The Cocktail Vibe at Mr. Booze

A few repro/retro suggestions for your bar sounds.
When setting up your home bar, Mr. Booze feels it necessary to point out that your music has to be played on something that compliments your cocktail vibe. Like I’ve mentioned before, classic drinks demand music born in bygone eras. Mel Torme’, Dean Martin, Johnny Hartman, Chet Baker, [...]

Another fantastic Autumn cocktail, the Empire is another drink which takes advantage of the Fall Flavors. I stumbled upon this one in an old bar bible from1940 and never looked back. I’m a huge Calvados fan (Apple Brandy) and must sample every cocktail I find which includes it. This is a quiet drink, one that [...]

The Bloody Mary is the Mr. Booze go-to drink when he’s enjoyed himself a little too much the night before yet has to be social the following day. I enjoy this cocktail because you never really feel like you’re drinking when you have one. They’re more like having a healthy, glass of soup. “Naaa, I [...]

You go to the fridge and reach for a beer after you cut and trim the lawn and I get it, it’s hot, your itchy, you’ve earned a cold one. But…if you ever happen to wait ‘til after 5pm on a Summer’s day to tackle your yard, I highly recommend a tall, cold Tom [...]

A good Whiskey Sour is a wonderful thing. The tart and spice of the two main ingredients combine to give you a drink you’ll, at first, want to drink fast like a good lemonade. But, if you take your time with this one, the melting ice just makes the drink better and better with each [...]

A quick tip this morning for those with an affinity for retro barware. If you’re looking to add a vintage shaker to your collection, or get one started (a great idea if you haven’t already), then hit up CocktailShakers.com. The site looks seriously old school, but they’ve got a great selection of interesting vintage pieces. [...]

Pretty much everything is going Green these days. Good for the planet - yes, but also great for marketing. So get ready for green alcohol, and we don’t mean absinthe (well, not yet). Vodka360.com is selling ‘green’ vodka. Touting everything from packaging to production as being eco-friendly. Here’s a run down.

Uses locally grown grain
State of [...]

Here’s a hi-ball with a bit of history. Seems back in 1961, an American company acquired the rights to distribute Smirnoff Vodka. Before this time, vodka was considered a pretty rare and unpopular liquor. No one in the U.S. knew what to do with it. Gin was king. The American company [...]

Here’s a drink my Dad used to whip up during our Family’s two weeks at the beach back in the early 70’s. I have great memories of my Dad wearing his Robert Culp shades mixing up this drink for his pals while the wives had us kids down on the beach. Apparently, the Harvey Wallbanger [...]

While not authentically vintage we’ll give the Rocket Shaker points for an inspired design. This stainless steel shaker will mix your drinks in style and fondly remind you of the day only when monkey’s went to space. Detachable plastic fins make for easy cleaning and an aluminum nose cone shot glass makes for easy pre-orbit [...]