Category: General
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Real Drink Costs
Have you ever sipped an $8 Gin and Tonic and felt like you were somehow getting screwed? Well, chances are good that you were. Drinks are a very high profit item for restaurants and bars. To give a better idea of the true costs check out the Cocktail Calculator that Rob whipped up over on…
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Champagne Cocktails
Fellow cocktail enthusiasts, I’m back from a relaxing week and ready to talk cocktails. With New Year’s Eve and Day coming up quick I thought it would be good to look at some Champagne cocktails this week. Before we get rolling too quickly, I’d like to clear something up. I’m going to use the term…
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Happy Holidays!
I’m going to take a break from cocktail blogging this week and enjoy some time with friends and family. Fear not, I will definitely not be taking a break from cocktail drinking! :) I have a couple interesting tidbits to post and I’ll be back in full force next week with some Champagne cocktails to…
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Review Week!
Usually I try to fit my product reviews in to the week’s general topic (eg a gin review during the week of a gin cocktail). That leaves me with great products that don’t get reviewed in a timely manner. So, since we’re on the eve of a giant gift giving season it seems like an…
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One of My Recipes Got Printed!
I have my first recipe published! :D If you pick up the most recent issue (January 2010) of Chile Pepper magazine you’ll find my recipe for the Fire Island Daiquiri listed on page 34 in Kara Newman’s article about Hellfire bitters. I have to give most, well all, of the credit to Kara for getting…