Bacon Bloodies – now at Oregon Grille!

This was a joint venture between myself and Erik Brown, the bartender at the Oregon Grille. Once I learned that it was possible to create a bacon-infused vodka, I immediately thought, “That would make a bitchin’ Bloody Mary.” I finally got around to making the vodka a couple of weeks ago, and the drink had […]

A perfect fall drink – Spiced Bourbon

With the onset of cooler weather, I thought that a spiced bourbon would make for some pretty tasty cocktails, and I was right. Try out this recipe for spiced bourbon and you’ll agree. To begin with, use a decent bourbon (Maker’s, Evan Williams Single Barrel will do). To make the spiced bourbon, you can use […]

The Essence of Evan Roundup

Behold as the tragically hilarious guest poster Lee of The Jackal’s Den bestows upon us his thoughts and feelings on this past Saturday’s vodka infusion festival (my own material will be posted when I get my hands on some pictures of it): Sunday, June 7, 2009 Getting Awesome With Awesome Vodka When you get awesome […]

Bacon Friday for a Bacon Monday

EVENT EVENT EVENT EVENT BACON AND BEER HAPPY HOUR AT BAD DECISIONS (1928 FLEET ST.) MONDAY, JUNE 1ST – LOCAL BACON CELEBRITIES (and me) WILL BE THERE, TALKING ABOUT BACON! AND EATING BACON! AND DRINKING BACON!! That’s right folks, stop by on Monday and meet and or greet local fans of bacon and beer. I’ll […]

Award Winning Mixologist

I’m taking this award and running with it. Running. With. It. If bacon vodka can win an award, then surely the jasmine tea and cucumber vodka (made for the semi-annual Midnight Sun happy hour) that everyone seemed to enjoy could bring additional success, if not profit. Which unfortunately is currently impossible legally – so far. […]