http://www.lambmartini.com An unholy marriage of food and drink Sat, 17 May 2008 11:33:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Slate has The Baracktail listed as one of the entries in their "How to Speak Obama" guide. It's sort of weird when a word you coined appears in public, even if they just refer to it in the generic sense.rv deep cycle battery young filipina escorts nude boating fat clits extreme thong penile oral ... http://www.lambmartini.com/2008/02/15/the-baracktail-on-slate/ There just aren't enough Harry Potter-themed drinks, particularly when you have friends over to pay Harry Potter Uno. Butterscotch-flavored beer? I think not. I'm a big fan of the Corpse Reviver #2, so I thought this would be a good basis. After some experimentation, I looked up ... http://www.lambmartini.com/2008/01/14/the-dementor/ The main thing I look for in a craft product is that it represents the place that it was made. While "terroir" is important, it's more a stylistic thing. Before the age of cheap transportation and boutique marketing, most products had a greater connection to where they were ... http://www.lambmartini.com/2007/12/13/whiskey-from-house-spirits/ When I first heard from Mike Sherwood of Sub Rosa Spirits about his new offerings, I didn't know what to expect. While I have a tarragon plant and cook with it from time to time, I'd never actually tasted it alone, and just assumed it fell into the same ... http://www.lambmartini.com/2007/10/10/sub-rosa-tarragon-and-saffron-vodkas/ I've been so busy in the last few weeks doing fun food and drink things, that I haven't had the time to write about them. So, here's a preview of some things that are in the queue: The best thing I've drank ever: 8 year old single malt Oregon whiskey Tarragon ... http://www.lambmartini.com/2007/10/10/preview-of-future-goodness/ For July's Mixology Mondays, Jeffery Morgenthaler presented a classic cocktail variation deemed The Bridgeport Bramble. Considering it's named for the city I currently call home, I had to try it. Never content to leave good enough great alone, I had make my own changes. The ... http://www.lambmartini.com/2007/09/15/bridgetown-bramble-var-fizz/ I only caught the finals of the Mixmaster's Cup, but Imbibe has the full rundown here. The first round allowed the contestants to pre-plan and be ready to mix up something good, but where's the fun in that? The finals were exciting in that the mystery ingredients were ... http://www.lambmartini.com/2007/09/10/gadf-post-4-mixmasters-cup/ Gale Force Gin and Hurricane Rum, from Triple Eight Distillery, located on Nantucket. I thought the rum tasted nearly the same as Appleton V/X, but at $28/bottle is quite a bit more. Nantucket and Jamaica may both be islands, but the production costs on each are way different. ... http://www.lambmartini.com/2007/09/03/gadf-post-3-misc-spirits/   I finally had a chance to try Bluecoat American Dry gin, distilled in Philadelphia. Imbibe gave it 5 stars in their gin tasting, but it's only available in a few states (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Viriginia, that I know of). The distillery states that it contains organic juniper, ... http://www.lambmartini.com/2007/08/30/gadf-post-2-gin-and-rum/ The Great American Distillers Festival was great fun. At least half of the craft distilleries in the US are based in Oregon, so Portland is the natural location to have it. Hometown heroes Rogue and Imbibe sponsored and helped put it on. The Mix Master Cup was ... http://www.lambmartini.com/2007/08/27/gadf-post-1/