Year: 2008
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Cocktail Hacking on the Road
So, I arrived in Columbus, GA earlier today and spent the rest of the day exploring the city and generally goofing off. At some point mid-afternoon I decided I should make myself a cocktail in my hotel room tonight. Being a simple recipe I decided on an Old Fashioned. Now comes the interesting part. I…
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Sazerac Videos
Well fellow hackers, I’m leaving on vacation tomorrow for the weekend so I’m going to be leaving you in the capable hands of Aaron. Before I depart though I want to leave you with some web reading and watching about the Sazerac. Robert Hess’ Cocktail Spirit show has a nice series of segments on the…
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The Sazerac
When you hear about New Orleans (NOLA) any number of images likely pop in to your head. For me I think about NOLA’s rich cocktail history. Nothing sums up this cocktail history better than the Sazerac. Recently named the official cocktail of New Orleans (after a proposal to make it the official drink of Louisiana…
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The Old Fashioned – A Drink of Simplicity
This week’s experimentation with the Old Fashioned has been very rewarding. This is a drink I first mixed up only a couple month’s ago and is now, without question, one of my favorites. As I mentioned in yesterday’s post the drink is simplicity at its finest and truly sums up the classic definition of what…
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The Old Fashioned – Embury’s Version
I whipped up an Embury Old Fashioned on Monday evening. Despite the variables in the recipe the drink turned out to be very good. I chose to go with the following quantities: Embury’s Old Fashioned: 2 oz Eagle Rare Bourbon 1 tsp Simple Syrup 3 Dashes Angostura Bitters Twist of Lemon Embury got this one…