Category: Recipes
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The Corpse Reviver
As you well know New Year’s Eve is this week. For a lot of people this means (heavy) drinking. There is a strong liklihood that somewhere, someone, possibly even a CH reader, will have a run in with a hangover this week. I’m not claiming to know the future here, or anything crazy like that,…
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Hot Drunken Cider
This has been a wonderful holiday week and I certainly hope you all had a great time as well. I did spend a little time on a hot cider based cocktail, with much emphasis on the “little”. Basically I made some mulled cider using a great organic pressed apple cider made locally and some standard…
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Martinez – Okay, I guess
I came to an interesting realization this week due to my experiments with the Martinez. When I really enjoy a cocktail I find myself making it over and over again, trying recipe variations and noting the differences. In the case of cocktails that I’m not in love with I tend to shy away from making…
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MxMo XXXIV: Spice – Hess House Bitters
The topic of this month’s Mixology Monday is Spice and Craig over at Tiki Drinks and Indigo Firmaments is kind enough to host this shindig. Let’s not beat around the bush, cocktails are amazingly tasty, but like food some times they need a bit of spice to make them truly incredible. Cocktail bitters provide that…
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The Martinez
Said to be the forefather of the Martini, the Martinez takes the cocktail in a sweeter direction employing sweet vermouth, gin, maraschino and bitters. The cocktail originated in the late 1800’s and there are a few versions of the tale of its origination. The first claims that Jerry Thomas created the cocktail for a man…