Category: Wrap Up
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Lemon Drop – Mmmm…Lemony
Let me start with a sincere apology for the delay in wrapping up the Lemon Drop. Early in the weekend I decided I wanted to experiment with a couple things I hadn’t had a chance to. In addition, I decided I was going to not feature a cocktail this week. So, that delayed this wrap-up.…
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Caipirinha – Carioca for a Week
Sipping a Caipirinha truly makes you feel like a Brazilian, if only for a short time. The fresh lime flavor, sweetness and grassy flavor of the cachaça meld in to a truly wonderful drink. The flavor is extremely refreshing, not unlike a slightly alcoholic limeade. Not to mention these drinks are exceedingly drinkable. That said,…
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Scofflaw – Feels Good to be This Bad
Sure, it’s no longer against the law to mix and drink these cocktails, but we can always pretend right? The Scofflaw is the perfect drink for that kind of pretending too. The ingredients are classic, especially if you go with Rye, and you should. The flavor can range from dry to sweet depending on your…
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The Bronx – An End to a Tasty Week
I’ve really enjoyed my week with the Bronx. I hadn’t experimented a lot with oranges in the past so I decided that this week my focus would be on finding the right orange juice for this cocktail. To start my journey I found all the oranges I could and got to juicing. From left to…
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The Pegu – Pretty in Pink
This week seemed to fly by and during the course I made a lot of Pegus and enjoyed all of them, well, for the most part at least. As I mentioned at the start of the week my starting recipe was the one from The Joy of Mixology (2 oz gin, 1 oz Cointreau, 1/2…