News — falernum

Jody is a craft bartender and gin brand ambassador in Edinburgh, Scotland. He's a collector of Horror In Clay, and a few years back was deemed the Ultimate Kraken Hunter and has won other international accolades. He send us some recipes to try and settled down for a chat. The Demon in the Dark (winning cocktail of the Ultimate Kraken Hunter bartending competition) Grated cinnamon Grated nutmeg sugar cubes peppermint bitters 3oz Kraken Dark spiced rum At its heart, the drink is a Bumbo, which is then set ablaze: Firstly heat up two tankards boiled water, set those aside to warm. Grate...

I recently had the pleasure of introducing one of our customers, a lifetime horror fan, to tropical mixed drinks.  He wanted to know where to start.   This was my advice, presented here with footnotes:   The first Beachbum Berry book (the Grog Log) is what got me started on historic mixology, because we wanted tropical drinks for our wedding.  It is a fun damn hobby.  We often have a buncha folks bring parts of a new or favorite recipe and have an evening of it (like having folks over for original Pat O'Brian recipe Hurricanes for Fat Tuesday *1).     So, first thing if you...