to love whiskey. For the most part, we do not
discriminate about where the whiskey comes from (though we are wary of the
Indiana whiskey, primarily on principle)
Gin! It’s made from juniper berries! No other plant is more iconic to the West
than the juniper bush (except possibly the tumbleweed). From the deserts to the
mountains its twisted, bushy,