Month: January 2009
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Corpse Reviver #2 – Wow
As I sit here sipping what will likely be my last Corpse Reviver #2 for the week I’m still in shock about how great this cocktail truly is. I had heard a great deal of praise while researching on the web, but didn’t expect to enjoy it as much as I have. I didn’t even…
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Phylogenetic Tree of Mixed Drinks
Jim Harriman of SpaghettiLogic.org has created an amazing family tree of drinks using each drink’s ingredients as genes. The result is pretty cool. Read his write up for more information. I think this kind of analysis could really be very interesting if you added some more metadata to the party. Perhaps information such as Gary…
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Corpse Reviver #1 – Big Glass o’ Brown Spirits
This week I’ve been focusing most of my efforts on the Corpse Reviver #2. In the intro post I mentioned that there was also a Corpse Reviver #1 in the Savoy Cocktail Book. Feeling a need to do my due diligence I mixed up the CR #1 to get an idea what it was like. …
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Calling and Greeting Cards!
I’ve been waiting about 3 weeks for these and I’m quite excited. Below are pictures of my new greeting cards and calling cards from moo.com. Moo allows you to print cards with pictures directly from your flickr stream and you can customize the backs as well. I’ll let the pictures do the talking.
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Lillet – Searching for a bit of extra Kina
This week’s cocktail, specifically the Corpse Reviver #2, calls for the use of Lillet Blanc. Not having any experience with this ingredient I did I bit of digging and sampling. Lillet is an French aperitif wine produced in Bordeaux. The flavor is that of a sweet fruity white wine. The fruit flavors lean primarily towards…