Category: General
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Awesome New CH Logo
Fantastic news! We now have our very own logo. And, as you can clearly see, it is the height of awesome. After a lot of careful thought and suggestions from friends I settled on an old-school neon look (Thanks for the suggestion Conrey). Feeling that the martini glass was a bit over used I went…
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RSS Feed Change
I’ve recently switched our RSS feed over to FeedBurner. If you have any issues with the old feed (http://cocktailhacker.com/?feed=rss2) please change your readers to point to the new one (http://feeds.feedburner.com/CocktailHacker) or use the RSS link in the lower right of the page. That said, the old feed should redirect to the FeedBurner link so there…
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Homemade Irish Cream – Bottled Awesome
Making homemade Irish Cream is a yearly holiday tradition for me. I’ve been making it for about 6 to 7 years and my friends and family have come to expect their yearly supply. This year marked my highest production year, but as always I had a great time making it and have an even better…
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Baileys – The Original Irish Cream
So, answer me this, what discussion about Irish Cream is complete without a brief mention of Baileys? I’m betting nearly every person who has a liquor cabinet has a bottle somewhere in the depths. I, oddly enough, did not, so thanks go out to my Mom for donating her bottle to the cause. Baileys is…
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Repeal Day is Nearly Upon Us!
As you may or may not be aware Friday, December 5th, 2008 marks the 75th anniversary of the repeal of prohibition in the US. A while back Jeffrey Morgenthaler, a bartender, cocktail enthusiast and freaking genius, realized there was a serious need for another drinking holiday and as such Repeal Day was born. I had…