Betsy Snow White Bibliophile

Tag: Cocktails

  • October 7 – My Favorite Fall Drinks

    October 7 – My Favorite Fall Drinks

    The other day in celebration of our anniversary Seth and I went to the forge for dinner and to play board games. I got 3 drinks while we were there: Zombie Killer cider, Dryad’s Orchard Sangria (Witches Brew Pumpkin Spice, Captain Morgan Apple Spiced Rum, Apple Cider) and the non-alcoholic Crisp Caramel Apple (Apple Cider, Caramel Syrup and a splash of Ginger Beer).

    In fall, but in general, I love drinks with Apple Cider. I love apple in general, but there is something about apple cider that I just adore! Already this October I have personally consumed about a gallon of apple cider, which is a lot. Damn.

    My grandma always used to make this: a gallon of apple cider. Half a bag of cinnamon red hots.

    Bring to boil in a saucepan on the stove and serve hot. To make this boozy I would add some cinnamon schnapps and half the red hots.

    Another fall favorite for us is cheap butter beer. Use a bottle of beer – Killians is what is called for but this is also a great way to get through bad beer. A generous shot of butterscotch schnapps.

    Pour into a glass and drink. It is delicious.

    I love fancy mixed drinks, but these are some of my favorite fall simple drinks. Do you have a favorite fall drink?

    Here is the Halloween Countdown drawer of the day:

  • Friday Night Karaoke in Newark

    Friday Night Karaoke in Newark

    My little sister, Traci, texted me at work yesterday afternoon to see if I would like to come down to do Karaoke at The Bootlegger in Newark. I love Karaoke so I headed that way after work.

    The Bootlegger is a nice bar located in the building underneath the Crystal Ballroom (where I used to perform occassionally in my teens with Encore Productions). It has a gin joint feel in the best possible way, which they encourage with a large portrait of Al Capone.

    We both started the night with an Apple Butter Mule which was Crown Apple, butterscotch schnapps, and ginger beer with a caramel rim. It was delicious, and something I will have to try replicating at home. We also tried their Barrel Cider which was very good as well.

    I started my Karaoke night with We Belong by Pat Benetar, then Traci and I dueted with Tribute by Tenacious D. I followed that with Brand New Key by Melanie. Traci did a song by Miranda Lambert that I don’t know the name of. I finished the night with Wanted Dead or Alive by Bon Jovi.

    Overall it was an amazing night! Thanks for the invite, Traci. I needed that.

  • Miss Creant Only Wants World Peace.

    Miss Creant Only Wants World Peace.

    This weekend I went out on the town with The Lady Gang for Pageant Night, a creation of my awesome friend Susan because I took her to a store in my hometown and she purchased her very first tiara. (Every woman should own at least one tiara.) We all wore tiaras, some form of “pageant” dress and made ourselves pageant sashes with names like Miss Creant (mine), Ms Aligned (my sister), Miss Chevious (Kristan), Miss Adventure (Mary), Miss Articulate (Dorothy) and Miss Behavin’ (Susan). Then we called an uber and headed to one of our favorite Columbus bars, The Light of Seven Matchsticks.

     

     

     

    The Light of Seven Matchsticks is a speakeasy style bar underneath a Natalie’s Coal Fired Pizza. It is dark and moody. The menus are housed inside of books (Ours were I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, Huckleberry Finn and a third that I just cannot remember. The cocktails are modern twists on old classics. The food is delicious. There are strange decorations and the booth area we were in had a mail slot to put your order, written on a library checkout card, through and a little door where drinks and baked goat cheese are passed through.

     

    We moved on by another Uber to Two Truths, another favorite Columbus bar, where the absolutely charming bartender created for us more delicious cocktails. I got my personal favorite the Local Socialist. And tried a new cocktail, Summoning Solstice, because it involved setting things on fire and I was very intrigued. They were both absolutely delicious. I also realized that one of the bartenders was a belly dancer I have seen dance (Karen), so I spent a bit of time drunkenly praising her which she gracefully accepted and absolutely deserved.

     

     

    We walked to two more balls, that were okay but nothing special. We had some lightly out of focus photos taken by some lovely lightly drunk women who were impressed by our finery. We were treated to shots by a young woman whom one of us convinced that we were all brides to be. Then we grabbed another Uber to take us back to Susan’s where we ordered pizza and snuggled puppies before heading home.

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