Time for November’s Mixology Monday! We’re excited to be doing our Nerd spin on it 🙂 We thought hard about a theme that would work well for this time of year, and after contemplating the food, booze, and decor we like for the holidays, we settled on “Resin”. From savory rosemary in a stuffing, to a delicious juniper-y gin in a martini, to a fragrant fir ornament or garnish, our friends the evergreens have a lot to offer.
The challenge: come up with an ingenious creation using the resin-y ingredient of your choice. Zirbenz, retsina, hoppy IPA, pine-nut puree, even? Sure! Spirit, garnish, aroma, all are fair game. Whatever resin means to you, we want to hear it.
Here’s what you need to do to participate:
- Create a delicious cocktail using one or more resin-y ingredients, and post the recipe on your blog along with a photo and whatever additional notes you’d like to include about it.
- Add the MxMo logo to your post, and link back to both the Mixology Monday site and the Booze Nerds site.
- Submit a comment to this post with a link back to your resin cocktail post, or send an email to boozenerds (at) boozenerds (dot) com.
- Get your submissions in by midnight on Monday, November 18th.
Looking forward to lots delicious and aromatic iterations on the theme!
Thanks again to Fred Yarm at Cocktail Virgin Slut for keeping the MxMo party going.
BoozeNerds
Shaun
Christa
Booze Nerds 
Yesterday I started infusing a simple syrup with cedar , saw this today, let’s see what we will have…
Nice theme
Serendipity! 🙂 Looking forward to hearing how it turns out.
Can I post this tomorow?
We can probably turn a blind eye. But don’t be too late. 😉
Okey, thanks. I can’t have a booze today.
Reminds me of all the Slovenian oaked wine I had to taste during sommelier training. A good challenge! Looking forward to it.
Oh interesting. Can’t wait to see what you make.
What a great angle! Very keen to see what everyone comes up with. I was just about to put away for next year a Halloween-feeling recipe idea with something resin-y, but this is the perfect chance to finish it too. *gets to work*
Excellent! Very much looking forward to what you make.
Slipping these in slightly past midnight.
The one mentioned above: http://feu-de-vie.blogspot.com/2013/11/mixology-monday-november-2013-resin.html
And then another that snuck in at the last minute: http://feu-de-vie.blogspot.com/2013/11/mixology-monday-november-2013-resin_19.html
Thanks for hosting! I love how MxMo never ever fails to challenge and encourage some of my best stuff.
Oceans of time. It’s not even close to midnight in our time zone. 😀 Both sound great!
This is a tough one: one month before I’ll have a pine tree complete with needles and wood in my living room, and the opposite time of year from where you’d harvest fresh pine buds.
Alright, challenge accepted.
Well we wouldn’t want it to be too easy. 😀
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Cheers, Fred
Nice use of beer for one of the resinous ingredients!
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Here’s my entrygys,thanxa lot for thecooltheme!!
http://theshorterstraw.wordpress.com/2013/11/17/knock-on-wood-for-mxmo-lxxix/
Oh excellent. Another pine nut orgeat.
Lol how many so far?
Ha! I (Shaun) thought we had used one last week but forgot we’d gone in a different direction. Either I’m drinking too much or not enough. 😀
Eheheh dude u guys almost got me at a loss with this theme.. possibly the first time i’ve had a problem with english (as it is not my first language) i know what resin is, but could not for the love of god give it a broader meaning.. all i could think was gooey stuff that comes out of trees…great great theme, can t wait to see all the posts..
Well done for rising to the occasion. 🙂
Also.. pine-nut orgeat.. new trend in global bartending.. definetely
Shaun and Christa,
Thanks for hosting, here’s our contribution for the resin theme. Looking forward to seeing what everyone comes up with
http://www.abarabove.com/mxmo-resin/
Cheers,
Chris
Our pleasure. Nice riff on the rosemary syrup.
Just got mine up! “Rekindled”
http://sassandgin.blogspot.com/2013/11/mixology-monday-resin-rekindled.html
Very nice. Great idea if aging with cedar paper!
You guys made me work hard this month – I like that!
http://www.ginhound.com/2013/11/amber.html
Excellent! 🙂
Fun theme. Thanks for hosting! Here is ours;
http://putneyfarm.com/2013/11/18/mixology-monday-lxxix-cocktail-silver-and-green/
Our pleasure! Looks lovely.
Hiya, never done one of these before but resin was a great one to start on.
http://horriblepoisons.blogspot.com/2013/11/vaulting-onto-the-worlds-stage.html
Welcome! Awesome use myrrh.
Local IPA love here. Thanks for hosting! http://ratedrcocktails.com/2013/11/18/pining-for-paradise/
We love the beer tiki idea! Cool presentation too.
[Grow. Eat. Mix. Drink] after some flops i came up with a great new drink with the help of a friend. thanks for hosting, i think u guys are great! http://landersbloggings.blogspot.com/2013/11/an-evergreen-bittersweet.html
Looks great! Points for doubling up on the resinous ingredients 🙂
[Grow. Eat. Mix. Drink] thanks for hosting guys, i love your blog! my friend and i came up with a new beer cocktail. i hope you make one, its real fuckin tasty. http://landersbloggings.blogspot.com/2013/11/an-evergreen-bittersweet.html
Hi guys, here’s my entry The Three Magi. Thanks for hosting!
http://cocktailsincardiff.tumblr.com/post/67401079609/thethreemagi
Thanks, Mark
Frankincense! Awesome. Now we have to acquire some. 🙂
Can’t wait to try this, the frankincense must add a great aroma.
Here’s my first MXMO post:
http://dirtymartinitalk.com/rosie-loves-toddy/
It was a lot of fun & thanks for hosting!
Welcome! Nice seasonally appropriate tody.
Heyyo! Thanks for hosting. I bring you one Mister Moose:
http://foggedinlounge.blogspot.com/2013/11/mxmo-lxxix-resinmister-moose.html
Zirbenz! 🙂
Nice! Thank for the reminder that we need to play more with Zirbenz.
Thanks for hosting and providing such a unique inspiration! Here’s my first go at mixology Monday: http://kristenrosecollins.com/2013/11/18/mixology-monday-the-spruce-goose/
Welcome! Nice. Another beer entry!
Here’s my submission inspired by a classic, The Bees Knees
http://www.stacymarkow.com/2013/11/18/mxmo-resin-and-the-bees-trees/
Nice use of IPA as a rinse.
so…I’m just gonna leave this right here….even though its past midnight…..
Fun with Bols Genever & Zirbenz: http://wp.me/p2RZAY-jg
Great theme for the month, you guys!
No worries. Still before midnight our time. Excellent. Another Zirbenz entry. 🙂
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Thanks for hosting Booze Nerds! Here’s my entry for this month: http://stirandstrain.com/2013/11/18/mixology-monday-a-winter-pear-cocktail/
Time for bed!
Thanks for submitting. 😉 Excellent. Another Doug for eau de vie entry.
Thanks again for hosting. Here is my contribution.
http://tartinestotikis.wordpress.com/2013/11/18/acrylic-afternoons/
Yay that you rose to the challenge! And interesting to know about gum arabic! Well done. 🙂
I know I’m a day late….hope you have room, great theme BTW. Cheers
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We won’t tell anyone if you won’t. But you will lose a few points during the judging. 😀
Thanks for hosting! I’m sorry I’m absurdly late, but I hope you can find room in your roundup for this couple of drinks.
NP. It will take us another day or so to get the roundup done.
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