Category: General
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Brunch Cocktail #1 – Bloody Mary
I’m not going to lie to you; the Bloody Mary is not one of my all time favorite cocktails. In fact, I don’t really like them much at all. However, I’m now going to flip flop a bit and say that while I don’t generally like them they do go quite well with a savory…
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Mother’s Day Cocktails
Guess what time it is? Did you guess “Thought Experiment Time”? No? Well, it is. So, here’s the experiment; we’re going with word association this time. What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the words “Mother’s Day”? Did you say brunch? If not, pretend you did, just to make me happy. …
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I Cannot Do It Captain! I Need More Time!
Did you read that heading with a Scotty accent? No? Go ahead and read it again, I’ll wait. Okay, now that we’re all in the right frame of mind, I’m going to be taking another week to play with the Calvados Cocktail. Things have been hectic this week and I didn’t get all the sampling…
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Prohibition Weirdness – The Chemist’s War
In my meanderings about the internet looking for information about Prohibition, territorial waters and the like I was directed to The Chemist’s War, a recent article on Slate.com. “The Chemist’s War” discusses some Prohibition history that was not only completely new to me, but also more than a little distressing. Not to give away the…
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Pegu Doug Gets His Tiki On
Nearly a year ago I went in search of knowledge regarding the much loved Pegu cocktail. In my search I came across a man so filled with wisdom he can, nay must, be called the Yoda of Pegus. Naturally I’m talking about Doug Winship of The Pegu Blog. For the second year in a row…