Category: Recipes
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The Jack Rose
This week at Cocktail Hacker headquarters we’re going to be focusing our energies on The Jack Rose. A cocktail with nearly as many stories as to its name as it has recipe derivations. One possible story as to the source of the name, and certainly the simplest, is that it is derived from the key…
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The Daiquiri – A Wrap Up
In an ill-conceived adventure, team Cocktail Hacker spent the majority of the day north of the border, in Wyoming, acquiring large quantities of high-quality explosives in an, again, ill-conceived effort to convince our friends and neighbors of our long questioned patriotism. That being the case, this may very well be a shorter than typical post…
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The Papa Doble
Ernest Hemingway is famous for many things, most notably his writing, but he was also an Olympic quality drinker. One of his favorite cocktails was none other than our focus for the week, The Daiquiri. He spent a number of years in Cuba (~1939-1960) during which his favorite hangout was El Floridita bar in Havana.…
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Strawberry Classic Daiquiri
So as I was writing our kick off post for The Daiquiri and later the post on simple syrup I got to thinking. Although The Strawberry Daiquiri is not truely classic it is quite tasty at times. There must be some way to combine the classic feel of The Daiquiri with the wonderful flavor of…
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Ingredient – Simple Syrup
This week’s cocktail requires that you have simple syrup on hand. Don’t rush out and buy a bottle, though. As the name suggests it is dirt simple to make at home. Plus, when making syrup at home you can control the base ingredients and tweak your resulting cocktails as you see fit. I usually keep…