Year: 2009
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Corn N’ Oil – Black Gold
You hear crude oil referred to as Black Gold from time to time. I’d like to propose that the Corn N’ Oil could easily be renamed the same. Made with Cruzan Black Strap this cocktail is deep and intriguing. The rum gives is a very complex molasses base flavor and the falernum punches it up…
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Cruzan Black Strap Rum
As I started looking into the Corn N’ Oil cocktail one rum kept rising to the surface as the suggested dark rum for the drink. Nearly everything I saw said that this cocktail is as great as it is due largely in part to Cruzan Black Strap Rum. I’d tasted other Cruzan products in the…
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DIY Falernum
Having come up seriously lacking in my search for commercial falernum I turned to my circle of cocktail enthusiasts and found a number of great recipes. In looking at a few I decided on Rick’s recipe. But why, you ask, did I choose the Kaiser’s recipe over the others. Well, first it’s dirt simple. I…
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Corn n’ Oil
This week I picked a cocktail not so much for the sake of the drink itself but more so for one of the ingredients. This week I’ll be mixing up the Corn n’ Oil. A deceptively simple mix of dark rum, lime juice and falernum. But, if you’re a noob like me falernum is an…
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Seelbach Cocktail – Results are Muddied
Like the Champagne Cocktail I tried to like the Seelbach. In fact, I’m finishing my last one as I type this. While I won’t say that the drink is bad (it certainly isn’t) I also won’t say it’s great. The combination of bitters in the quantity called for makes for a drink with a very…