Mixing Up the Left Coast

We apologize for not keeping the blog more active. To remedy that we have given ourselves  a mission: make all of the cocktails in Left Coast Libations and post about it here. We are inspired in this endeavor by Erik Ellestad of the Underhill-Lounge blog who is blogging his way through The Savoy Cocktail Book. A much bigger task than our proposed undertaking.

For those unfamiliar with it, Left Coast Libations is a book of cocktail recipies and profiles of top bartenders of the West Coast, specifically Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and Vancouver. Each bartender has two cocktail recipes featured. If you like cocktail books we highly recommend picking this one up.

Our plan is to pick one bartender each week and make both of their cocktails. We will jump around a bit rather than going straight through the book. This is mostly for logistical purposes, allowing us more tome to gather and in many case make ingredients.

We are excited to get started, so check back soon for our first installment, Eric Alpern.