New Orleans – Our Libatious Nature

February 21, 2012

Celebrating Mardi Gras with a New Orleans Hurricane

Mardi Gras. Fat Tuesday. The last day to indulge, imbibe, and get intoxicated before midnight strikes and Ash Wednesday arrives. You can’t fully celebrate Mardi Gras without a cocktail in hand. And what cocktail is more fitting than the New Orleans Hurricane. Back in the 1940s, New Orleans bar owner Pat O’Brien faced an inventory … Continue reading Celebrating Mardi Gras with a New Orleans Hurricane

March 7, 2011

Vintage Cocktail Project – The Brandy Crusta

In celebrating Mardi Gras this week, it only seems fitting that today’s Vintage Cocktail is one of the oldest cocktails originating from New Orleans – The Brandy Crusta. Over 150 years ago, Joseph Santina invented a new version of a cocktail, the crusta drink form. Basically it involved adding a piece of fruit peel, a … Continue reading Vintage Cocktail Project – The Brandy Crusta