In our journey to see what bartenders in Chicago can do with our featured cocktails we stop off at a couple places. At Elixir in Andersonville, Mitch decided the Algonquin needed something to brighten it and added a touch of lime At our liquid playground, Ward Eight, Anders made a traditional Algonquin and talks a […]
The season wraps up and apparently so does the show with a ton of unresolved leads. I enjoyed the show and was looking forward to seeing more Marvel Easter Eggs. The team is considering ways to beat Whitney Frost, now Madame Masque, to opening another rift. Howard offers this: “How do the most successful scientists […]
We’re at the end of the season and the action is ramping up. The betrayals and double crosses are flying and nobody is taking the time to have a few drinks. Not even Manfredi is seen with a drink in this episode Also, the dance number at the beginning of the episode was a bit […]
This episode is mayhem. We are in hospital rooms with Jarvis hovering over Anna (she was shot in the last episode), people are betraying their friends, zero matter is communing with its disciples…all over the place. One subplot I think is a nice touch is Jarvis’ vendetta against Whitney Frost for nearly killing his beloved […]
So we see how this is going. Whitney Frost is attempting to become a crime boss with unmotivated specialists and two bit thugs as her C-suite team. Vernon Masters hates his new job; he only relishes his power over other people in the role, but reporting to a woman clearly rankles him. I love the […]
Whityney Frost makes her powerplay. Calvin Chadwick won’t be a consideration…nor will half of the Council of Nine. In Peggy’s room she has a decanter of brown spirits. Again, I have to ask if this is normal, normal for her, or something she’s doing now because she had a piece of ribar thrust through her […]
Anders at Ward Eight did an outstanding job mixing up this beast of a drink, the Alamagoozlum, one of the most delicious of all of the cocktails we’ve sampled over the years. I was so excited I forgot to take a picture before drinking half of it. A few days later Jay (Research Guy) and […]
Here we finally see Peggy-Daniel-Violet love triangle sub-plot move along a little bit more wherein Violet recognizes how much Daniel really cares for Peggy. One thing I really liked about the development of this conflict is that nobody is a bad guy here. I feel like often somebody is considered a relationship wrecker or a […]
As the drama escalates there is a little less time for drinking. And Whitney Frost’s face cracks up. Flashback to Peggy Carter’s engagement party where she and her fiance and brother are all sitting at a table discussing the war. Many people are in the scene drinking so it’s a bar scene. Total number of […]
The Mother-in-Law Cocktail is a tricky one to discuss. It is a family recipe out of New Orleans, and the ingredients are in great proportions to make it something you store in a bottle. This drink calls for New Orleans staple Peychaud’s Bitters, Angostura, Bitters, Amer Picon, Orange Curacao, simple syrup, maraschino liqueur, and Bourbon. […]
