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Friday cocktail (Yes it’s back!) – The Alaska

October 30, 2025October 24, 2025 by Tom Faranda

Delicious – if you like gin martini you should try this. The trick is finding yellow chartreuse. We like the recipe exactly as Steve the Bartender shows, but with two dashes of orange bitters instead of one. You can experiment with proportions; maybe 2 oz. of gin or a bit more than half an ounce … Read more

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Friday cocktail – by popular request – the Sidecar!

December 31, 2025September 13, 2024 by Tom Faranda

Another three ingredient cocktail – cognac, orange liqueur, and lemon juice – which changes as you vary the ratios. You don't have to sugar the rim, and you can add demarara syrup. The link below the video shows four variations and answers the question of which came first, the cocktail or the motorcycle attachment.   … Read more

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“4 Spooky Halloween Cocktails for Grown-ups”

October 30, 2025October 23, 2022 by Tom Faranda

I like this guy. A professional bartender, he started this channel during the pandemic. I outgrew lite beer in 2005, congruent with starting my chemotherapy and have picked up several cocktail ideas from him in the last few months. The El Diablo is the easiest to make.  

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