Month: January 2010
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Rusty Nail
This week I’m going to be mixing up a drink I’ve had on my mental list for a long time, the Rusty Nail. I’m a huge fan of scotch. Well, more correctly whiskey in general. Drambuie on the other hand, I have no idea what to expect. I’ve never tried it and actually haven’t even…
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Chrysanthemum – Mildly Life Changing
Life changing might be a bit of an overstatement, but this cocktail definitely changed the way I look at Benedictine and dry vermouth. As I began sipping my first Chrysanthemum and taking notes, as I always do, I wrote this down. “Four sips in and this drink is already one of my favorites.” At the…
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Benedictine
I mentioned in the intro that this week’s cocktail, and more specifically its ingredients, are old school. In fact, very few are more old school than Benedictine. This year the herbal liqueur celebrates its 500th anniversary! The liqueur was first developed by monks in 1510. Their production of the herbal spirit progressed for over 250…
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Engineer’s Guide to Drinks
As I was sifting through my RSS feeds this morning I stumbled upon these engineering drawings of cocktails. They’re very well done and quite geeky. Or, put more succinctly, awesome. In reading through the comments on Nathan’s post, it seems that this was originally a full color poster. If anyone knows where I can purchase…
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Chrysanthemum
This week I’m going old school again and pulling a recipe from the pages of the The Savoy Cocktail Book, the Chrysanthemum cocktail. In addition to the recipe the ingredients for this cocktail are old school as well. Benedictine, for example, has been around for 500 years this year. More on that later this week.…