Category: Recipes
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Bee’s Knees
For me, certain cocktails are inexorably linked to points in time and space. The Daiquiri is linked, in my mind, to the thriving nightlife of Cuba in the 1930’s. The Martini to the 1980’s. The Cosmo will forever be tied to Sex in the City and, going forward, the Bee’s Knees will be the cocktail…
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Honeysuckle
Creating original cocktails from scratch is something that’s always been a challenge for me. Where should I start? What spirit should I use? Often, I find myself stuck. So, on the occasion that I’m struck with inspiration, it’s a great feeling. I got that feeling when sampling ALO last week. ALO Elated has a nice…
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Maple Leaf – Deliciously Arboreal
Last week I was looking for a new cocktail to try out and stumbled across the Maple Leaf on Anvil’s drink menu. The thought of a whiskey sour sweetened with maple syrup was more than I could pass up. I did a bit of searching around and found the recipe on Bobby Heugel’s site. No…
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Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail
I’ve never been sailing, never been to Bermuda and, at least to my knowledge, am not the slightest bit royal. What I am is deeply enamored with this cocktail. As I’ve said before I can always tell when I really like a cocktail because I keep wanting to make it for myself. The wanting part…
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Review – The Punch Bowl
Sweet, sour, spice, water and alcohol. Those are the five, seemingly simple, components of every good punch. But, I’ll ask you this. Have you ever tried to come up with your own punch? Was it good? What about great? I’m willing to bet, coming from past experience, that it wasn’t amazing. If you’re lucky it…