Category: Recipes
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DIY Falernum
Having come up seriously lacking in my search for commercial falernum I turned to my circle of cocktail enthusiasts and found a number of great recipes. In looking at a few I decided on Rick’s recipe. But why, you ask, did I choose the Kaiser’s recipe over the others. Well, first it’s dirt simple. I…
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Corn n’ Oil
This week I picked a cocktail not so much for the sake of the drink itself but more so for one of the ingredients. This week I’ll be mixing up the Corn n’ Oil. A deceptively simple mix of dark rum, lime juice and falernum. But, if you’re a noob like me falernum is an…
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Seelbach Cocktail – Results are Muddied
Like the Champagne Cocktail I tried to like the Seelbach. In fact, I’m finishing my last one as I type this. While I won’t say that the drink is bad (it certainly isn’t) I also won’t say it’s great. The combination of bitters in the quantity called for makes for a drink with a very…
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Seelbach Cocktail
Named for, and created at, the Seelbach Hotel in Louisville, KY the Seelbach Cocktail sounds like a seriously delicious libation. This drink is an old one, dating from 1917 and had been lost since before Prohibition. As noted in Vintage Cocktails and Spirits (of which there is a new version) this drink was rediscovered in…
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Satan’s Whiskers – Sinfully Delicious
Sacrilegious or not this drink is delicious. The color is a lovely pumpkin orange which seems even more appropriate to the season. The smell starts with the orange followed by light herbal hints from the vermouth. The flavor is also very orangey with the vermouths playing a strong role. Even with a bold gin the…