The history is muddled (as is the case w a lot of booze history), but by most accounts the Boulevardier wasn’t created to be a cousin to the Negroni — so there’s no reason to apply the traditional 1:1:1 ratio by default. In fact, it makes the most sense to view it as a Manhattan where the Campari does the job of the…

Good, no-nonsense post. A note on ice, though: there is no chilling (with ice) without dilution. There is a lot more science to it than that, and I don't really dive deep into it (I just want my Manhattan now, and I want it cold), but that is the one very basic fact that cuts through all the unscientific conjecture…

An alternative that may cause you to re-consider in the scenario of "one-foot rollerblade vs. mother-sex": last week, I barely avoided collision with a man zooming around the corner wearing a rollerblade on one foot and a Doc Marten boot on the other. He was 'pushing off' with the boot foot and riding the rollerblade…