Month: June 2008
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Ingredient – Simple Syrup
This week’s cocktail requires that you have simple syrup on hand. Don’t rush out and buy a bottle, though. As the name suggests it is dirt simple to make at home. Plus, when making syrup at home you can control the base ingredients and tweak your resulting cocktails as you see fit. I usually keep…
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The Daiquiri
Last week we enjoyed the first of Embury’s six basic cocktails, The Sidecar. This week we’re going to be sampling The Daiquiri. If this is the first thing that pops in to your head when you hear the word Daiquiri, then please, dear reader, pull up a chair and let the Hackers tell tale of…
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The Sidecar – A Week in Review
Today marks the end of our first week here at CocktailHacker.com, a week of tasting, and experimenting with, one of my all-time favorite cocktails, the Sidecar. Throughout the week, Reese and I have tested many different recipes, some of them exceptional, and some of them not so much. Of the many lessons we’ve learned about…
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The Sidecar – Embury’s Recipe
We whipped up a batch of Sidecars per Embury’s original recipe from Difford’s Guide to Cocktails #7. Which in our case was composed of: 2 oz Courvoisier VSOP Cognac 1/2 oz Lemon Juice 1/2 oz Cointreau Have to say that we agree this cocktail is dry like the Mojave Desert. Although, the good quality Cognac…
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Cocktail Tools – Oxo Mini Measuring Cup
The Oxo Mini Measuring Cup may not look it on the surface but it is in fact the best jigger you will ever use. Making cocktails well and consistently requires accurate measuring all the time, every time. Traditional jiggers are great for measuring the amounts they’re designed for. However, when you have a 1 1/2…