tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50366317989062551012011-08-29T07:26:49.503-07:00Sips and Tips from the Elixir StickH.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14505038871167072496noreply@blogger.comBlogger191100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5036631798906255101.post-41266211300284247952011-08-11T22:28:00.000-07:002011-08-11T22:28:16.297-07:00

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H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14505038871167072496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5036631798906255101.post-12811245577358632022011-08-09T13:07:00.000-07:002011-08-09T13:07:41.470-07:00

So I haven't blogged since May of 2011. Quite the slacker eh? I'm going to start to try again as part of our efforts to ramp up excitement for the FIFTH ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO COCKTAIL WEEK! Well, if this weekend's SF Chefs festival was any indication, Cocktail Week is going to be a huge success. SF Chefs was a really fun, four session experience with all of my favorite chefs and bartenders

H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14505038871167072496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5036631798906255101.post-60298393141817465982010-05-11T13:29:00.000-07:002010-05-11T13:35:56.355-07:00

The anniversary of the first printing of the word "cocktail" is the cause for celebration around the country. The "cocktail" is one of the most precious original items in our collective American culinary culture and it should be celebrated. At Elixir we're going to do so by featuring the Pisco Punch all day long and for only $5. The profits of which we will give to the Museum of the American

H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14505038871167072496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5036631798906255101.post-13666890842248334862010-03-17T19:20:00.000-07:002010-03-17T19:47:44.239-07:00

I was recently asked to create some cocktails using the line of Perfect Puree products combined with the Square One line. I took the opportunity of a guest bartending stint at Elixir's neighboring new jazz joint, CODA, to experiment with the samples given me in order to have some solid recipes to bring to the Nightclub and Bar Show in Las Vegas. At "The Show" I featured a few of these to expose

H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14505038871167072496noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5036631798906255101.post-3082036820603659572010-03-17T19:17:00.001-07:002010-03-17T19:18:39.661-07:00

Green beer? That was fun in college and the Eighties, but green has taken on a new meaning for me, in case you haven't noticed. Today is a day we celebrate the long Irish tradition in the Mission District. From Hugh Mooney who ran Elixir from 1873 to 1893 to other Proprietors like Patrick J. McGinnis who built the current saloon and Thomas Sheehan who bought it from him and Tony Cassidy, who sold

H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14505038871167072496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5036631798906255101.post-9387286907574911082009-10-08T17:39:00.000-07:002009-10-08T21:28:19.918-07:00

I hosted a cocktail blogger group tonight at Elixir for a weekly live event they do called Thursday Night Drinks at Mixoloseum.com. The featured product was Square One Botanical and I set up a whole cornucopia of cocktail ingredients and tools for people to play with. Bloggers around the country are all logged into the same chat room and they are all playing with the same product in order to see

H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14505038871167072496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5036631798906255101.post-82616863819979036962009-10-04T15:25:00.000-07:002009-10-04T15:30:03.784-07:00

I'm preparing 150 of these for the CUESA Sunday Supper tonight. Come join us!A Pear of Roses1.5oz Square One Botanical.5oz Lemon Juice (Meyer when possible) 3 inches of Rosemary leaves1oz of pear juice.5oz Sonoma Syrups lavender syrupStrip 3 inches of rosemary leaves into a mixing glass and muddle lightly. Add the remaining ingredients and fill with ice. Shake well and double strain up. Garnish

H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14505038871167072496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5036631798906255101.post-59986668168303269732009-09-01T13:17:00.000-07:002009-09-01T13:35:57.984-07:00

So my little gardening adventure has attracted a little press. Good article from our friendly neighborhood cocktail writer, Camper English. There have been some other articles recently in those NY rags about NYC bartenders gardening and of course they make very little mention about what's going out here where we can and have been doing those for a while. But I digress...Have a good read...I have

H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14505038871167072496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5036631798906255101.post-52817667890432276202009-08-20T16:32:00.001-07:002009-08-20T17:08:34.961-07:00

Wooooow! 2 posts, 2 days. Not bad.The pic to the left is none other than Marko Karakasevic digging up a Wormwood plant for me to bring home from the grounds of Domaine Charbay. That's right, Marko. Dig it. The one on the right is an older wormwood plant of his (what it looks like when it grows nice and tall). I mixed up a few cocktails that night and muddled some wormwood with some pineapple,

H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14505038871167072496noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5036631798906255101.post-70021721415325187532009-08-19T16:00:00.000-07:002009-08-19T17:35:55.166-07:00

I have been shite at this trying to keep up with the writing stuff, but I'll give it a try again for shits and giggles. Maybe it is the approach of trying to write too much. We'll try a shorter version.To start with for today, I am going to publish the updated list of stuff growing in my new garden, which I have dubbed, in honor of a great bartender and friend who we all tragically lost this year

H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14505038871167072496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5036631798906255101.post-29553243107768971052008-07-06T19:54:00.000-07:002008-07-06T20:15:20.773-07:00

I have a ton events this month and this week starts it all off:Monday - 3pm, I'm making blueberry "mocktails" on ABC-TV's "View from the Bay" with Janelle Wang and Spenser Christian 4:30pm - I'll join our monthly USBG Meeting, featuring Right Gin and Kubler Absinthe 8pm - over to Cantina for Thad Vogler's benefit and then 9:30 off to the airport for a redeye to NYC.Tuesday - arrival and prep for

H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14505038871167072496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5036631798906255101.post-91662994472860189592008-07-01T22:19:00.000-07:002008-07-06T23:24:59.197-07:00

Yesterday morning I got a phone call from KQED radio with a request for a little chat about cocktails and "the cocktail renaissance". We spoke for about 10 minutes and I thought that was the interview. I figured they'd use some of what I said in reference to some other people's perspectives on cocktails. Then I was asked to come down to the studio the next morning for the segment. I didn't think

H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14505038871167072496noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5036631798906255101.post-19553498062616401292008-06-25T17:01:00.000-07:002008-07-06T23:26:23.186-07:00

It never stops. Right now I am scrambling with:- Finishing the opening of Level III Restaurant and the cocktail program I did for them. See Camper English's review on June 16th at http://www.alcademics.com -Consolidating two offices into one -Planning my next bar opening (oooo, mysterious)-scheduling my next cocktail classes (http://www.cocktailambassadors.com/classes.html)-Planning for July

H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14505038871167072496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5036631798906255101.post-37491862208603160702008-04-24T10:43:00.000-07:002008-04-25T12:12:16.638-07:00

Well, I haven't written in a long time and it's about time I took a new approach. Rather than babble on, I'm going to attempt to get short entries in here about the things I'm doing. I'm simply too busy to do more, which I guess is a good thing.Recent happenings:- I had a great third seminar in my series with Western Athletic Clubs. To see the rest of the schedule for the year and sign up for a

H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14505038871167072496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5036631798906255101.post-80981408257812007472007-08-05T19:29:00.000-07:002007-08-05T20:05:13.932-07:00

TALES - DAY TWOMy day began with an entertaining seminar on the role of women in spirits and cocktails as presnted and performed by two of my favorite women in the business today: Charlotte Voisey and LeNell Smothers. They were dressed in 19th Century period garb and told stories of some of the most influential women in the industry. It was a nice way to start the day, but I had to run off as Ed

H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14505038871167072496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5036631798906255101.post-66317435613647666352007-08-04T23:39:00.000-07:002007-08-05T20:06:31.174-07:00

Day One at Tales of the Cocktail was not much of "day" for me since I didn't get into the Hotel Monteleon until about 7pm and we went right over to Harrah's for the Opening Cocktail Party. As soon as I entered, I recognized many of my friends and acquaintences from around the country. I knew right away that this was going to be one heck of an event from the talent in that room. But the reunion I

H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14505038871167072496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5036631798906255101.post-74054247162921165642007-07-05T11:11:00.000-07:002007-07-15T04:29:35.431-07:00

I'd like to invite anyone who reads this and enjoys cocktails to what is sure to be the event of the year in the cocktail world: Tales of the Cocktail. It is a 5 day extravaganza of some of the best and the brightest bartenders, mixologists, chefs, distillers, writers and booze geeks of all levels. I'll be:an attendant at many of the panel discussionsa bar fly at the Hotel Monteleona judge in Ed

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H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14505038871167072496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5036631798906255101.post-81838980276209930722007-06-25T09:41:00.000-07:002007-07-15T04:31:32.998-07:00

Ok, here's my second attempt at a blog. I didn't like MySpace, so I'm trying Blogger. I'm also going to try a different approach. A bit more casual and less wordy. I'm simply too busy to write a lot, but it is the things that keep me busy that I want to write about. The old Catch 22 (not a bad cocktail name...hmm....)So I was in Cabo San Lucas a couple of weeks ago for my buddy Heming's bachelor

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