Welcome to Drinking the World; my thoughts on fine libations, special spirits, and fabulous cocktails. My name is Jonathan M. Forester and I'm a food & beverage writer / consultant, and formerly partner in a winery and brewery in Maine. Now, my new partner and I are currently in the process of starting an artisanal, farm distillery located on 370 acres in New York State called Dutch's Spirits. We will be specializing in premium, hand-made spirits. These will include bourbon, rye, and malt whiskey, peach and apple brandy, a variety of aged rum, gin, liqueurs, and cocktail bitters.
If the post is dated prior to December 13, 2008, it was previously published at Slashfood.com / AOL.com.
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Vintage Silver Jigger
By Jonathan M. Forester on Jun 27, 2009 | In Cocktail Revolution, Vintage Bar Ware, Photos
The other day I showed you a silver swizzle, today I have brought out a vintage, sterling silver, jigger. What is fun and unusual about this is that it has a lever on the side that when pressed dispenses the spirits from the bottom. To see more photos click
Swizzle Me This
By Jonathan M. Forester on Jun 26, 2009 | In Cocktail Revolution, Vintage Bar Ware, Photos
Have you read the swizzle article at NY Times? One of my prize vintage bar toys is a personal retractable swizzle stick. It is sterling silver, 3.5" long closed, and 5.25" long when open. It has a loop at the end so that it can hang on a chain around your neck. They were popular in the 1930's to remove effervescence from champagne or swizzling cocktails. This model most probably dates from then as appraised.
Here are a few photos of it closed, partially open, and a close-up of the swizzle end.
Lydia Reismueller - Cocktail Revolution
By Jonathan M. Forester on Dec 15, 2008 | In Mixologists & Cocktailians, Cocktail Revolution, Photos
Welcome to the Cocktail Revolution! New, exciting, wonderful, stimulating, tasty, tangy, creamy, frothy, complex, unusual, thoughtful, icy cold cocktails are making the scene. We're in the Second Golden Age of Cocktails and you ain't seen nuttin' yet! Here at Drinking the World we delve into All Things Cocktail on a regular basis. How to Tips, History, the Future of Cocktails, Spotlights on Mixologists, New Spirits, Liqueurs, Ingredients; and of course, Recipes.
Today we're going to put the spotlight on bartender Lydia Reismueller.
