top of page
Search
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f50d26_3c021e794b654c43ad63810876661ee6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/f50d26_3c021e794b654c43ad63810876661ee6~mv2.webp)
![Gin on a Strange Patio](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f50d26_3c021e794b654c43ad63810876661ee6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/f50d26_3c021e794b654c43ad63810876661ee6~mv2.webp)
Sep 1, 20222 min read
Gin on a Strange Patio
Fever Tree Lime & Yuzu with Gin - the perfect Labor Day cocktail for a strange patio. Or beer, beer works too.
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f50d26_924deb3df7734011aa6d3362b37f4406~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/f50d26_924deb3df7734011aa6d3362b37f4406~mv2.webp)
![Don't Drink a "Dirty Shirley"](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f50d26_924deb3df7734011aa6d3362b37f4406~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_338,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/f50d26_924deb3df7734011aa6d3362b37f4406~mv2.webp)
Jul 29, 20223 min read
Don't Drink a "Dirty Shirley"
The New York Times recommends the Dirty Shirley. The 4717 does not. We're right.
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f50d26_1b578f4cd53f488dbbee3f0a9c0bd9d0~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/f50d26_1b578f4cd53f488dbbee3f0a9c0bd9d0~mv2.webp)
![The Cocktail for a Roasting Planet](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f50d26_1b578f4cd53f488dbbee3f0a9c0bd9d0~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/f50d26_1b578f4cd53f488dbbee3f0a9c0bd9d0~mv2.webp)
Jul 22, 20223 min read
The Cocktail for a Roasting Planet
Heat overwhelming the air conditioning? Try the Mint Julep - the original craft cocktail is perfect for a roasting planet.
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f50d26_ca0b3e02f46b45319827453a7d3e8961~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/f50d26_ca0b3e02f46b45319827453a7d3e8961~mv2.webp)
![A Critical Shortage of Bubbles](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f50d26_ca0b3e02f46b45319827453a7d3e8961~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/f50d26_ca0b3e02f46b45319827453a7d3e8961~mv2.webp)
Jun 10, 20222 min read
A Critical Shortage of Bubbles
No baby formula is tricky, no soda water is a national nightmare. Or at least it's pretty tedious.
![Drink Like Papa, again](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f50d26_0411550aa77b4285b15e6385af355e7e~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/f50d26_0411550aa77b4285b15e6385af355e7e~mv2.webp)
May 25, 20222 min read
Drink Like Papa, again
Papa's Pilar Rum makes you think you're dealing with a gimmick cocktail. You aren't.
![Drunk As Lords: Grad Week](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f50d26_1d40c3e34e9d47aab40ad7fda2be55d4~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/f50d26_1d40c3e34e9d47aab40ad7fda2be55d4~mv2.webp)
May 13, 20223 min read
Drunk As Lords: Grad Week
Graduation Week at Sewanee is as much fun for parents as students - but beware.
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f50d26_6b19749d54f74ef79e24054700c1bcba~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/f50d26_6b19749d54f74ef79e24054700c1bcba~mv2.webp)
![What To Drink With Ham](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f50d26_6b19749d54f74ef79e24054700c1bcba~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/f50d26_6b19749d54f74ef79e24054700c1bcba~mv2.webp)
Apr 15, 20222 min read
What To Drink With Ham
What wine do you drink with ham? The Italians raised the food to an art form, so why not ask them? Orveito? Chenin blanc? Hell, champagne.
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f50d26_b8f39f866e3b4840932c645eecdb26c5~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/f50d26_b8f39f866e3b4840932c645eecdb26c5~mv2.webp)
![A Chevy, the Levee & Rye](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f50d26_b8f39f866e3b4840932c645eecdb26c5~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/f50d26_b8f39f866e3b4840932c645eecdb26c5~mv2.webp)
Mar 31, 20223 min read
A Chevy, the Levee & Rye
Rye whiskey is hot, in cocktails and on the rocks. Enjoy it before the terminally hip make it insufferable.
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f50d26_c62040da95754c2fa90713e8728f6dab~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/f50d26_c62040da95754c2fa90713e8728f6dab~mv2.webp)
![Don't Drink Green Beer](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f50d26_c62040da95754c2fa90713e8728f6dab~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/f50d26_c62040da95754c2fa90713e8728f6dab~mv2.webp)
Mar 16, 20223 min read
Don't Drink Green Beer
St. Patrick's Day have never seen such Irish whiskey! Lose the green beer and toast the Emerald Isle with a glass of the good stuff.
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f50d26_64030cde32cd4981ac7bb5e6a9b40c29~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/f50d26_64030cde32cd4981ac7bb5e6a9b40c29~mv2.webp)
![Gumbo Ya-Ya](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f50d26_64030cde32cd4981ac7bb5e6a9b40c29~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/f50d26_64030cde32cd4981ac7bb5e6a9b40c29~mv2.webp)
Mar 1, 20229 min read
Gumbo Ya-Ya
It's Mardi Gras the willful Un-American celebration that could only happen in America.
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f50d26_edd77eaad34a49e9b72073f4d27c2ba3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/f50d26_edd77eaad34a49e9b72073f4d27c2ba3~mv2.webp)
![The Memphis Toddy](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f50d26_edd77eaad34a49e9b72073f4d27c2ba3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/f50d26_edd77eaad34a49e9b72073f4d27c2ba3~mv2.webp)
Dec 17, 20212 min read
The Memphis Toddy
It's like wassail that owns seersucker.
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f50d26_8cef04fe421f4f85907de08d4c300004~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/f50d26_8cef04fe421f4f85907de08d4c300004~mv2.webp)
![Crapulus Sum](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f50d26_8cef04fe421f4f85907de08d4c300004~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/f50d26_8cef04fe421f4f85907de08d4c300004~mv2.webp)
Dec 7, 20217 min read
Crapulus Sum
Christmas is less Pagan and more human than you think.
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f50d26_0ead1f0002564119881d2b70571bd917~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/f50d26_0ead1f0002564119881d2b70571bd917~mv2.webp)
![America's First Lousy Neighborhood](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f50d26_0ead1f0002564119881d2b70571bd917~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/f50d26_0ead1f0002564119881d2b70571bd917~mv2.webp)
Nov 23, 20216 min read
America's First Lousy Neighborhood
Thomas Morton went native. Imagine Heart of Darkness if Joseph Conrad described Kurtz as quick with a drink and good with the ladies.
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bd6953b56e9b4631a93d59a62d3606e8.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/bd6953b56e9b4631a93d59a62d3606e8.webp)
![Game Wine](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bd6953b56e9b4631a93d59a62d3606e8.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/bd6953b56e9b4631a93d59a62d3606e8.webp)
Nov 18, 20212 min read
Game Wine
The holidays are upon us - here's what to drink
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f50d26_1505053401ac467f925f0375ebbe9bb4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/f50d26_1505053401ac467f925f0375ebbe9bb4~mv2.webp)
![T'was Pussy What Done It](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f50d26_1505053401ac467f925f0375ebbe9bb4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/f50d26_1505053401ac467f925f0375ebbe9bb4~mv2.webp)
Oct 28, 20214 min read
T'was Pussy What Done It
Gin Mania, William and Mary's Famine Relief and that damned pussy...
![The Wee Skin-Flint's Whisky Fling](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f50d26_a690ab5152d14251a327e9822d1898d3~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/f50d26_a690ab5152d14251a327e9822d1898d3~mv2.webp)
Oct 22, 20216 min read
The Wee Skin-Flint's Whisky Fling
The Wee Skin-Flint's Whisky Fling.
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f50d26_f24a5f9fc41a48a6a6dc162ddb5b5e9e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/f50d26_f24a5f9fc41a48a6a6dc162ddb5b5e9e~mv2.webp)
![Jeeves Takes Charge](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f50d26_f24a5f9fc41a48a6a6dc162ddb5b5e9e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/f50d26_f24a5f9fc41a48a6a6dc162ddb5b5e9e~mv2.webp)
Oct 15, 20211 min read
Jeeves Takes Charge
PG Wodehouse has the cure for what ails us.
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f50d26_8893f8fd08fd444fa4e4569994afd866~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/f50d26_8893f8fd08fd444fa4e4569994afd866~mv2.webp)
![George Stagg's Pappy Moment](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f50d26_8893f8fd08fd444fa4e4569994afd866~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/f50d26_8893f8fd08fd444fa4e4569994afd866~mv2.webp)
Oct 8, 20212 min read
George Stagg's Pappy Moment
No George T. Stagg for 2022. Is it good quality control or excellent marketing?
![Bruichladdich, Port Charlotte](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f50d26_747a1f949e244c82bc268ec08f7dbe50~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/f50d26_747a1f949e244c82bc268ec08f7dbe50~mv2.webp)
Oct 1, 20212 min read
Bruichladdich, Port Charlotte
It's fall, the tariffs have lifted, let's have a drink.
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f50d26_0b3ce8ae618040b3ae4c8a6e7ab569f5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/f50d26_0b3ce8ae618040b3ae4c8a6e7ab569f5~mv2.webp)
![Barrel Fever](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f50d26_0b3ce8ae618040b3ae4c8a6e7ab569f5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/f50d26_0b3ce8ae618040b3ae4c8a6e7ab569f5~mv2.webp)
Sep 23, 20214 min read
Barrel Fever
Making Bourbon is part science and part art. Bourbon lore, however, is nearly pure cowflop.
bottom of page