• About Cocktailin'

    A Rant about Measurements

    A.k.a. a “measurant” This is not about how the metric system is a superior system of units (although it is). It is about exactly one thing: the inadequacy of jigger when scaling recipes and converting between units. First about the scaling. I like smaller drinks. I will always take 2…

  • About Cocktailin'

    Naming Cocktails

    Naming your creation is probably the hardest thing about creating a new cocktail. Not only is this attested to in the Death & Co book (“It’s not as easy as, say, naming a baby or a car. You can’t call a new cocktail Austin and move on.)”, but the problem…