Warning: This post is for nerdy drinkers, not drink nerds. But we might be two in the same. If you’ve ever played a video game, rpg, fighting or strategy, then you might be familiar with the term ‘tier list.’ It’s a list organised by tiers (voila) that ranks characters from the best or most effectiveContinue reading “The Definitive Cocktail Tier List”
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2.2 The Blue Notes – Le HasBeen
On top, curved like a capsized canoe, drifts an orange peel.
Landscape Mode: Subversive Tiki Cocktails and the Unknown Territory of Solera
While planted in a residential wasteland, this bar has defined its own terrain. Normally, cocktails lie in the 3rd, 10th, 11th, or 18th, and only in the 6th on this side of the river. With its location and its glassware, Solera is subverting expectations on two separate occasions.
Peru’s Celebrated Cocktail, the Pisco Sour
Lima, Peru–Pisco Sour, Pisco Shower! Sang the two French women. We were happy to be going out, finally. After long flights, an uncomfortable first night at our hostel and a long wait outside of a Mcdonald’s in a modest, Peruvian chill, our couch-surfing host arrived. Miguel Angel was a man of many languages, but fewContinue reading “Peru’s Celebrated Cocktail, the Pisco Sour”