A bottle of Pernod Aux Plantes d’Absinthe Supérieure, the collector's box it came in, and a special sugar spoon with black velvet case

Bottle Fund Update—Absinthe Acheived!

August 31, 2011 · by · in drink pieces

Thanks to a generous donation from Auntee, we have completed the bottle fund for Pernod Absinthe, or as the Pernod bottle says, Aux Plantes d’Absinthe Supérieure, which if my pidgin French is correct is something like “with the greater wormwood…

Infusing Some Heat in that Spirit

Infusing Some Heat in that Spirit

August 27, 2011 · by · in guest speakers, recipes

Scott walks us through an infusion and makes a spicy, sweet drink with pepper-infused vodka.

North Fork Craft Beer BBQ & Wine Festival 2011

North Fork Craft Beer BBQ & Wine Festival 2011

August 19, 2011 · by · in busman’s holiday, taste tests

Fervere attends the 2011 *North Fork Craft Beer BBQ & Wine Festival* and lives to tell the tale.

A blue plastic cup filled with a Lillet spritzer. An orange paper umbrella is hanging over the rim.

Lovely Lillet

August 17, 2011 · by · in bar essentials, busman’s holiday, recipes, recommendations, taste tests

Melba comes over to the *DnU HQ* to drink some cocktails made with her bottle of *Lillet,* before Fervere finished the bottle.

A 2010 Limited Edition bottle of Lillet Blanc

Lillet Blanc

August 12, 2011 · by · in recommendations, reviews, taste tests

Fervere has got to have the first word on Melba’s *Lillet.*