Esquire magazine has a series called Man at His Best (MaHB), and this month’s MaHB made a truly brilliant point: drink fortifed wine-based cocktails.  The point of this piece is that fortified wines (vermouth, sherry, etc.) contain much less alcohol than actual liquor, but tons of flavor.  While Esquire cites these drinks as a good way [...]

Much has been written on the topic of mixologists around the world getting fanatical about their ice (Sasha Petraske, who I greatly admire, being a prime example).   Why is ice so important?  Well, it melts into the drink and becomes an ingredient: WATER. Water from ice both chills the drink and, obviously, adds water.  Notice that I did [...]