by Sean Ludford | Mar 23, 2021 | Cocktails
Surely you have noticed the great number of new cocktails that have turned up on the menus of your local taverns and restaurants. On one hand you have to admire the creativity but sadly, most of these cocktails are not very good. Just a few of the common problems that plague contemporary cocktail lists are cringe-worthy names, far too many ingredients, poorly executed house...
by Sean Ludford | Oct 13, 2020 | Cocktails
Save the mini candy bars, the insipid candy corn, and dental challenging candy apples for the kids. Halloween may be focused on the munchkins but that doesn’t mean that we adults can’t have a holiday inspired treat. These Halloween cocktails are short on the tricks and long on the treat. We are offering up four cocktails for Halloween weekend. These drinks offer carrying degrees...
by Sean Ludford | Jun 16, 2020 | Beer, Cocktails
Summer is here allowing all of us who live in a four season climate to enjoy the things that only summer can bring. For me – bring on the shandy (or radler if you prefer) perhaps the greatest beer cocktail. Like so many drinks the origins of the shandy are fuzzy and hotly debated. Some have suggested that the drink’s origins are found with...
by Sean Ludford | May 29, 2018 | Cocktails, Random
Just when you thought that all of the fun had been exhausted, along comes Negroni Week! What is Negroni Week you ask? Essentially during Negroni Week, June 4-10, bars around the world will mix their favorite Negroni variations, donating a portion of proceeds from each one sold to a charity of their choice. You can find bars participating in this year’s Negroni Week by...
by Sean Ludford | Apr 23, 2018 | Cocktails
Since the very early days of BevX.com, more than a decade ago, our Cocktail of the Week feature is one of the most viewed pages of any given week. Naturally, this page is the inspiration of a good deal of the emails that I receive from our readers. It’s clear that many of you are experimenting with cocktails at home. This is a great development....
by Sean Ludford | Apr 10, 2018 | Cocktails
What to drink? By the time spring rolls around I’m tired of thinking about drinks in terms of – what will warm the bones and take the chill out of the air? I’m a seasonal drinker (and eater) and I don’t think that I’m alone. Restaurants change their menus from season to season for just this very reason. We crave different things in winter...
