Cocktail Culture
Cocktail Culture
Do it for the kids!
October 13th, 2011
Order the Double Cross “Mortini”, featuring Double Cross vodka as well as this charming little baby Chilean pear (yes, spiked with a golf tee), for a good cause. Read more »
Cocktail Culture
As Seen on TV!
Babylon Spice, as served at Paymon’s Mediterranean Café & Hookah Lounge locations, $8
October 6th, 2011
Combining ingredients that are both popular and typical of Middle Eastern and Moroccan cuisine, Paymon’s general manager Jeff Ecker created a drink that pairs well with the tradition of smoking hookah. With delicate flavors such as mango, coconut, orange and cherry, Ecker notes that it appeals to the female set as well. Read more »
Scene and Stirred
Some summit!
October 6th, 2011
It was a meeting of the minds and a sharpening of the palates when The Tasting Panel—a spirits and wine industry publication—assembled a team of expert cocktailians for a Speed Tasting, the results to appear in its October issue (TastingPanelMag.com). Read more »
Cocktail Culture
From Kitchen to Cocktail
Chantico Margarita
September 29th, 2011
It’s no surprise that, when seeking the perfect summer fruit to inspire his entry in the third annual Lake Las Vegas Margarita competition, Rob Crawford reached for peach. The Washington, D.C., native began his career in the kitchen at 15, apprenticed with French chef Michel Richard and later graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y., before he ever became the digital activation manager at Wirtz Beverage Nevada. Read more »
Scene Stirs
Seven reasons to lift up a glass
September 29th, 2011
Elements Kitchen & Martini Bar presents a seven-course scotch pairing dinner 6:30 p.m. Oct. 24 featuring select single-malt scotches aged 8 to 30 years. Read more »
Cocktail Culture
Sapphire’s Gems
September 22nd, 2011
Inspiration led to incredible creations in the fifth annual Most Inspired Bartender competition sponsored by Bombay Sapphire and GQ. Twenty-seven Las Vegas bartenders entered recipes, 10 of whom advanced to the Vegas finals on Aug. 29 at Savile Row. Read more »
Cocktail Culture
Tea Time
Tea cocktails, as served at Mandarin Bar and the Tea Lounge in Mandarin Oriental, $16 each
September 15th, 2011
The tea menu at Mandarin Oriental’s Tea Lounge is exquisite; the cocktails in the bar, delicious and sophisticated. It was just a matter of time before someone would set them up on a date. Read more »
Cocktail Culture
It’s Beer O’Clock Somewhere
Cohiba, as served at Downtown Cocktail Room, $10
September 8th, 2011
Combining beer with other alcoholic beverages isn’t a new idea (ever had an Irish Car Bomb? A Snakebite? A Black Velvet?). But it is a mission too often derailed by combining the wrong beer with the wrong spirits and inviting nothing to the party to bind them together. Read more »
Scene Stirs
Seven reasons to lift up a glass—of beer!
September 8th, 2011
The countdown continues to Oct. 13, when the Las Vegas World Beer Fest takes up semi-permanent residence behind Bally’s, delighting hop-heads and ale-hunters with more than 500 different beers from 100 world brew masters. Read more »
Cocktail Culture
Sticking It to Summer
Your backyard barbecue beverage is well in hand with these adult popsicles
September 1st, 2011
Have your drink and eat it, too! Spiked popsicles can be spotted at Vegas day-clubs up and down the Strip (Wet Republic Ultrapool offers house-made push-up popsicles with a full shot of alcohol in each; $15 for three), but what really goes into creating a treat that gives new meaning to “brain freeze”? Read more »
