Cocktailians

Hi, I'm Kathryn.

Hi, I'm Kathryn Hill.  I live in San Francisco, and I'm a Senior Graphic Designer for a software company by day, I blog here and here, I do freelance photography, and I'm known to enjoy a good cocktail in the evenings.  Vidiot invited me over to guest blog here. 

My first foray into cocktails was snitching a little Johnnie Walker, Beefeater, and Creme de Cacao from my parents' liquor cabinet.  I even mixed up a little Creme de Menthe with milk.  Eww, what was I thinking?  Since then, my tastes have become more refined.  I enjoy wine of all kinds, and I particularly love bourbon - either neat, or mixed in a Manhattan, an Old Fashioned, or a Sazerac - and vodka martinis.  (Yes, I know, real martinis have gin.  I like gin, too.)  I adore cognac, and I just experienced my first single malt scotch the other day, so I'll be exploring the liquid gold of the peaty variety in the near future.

Anyway, I'm lying in bed typing this and unwinding after a long day with a Manhattan that I made, with blood orange bitters.  Just wanted to say hi and introduce myself.  Hi.

First Blush

Hi. Chico here. I just wanted to announce my presence here, if nothing else.

 

My tastes may float comfortably in the same end of the pool as Vidiot’s (gins & whiskies (& whiskys!) as starting points, fanning out to everything else from there), but he has most certainly refined them to a whole new level. I’ll be reading this blog with as much interest as you to see where this goes.

 

Insofar as I’ll be contributing to Cocktailians, it’ll probably be on a much more basic level than my highly esteemed and most excellently educated colleague. I kind of suspect his (and, at least in equal measure, Mr. Taggart’s) entries will tend toward what-to-do, while my contributions, such as they shall be, will tend more toward what-not-to-do. Misadventures, horror stories, beer goggles, anything one might drink on a dare; these are a few of the things I feel comfortable experiencing for you. Hopefully, I'll get some things right (or at least glom on to other people's successes and good times), but frankly, I know which side of my bread has the proverbial butter.

 

Starting in a couple of weeks, I’ll once again be financially solvent enough to start actively participating in the greater culture of potables, at which point I look forward to getting my education back on. Until then, I’ll be watching this space and taking notes. Just like you should.

Welcome!

Happy New Year, and welcome to Cocktailians.com, a new group blog devoted to cocktails.  We're interested in exploring cocktailian culture:  cocktail recipes, reviews of drinking establishments, pictures of cocktails, roundups and links to other doings on the other cocktail blogs out there, tidbits of cocktailian history and ephemera, interviews with bartenders, and whatever else we can come up with.

Ideas, responses, and comments are most welcome; this is a work in progress, with more features and information on the way, so return visits will be rewarded.