Category: General
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What I’m Drinking Now: Limoncello Lemonade
One of my original cocktail experiments, before I even knew they were cocktail experiments, was making homemade limoncello in college. I had tasted it a couple times and, due to my deep love of lemon anything, was immediately hooked. I remember that first batch, made with lemons peeled with a vegetable peeler, steeped for weeks…
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Life of a Cask: From Wine to Whisky
Here is a cool infographic from the folks at WineFolly showing the life of a oak cask from it’s initial use for sherry to its eventual use for aging scotch. Check out the full version here. Thanks to Cocktail Enthusiast for the link.
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49 Bits of Booze Jargon Every Drinker Needs to Know
Gizmodo had a great post a couple days ago that’s worth checking out. It’s 49 bits of booze jargon that get tossed around a lot when talking about cocktails and alcohol in general. This one, for example, I strongly identify with. Long: adj. Means served in a tall glass. Generally mixed with juice or water.…
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Low Calorie Cocktails
This is a post I’ve been mulling for quite a while and I’ve finally decided what I want to talk about. I get a lot of PR emails, to the tune of 15 or so every day, and I’ve been noticing a trend over the last few months. Low calorie cocktails, spirits, mixed drinks and…
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Will you Nail or Will you Fail?
I’ve gotten to do some cool stuff over the years being a cocktail hacker. I’ve been to Tales of the Cocktail (hopefully not the only time), I’ve been to exclusive tastings, I’ve been invited to distilleries, but last week I had a first, I was invited to be a judge for the Drambuie Nail or…