Ice: Over-complicating Simple Shit Part 1 – Stank on Ice
In this second entry to “Over-complicating Simple Shit” I make Ice. As it happens, my freezer here at home started to smell a bit stale. More importantly my ice started to taste bad. So...
Author: J.S. Wells
Drawlloween the 3rd: The Whisper of Waterfront Wharf
If you’d like to see the previous years’ posts and all of the new ones as they unfold, you can find them here…
Dralloween the 2nd: The Haunted Harddrive
If you haven’t guessed, the overall theme of this year is Oliver being shown the ropes by the old guard, Nugg and Yebb. If you’d like to see the previous years’ posts and all...
Drawlloween the 1st: Return of the Living Bread
If you’d like to see the previous years’ posts and all of the new ones as they unfold, you can find them here…
Drawlloween 2018! Introducing Oliver
So begins Drawlloween 2018. Looking at the prompts, it seems that this year will be quite difficult. I have an overall idea what I’m going to be doing as a general theme, but the...
Mythos Absinthe Cocktail: Yikilth Old Fashioned
2 oz. White Rum 1 /4 oz La Clandestine Absinthe 1/2 oz Simple Syrup 2 dashes Cardamom Bitters Stir everything with ice and strain into a chilled Old Fashioned glass with a large block of...
Eat And Drink The Sweet Potato: Over-complicating Simple Shit
So, here was an idea that rapidly scurried down a rabbithole of excessive preparation for a snack and a drink. I started with the simple need to use up a couple of Sweet Potatoes...
(Not the Official) Waterfire Cocktail
In a rocks glass: ½ oz Green Chartreuse 1 rosemary sprig In a shaker: 2 oz Sons of Liberty Battle Cry Whiskey ½ oz Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur ½ oz Lemon Juice Ignite Chartreuse and...
Bonsai Martini
3 oz Berkshire Mountain Distillers Graylock Gin 1/2 oz Dewatsuru Sakura Emaki 2 dashes Rose Water Stir with ice and strain into a chilled Cocktail glass. Garnish with some sort of non-toxic flower. As a...
Cobra Kai Mai Tai (Punch)
3/4 oz Plantation 3 Star Rum 3/4 oz Plantation Original Dark Rum 3/4 oz Cruzan Blackstrap Rum 1/2 oz Yukon Jack 1/2 oz Lime Juice 1/2 oz Orgeat splash Rare Bird Overproof Rum (1...
