Month: December 2010
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New Year’s Eve Drinking
I’m willing to bet that almost all of you are doing something festive for New Year’s Eve, even if that means staying warm and dry at home watching the ball drop. No matter your plans I’d be willing to place a second bet that they’d be made better with some tasty cocktail accompaniment. For me,…
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The Coffee Cocktail
Ok, here’s a quick riddle for you. What has no coffee in it and isn’t technically a cocktail? Give up? It’s this week’s drink, the Coffee Cocktail. So named not because of its ingredients but rather for its appearance when mixed properly. Why not a true cocktail? Well when the word cocktail originated it meant…
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The Widow’s Kiss – Oh, the Tales She Could Tell
Each time I walk into a spice shop, like Savory Spice Shop, I’m struck with the complex commingled aroma of the spices around me. Each seems to have a tale to tell of food created, meals enjoyed and places far away. The Widow’s Kiss is the cocktail representation of that feeling. The combination of Benedictine…
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Review – Dancing Pines Distillery
One thing that never ceases to impress me about distillers is their passion for what they do. A few weeks back I took a trip north to Dancing Pines Distillery in Loveland, CO. Walking through the front door I met with another display of that passion. The still is right up front, Kimberly Naslund (one…
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The Widow’s Kiss
I’m getting back to traditional cocktails this go round with a drink I’m very excited to sample. In Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails, Dr. Cocktail describes The Widow’s Kiss as the most evocative drink ever and suggests that one be enjoyed by the fire. I have a fire. I like drinking near it. I’m in!…