It had been a long and busy week, and we would not be the full complement for dinner. So we decided to break the usual injunction against drinking anything blue, and looked for a cocktail featuring Hpnotiq, the on-and-off darling of the club scene. Unsurprisingly, there are numerous cocktails that feature Hpnotiq, a fifteen-year-old creation…

One memorable recent Thursday evening was the broadcast of Laverne Cox et al. in the remade Rocky Horror Picture Show. The communopoly could not let the event go unremarked — or untoasted. But what to drink while watching such an extravaganza? Fortunately, TheDrunkenMoogle.com came to the rescue. Absolut Pleasure is a delicious creation for just…

In celebration of the first week of fall, we opted for a cocktail with apple cider (plus we had bourbon in the cupboard, but I digress…). Also on hand was a lovely bottle of French apple brandy that we had been hankering to pour, so bourbon apple cider cocktails, it was! Here’s how we made…

In the communopoly, we are fans of Japanese food in part because of the mingling of flavours that epitomizes that cuisine. Taking that idea as inspiration, I started searching for a cocktail that would be both easy to assemble (because I’m slammed with being back to school) and pleasantly mellow at the end of a…

We were in search of something delicious, so we spent a few hours with Cocktail Culture by Shawn Soole and Nate Caudle, published by Touchwood Editions, 2013. It’s a fascinating volume about the resurgence of hand-crafted cocktails in the Victoria, BC, region, and we’ll certainly revisit this book for inspiration. The Rosemary’s Baby involves rosemary…

Sometimes necessity is the mother of invention. In the case of our cocktail exploration, the fact that our liquor cabinet is currently overstocked with vodka became the driver behind today’s drink. The Pierced Fuzzy Navel is an updated version of the (in)famous Fuzzy Navel the older members of the communopoly grew up with. At the…

So…. not exactly a cocktail, but come on now! It’s beer with antlers! And though these hansom little fellas originated during the holiday season (and a stint of mind-numbing unemployment), they seemed the perfect pre-cocktail drink for a trip to Elk Island National Park—our favourite place to grill up some bison steaks and eat them…

One of us has a name that begins with L, so in our little communopoly we avoid making the shape of an L on our foreheads. Instead, we make an O, as in “oozer,” which is how you might feel if you consume too many of this cocktail. We discovered a version of this cocktail…