I don’t think much needs to be said about this, but it’s great.

The Passenger in DC took it a step further and crafted a few cocktails in its honor.

Photo courtesy of Derek Brown

$1 off if you bring your own ice.

Just in time for New Year’s Eve, The King’s Ginger Holiday Cocktail Competition winner Michael Jack Pazdon of Solbar explains his winning cocktail and his use of The King’s Ginger on CineVine.com. Ben Morrison, of both Punk’d and Mutineer fame, makes a surprise appearance that adds little to the experience but somehow adds a giggly glow to the video.

Big props to the talented Christopher Eldridge, aka The Dridge, for putting this video together.

Beer sales have been down during the current economic slump, but Eliane Quijano found a pair of brothers whose craft brewery has been creating jobs along with their signature beers.

It’s true, Frank Thomas has his own beer. The future hall of famer known as The Big Hurt has a beer called Big Hurt Beer, a “crisp, full flavored American lager.” He, apparently, also (unofficially) has a song about it.

This week’s installment of The Cocktail Spirit with Robert Hess brought to you by the Small Screen Network brings you the Piña Colada. According to Robert Hess, “It was on August 15, 1954, that Ramon “Monchito” Marrero Perez first introduced the Pina Colada to the customers of the Beachcomber Bar at the Caribe Hilton in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is said that he spent three months working on it until he finally felt he had captured ]the sunny, tropical flavor of Puerto Rico in a glass.’”

With summer in full swing and Tales of the Cocktail just getting wrapped up which included the USBG Bacardi Pina Colada Competition, what better way to celebrate Tuesday than with a Pina Colada?

Piña Colada

• 2 oz Bacardi Superior rum
• 1 oz Coco Lopez Coconut Cream
• 1 oz heavy cream
• 6 oz pineapple juice
• 4-6 oz ice

Instructions

• Blend all ingredients in a blender
• Garnish with a speared cherry and pineapple chunk

Cognac. The quadrilogy is complete. If you missed Cognac Conversations Episode #1, Episode #2, or Episode #3, dip into the archives and check out what you missed. In this episode, Mutineer Editor in Chief Alan Kropf continues to try and educate stand-up comedians Ben Morrison (who also happens to be a regular Mutineer contributor and host of the Mutineer Comedy Festival) and Daryl Wright (also a Mutineer Comedy Festival performer) at the world renowned Jon Lovitz Comedy Club at Universal City.

Cognac. You know it as one of the ultimate sippers on the planet, but what about cocktails? The answer is yes, from the classic sidecar to the ultra-modern Cognac Summit Cocktail*, Cognac does have a happy home in the world of mixology.

In this third installment of Cognac Conversation, Mutineer Editor in Chief Alan Kropf pays a surprise visit to stand-up comedian/Mutineer Director of Comedy Ben Morrison at his Hollywood apartment to make one of these so-called Cognac Summit Cocktails and prove that literally anyone is capable of whipping up this delicious cocktail at home.

Official Cognac Summit Cocktail Ingredients:

• 1 lime peel
• 4 thin slices of fresh ginger
• 1 1/2 oz. VSOP Cognac
• 2 oz traditional lemonade
• 1 long piece of cucumber peel
• 4 or 5 ice cubes

*Because we live on the edge, we strayed a bit from the official recipe in our demonstration and used 2 oz. of Cognac and 4 oz. of lemonade, and while homemade lemonade is always preferred, sometimes you just gotta roll with Americana’s finest: Newman’s Own Old Fashioned Roadside Virgin Lemonade.

The Sidecar Recipe:
By Robert Hess from “Classic Cocktails” in Mutineer Magazine Issue #10

• 2 oz. brandy (or cognac)
• 1 oz. Cointreau
• 1/2 oz. fresh lemon juice
• Shake with ice.
• Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

What? No sugared rim? Personally I find that the sugared rim simply makes my fingers sticky, which is far from desirable. You may of course choose to sugar yours if you so desire, but history is on my side on this since the original recipes also were presented sans rim.

Cognac. The sequel. What does VS and VSOP mean? Should you buy Cognac out of an aluminum can? These questions and more will be answered as Mutineer Editor in Chief Alan Kropf attempts to educate stand-up comedians Ben Morrison (who also happens to be a regular Mutineer contributor and host of the Mutineer Comedy Festival) and Daryl Wright (also a Mutineer Comedy Festival performer) at the world renowned Jon Lovitz Comedy Club at Universal City.