Comments on: MxMO – Variations

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:45:34 +0000

Looking back at the photos I’m not sure why I thought they were smaller. Still, thanks so much for the info. The *really* disappointing thing is that I *love* their coupes, but just wish that they were much, much smaller.

And sadly, my quest for the perfect glass for cocktail flights continues.

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:53:00 +0000

Chris, they are beautiful aren't they! Almost all the glassware I use for photos is from Urban Bar, except for any wine glasses that crop up on occasion. Those you mention with the thick stems aren't that little actually, they hold about 7 oz of liquid. As you can imagine this makes them pretty chunky pieces of glass, but they look amazing. Sadly not the flight glasses you seek though I'm afraid...

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:52:55 +0000

I’d love to know where you got those beautiful little cocktail glasses in which your aviations are shown. They seem really ideal for service flights of cocktails, and I would *love* to get myself a few of them for tastings.

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:15:43 +0000

It should be noted I didn’t drink all seven cocktails in one sitting – I’m not that much of a lush! I drank the Wailuc and King Charles, my boyfriend had an Aviation, and the rest of the photos were cribbed from previous posts.

If you really wanted to do the complete journey from Manhattan to Aviation, I would recommend using at least half-portions. Otherwise taking bad photos is likely to be the least of your worries!

By: Marleigh

Marleigh — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:36:29 +0000

Jay,

Great idea! Very clever, though I don’t know if I’d have been taking very good pictures by the end…

By: MixMO: We weren’t there. « Iceland Spar

MixMO: We weren’t there. « Iceland Spar — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:14:26 +0000

[...] my favorite of the many posts was over at Oh Gosh! Six Degrees of Separation. Manhattan to Aviation. It makes me wonder what other drinks you can take to an aviation in six [...]

By: Dr. Bamboo

Dr. Bamboo — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:20:26 +0000

Jay, wonderful idea for a post! (and the perfect excuse to drink a Manhattan and an Aviation)

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:16:48 +0000

Great thread, and I follow your progression. For me, since the mid 80’s, I had thought the ultimate cocktail was always the Manhattan. I’ve ordered them all over the world, in bars from base to haute classe, and never felt let down (Well, that’s because I’m generous by nature!). But how let down I indeed was became apparent – my obliging and generous nature stripped aside – I had one from Jim at Vessel in Seattle.

Now the irony of this is that the Aviation (classic style) is one of their standard bar drinks – on their menu and made prominent. When I tasted this – with no prior knowledge, the linkage was instant to my limbic brain. Decades of chemical imprinting was still registered despite the changes.

How fascinating that I find your “separation” post a few days later. Really fascinating.

By: Ouroboros

Ouroboros — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:23:57 +0000

What a great post! It’s like a sliding picture puzzle, what you’ve put together here. And a heck of an evening’s drinking.

On a technical note, that is a nifty little bit of javascript you’ve got translating/swapping the measures between oz/mL.