• This I Believe

    Updated: 2012-12-31 23:48:02
    If you look at the current state of the economy and conclude that old people have too much to eat, you're an asshole.

  • Dowd on Drinks Bill Dowd Wine beer spirits blog timesunion.com Albany NY

    Updated: 2012-12-31 19:30:39
    . Go here for the region’s best local food & drinks events calendar.

  • BM&T buys Mahar’s, and will refit and rebrand it

    Updated: 2012-12-31 18:55:51
    ALBANY — What has grown from a simple pizzeria to a string of restaurants and pubs in two decades is getting a little bigger. BM&T Management Group, which began with a Crestwood Plaza pizzeria named Spinners under Michael Viglucci Jr., has bought Mahar’s Public Bar, a long-popular watering hole in the Pine Hils neighborhood. Mahar’s [...]

  • Dr. Cocktail – Literary Monday

    Updated: 2012-12-31 14:28:53
    . Search Home Top Drinks Submit a Drink Recipe Box Saved Recipes Shopping List Meal Planner Drinks Blog Drink Recipes Wine Reviews Cocktail Food Bar Supplies Home Buyers Guide Dr . Cocktail Literary Monday Dr . Cocktail Literary Monday Rachel Halpren Monday , December 31, 2012 This has to be one of the most interesting cocktail books that I have seen in awhile . A man that the New York Times has dubbed the Sorcerer of Shaken and Stirred” , Alex Ott brings us the ying and yang of cocktails . To balance the affect of alcohol , Mr . Ott has paired with it with a variety of tinctures , juices and spices . I guess this isn’t surprising given Mr . Ott’s background as a chemist , alchemist , master mixologist , bartender to the stars and formulator of Mercy the hangover prevention . beverage” Dr

  • Farewell to those we lost in 2012

    Updated: 2012-12-29 00:27:31
    The Capital Region lost a a large number of people in the world of food, beverages and hospitality during 2012. Among them, in chronological order of their death: • Americo “Merf” Aragosa: The retired General Electric engineer and husband of Cornell’s restaurant owner JoAnn Cornell Aragosa was a fixture at her Schenectady restaurant, playing his [...]

  • Queensbury venue makes 12 for Recovery Grill chain

    Updated: 2012-12-28 18:41:54
    QUEENSBURY — The latest Recovery Grill location is officially open. The grand opening has been held for the sports pub in the shopping plaza behind Taco Bell on Upper Glen Street, bringing to 12 the number of units in the locally-owned chain. Like its other locations, the restaurant offers sports-themed decor, 20 different local draft [...]

  • The Point!

    Updated: 2012-12-28 06:41:14
    Here is the entire extent of the wingnut grasp on Civility: "Here are thoroughly random individuals on the Other Side saying Bad Things. This scores us many Civility Points. Hence, we are right about the Estate Tax, excuse us, Death...

  • New Chatham Brewing storefront 1st step of expansion

    Updated: 2012-12-27 19:45:50
    CHATHAM — The growing reputation of Chatham Brewing has led to … well, the growing of Chatham Brewing. The microbrewery has just opened a storefront operation at 59 Main Street, which had been home to an ice cream parlor. The move is step one in a gradual relocation-expansion project that will move the operation from [...]

  • Saratoga Beer Week to return in February

    Updated: 2012-12-26 23:07:33
    SARATOGA SPRINGS — The details still are being worked out, but you can put a save-the-date on your calendar for the return of the Saratoga Beer Week on February 19-23. The event, which debuted last winter under the aegis of Saratoga.com, is an indoor beer festival that will feature more than  150 imported and domestic [...]

  • Merry Birdmas!

    Updated: 2012-12-25 17:47:49
    Pileated Woodpecker: Carolina Wren: White-breasted Nuthatches: And a Happy Orb Year! (Posted by ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© and cross-posted at my place. Mouse over pics for captions, and click them for larger versions.) ~

  • New Tupper Lake brewery in the works

    Updated: 2012-12-24 18:47:44
    TUPPER LAKE — The Adirondacks region is one step closer to getting a new brewery. Mark Jessie and Joe Hockey, who are working to open the Raquette River Brewing company, received planning board approval at the recent meeting where they had applied for a special-use permit to convert an existing building on Balsam Avenue to [...]

  • Life Is Short ...

    Updated: 2012-12-24 04:30:16
    ...times are hard Here's your fucking Christmas card Wishing all a 2013 better (or at least no worse) than 2012 M. Bouffant

  • Bar10der – Ten Bartending Tools In One

    Updated: 2012-12-24 01:14:48
    Don't want to haul your whole cocktail kit to your friend's party, but want to be ready if duty calls? <a href="http://www.drinkoftheweek.com/2012/12/bar10der-ten-bartending-tools-in-one/"...Read More

  • S.I.P.#10: New Year Bubbles – Aperol Spritz and Aperol Flip

    Updated: 2012-12-23 23:05:34
    Aperol Spritz 40 ml Aperol 60 ml chilled prosecco 30 ml soda water In a low tumbler with some large ice-cubes add Aperol, sparckling wine and a splash of soda. Garnish with half an orange slice. Aperol Flip 30 ml Апероля 20 ml fresh lemon juice 15 ml simple syrup 15 ml egg white 60 [...]

  • Sipping Stones

    Updated: 2012-12-23 02:14:06
    How to chill a fine Scotch without succumbing to tons of dilution? A question as old as the Whisky itself. ...Read More

  • ‘Bar Rescue’ to debut 3rd season in February

    Updated: 2012-12-21 20:48:19
    In a “reality” cable TV niche that has become very crowded in just a few years, Jon Taffer (right) is doing just fine, thank you. The bar and nightclub consultant’s “Bar Rescue” series has been renewed for a third season by Spike TV, with the first of 20 episodes scheduled to premier at 9 p.m. [...]

  • Lake George restaurateur charged in drug case

    Updated: 2012-12-21 18:38:41
    Christopher ‘Foot’ Scully LAKE GEORGE — The operator of the Longshots Restaurant and Bar on Canada Street was charged Wednesday as part of a year-long  drug investigation that included wiretaps and extensive surveillance, according to a report by the Glens Falls Post-Star. Christopher “Foot” Scully, 54, was one of the targets of the probe — [...]

  • Jerry Zheng opens third Cap Region restaurant

    Updated: 2012-12-21 18:22:53
    Jerry Zheng COLONIE — Brace yourself, you’re probably not going to believe this announcement. Another Japanese steak-and-sushi restaurant is opening in the Capital Region. The genre, making inroads into the ethnic stranglehold Amer-Italian restaurants have had around here for generations, will be swelled this evening when the doors open at Samurai, 158 Wolf Road. That’s [...]

  • Apple-cider Stuffing with Burbon-cider Dressing

    Updated: 2012-12-20 02:44:38
    Search Home Top Drinks Submit a Drink Recipe Box Saved Recipes Shopping List Meal Planner Drinks Blog Drink Recipes Wine Reviews Cocktail Food Bar Supplies Home Cocktail Blog Apple-cider Stuffing with Burbon-cider Dressing Apple-cider Stuffing with Burbon-cider Dressing Jonas Halpren Wednesday , December 19, 2012 Bourbon cider glaze 2 cups apple cider 1 2 cup maple syrup 1 4 cup apple cider vinegar 2 tablespoons molasses optional 1 3 cup+ 3 tablespoons good quality Kentucky Bourbon Combine apple cider , maple syrup , molasses and apple cider vinegar in a nonreactive sauce pot . Heat and gently reduce to 2 3rd of a . cup Gently warm 1 3rd cup of bourbon in a saucepan to eliminate the alcohol . Add this to the reduced cider liquid . Reduce this mixture to 1 2 cup , cool and reserve . Once

  • The Unspeakable Must Settle

    Updated: 2012-12-19 07:09:52
    I've been there! And this is disappointing. More soon.

  • DIY Cocktail Kits – Holiday Gift Idea

    Updated: 2012-12-15 04:30:35
    Gift baskets can be a fun way to give the gift of cocktails this holiday season. The idea is simple: Pick a cocktail your recipient will love, then get the ingredients and package them in a gift box or basket ... along with copy of DIY Cocktails, of course. ...Read More

  • Five Drinks That Will Sleigh Santa

    Updated: 2012-12-15 04:25:50
    When Santa comes tonight, surprise him! Instead of putting out milk and cookies, leave out cocktails and candies. I am sure that Santa would appreciate a hot toddy to warm him up or a classic Martini to get his blood flowing. ...Read More

  • Roofers Fight Song

    Updated: 2012-12-12 17:31:52
    Gosh. Someone looking hard to find a fight found one. Fuck you.

  • Eight Crazy Hanukkah Cocktails

    Updated: 2012-12-08 23:30:57
    Light up your Hanukkah with more than candles. We've put together eight crazy cocktails, one for each night. ...Read More

  • Spiced Pear Toddy

    Updated: 2012-12-07 21:27:41
    Warm up and toast the Holidays with this spin on the traditional Toddy recipe.  Created by H. Joesph Hermann proprietor of Elxir is San Francisco, his Spiced Pear Toddy is bursting with fall fruitiness and holiday spice.  Multiply this recipe and make it for group!… Read more

  • Happy Repeal Day – aka Cinco de Drinko

    Updated: 2012-12-06 01:00:42
    Search Home Top Drinks Submit a Drink Recipe Box Saved Recipes Shopping List Meal Planner Drinks Blog Drink Recipes Wine Reviews Cocktail Food Bar Supplies Home Cocktail Blog Happy Repeal Day aka Cinco de Drinko Happy Repeal Day aka Cinco de Drinko Rachel Halpren Wednesday , December 5, 2012 Today marks the 79th Anniversary of the implementation of the 21st Amendment , also known as Repeal Day for repealing the disastrous 18th Amendment , which went into effect on January 17, 1920 Make sure you enjoy a tipple today to celebrate Prohibition was a dark period in America . It pitted recent immigrants against Americans who had been in the country for generations and rural areas against urban . Hypocritical politicians voted dry and drank very wet . I guess it’s like today where members of

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