Recent content by bob_rx2000

I quite agree. I've sent vodka martinis back when I've ordered a martini and the server assumed I met vodka. If I'm not mistaken, the whole vodka "martini" got started back with the early Bond movies when Smirnoff (sp?) paid for product placement in the movie. In the original Ian Fleming...

Hmmm... Here in South Bend, IN we have a (very good) liquor vendor who carries Taliskar, although I must admit I've not tried it. It is also on the bar menu for at least 3 local eating establishments.

Well, working where I do you might be thinking I'd drink the Irish spirits, but ye'd be wrong... Truth is that while I like a good single malt, for my day by day scotch I find that The Famous Grouse is pretty good. Yes, it is a blend but one you can serve to your friends and still manage to...

A Pony Is Not an Equine Animal in this regard... Sorry, Buck, That is probably just local lingo from growing up. A pony is a jigger, ie, a shot and a half... Don't ask me how it got that nickname...

One proper martini is the receipe suggested by Sir Winston Churchill - take the bottle of gin from the freezer and show it the bottle of vermouth in passing... I learned to drink martinis from my ex-mother-in-law, Marge. A proper Marge-tini is made with 1/2 shot of dry vermouth poured over...