Year: 2008
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Cocktail Tools – Tovolo Perfect Cube Ice Cube Trays
Ice is essential to a good cocktail. In the case of drinks served over ice, good looking ice is also a nice visual touch. As I’ll discuss in detail in a later post I’m on a personal mission to create the perfect cocktail ice at home. One of the requirements of what I deem good…
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Christmas in July!!!
Santa came extra early this year folks! Shortly after we launched the site my Aunt Ronnie ordered a boat load of cocktail books from Harper Collins. They all arrived yesterday! As a result the Cocktail Hacker library has increased exponentially. Here’s the list of books that Ronnie got for us: The Ultimate Party Drink Book…
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The Old Fashioned
Well we’ve reached the last of Embury’s Six Basic drinks, the Old Fashioned. Per Wikipedia, the Old Fashioned is thought to have been created as a Bourbon Whiskey cocktail at the Pendennis Club in Louisville, KY. Then popularized by distiller Colonel James E. Pepper and later brought to the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.…
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The Manhattan – A Week of Deliciousness
I came in to this week not knowing anything about the Manhattan. I had never had one, nor had I had any other cocktails that use Sweet Vermouth. To some extent I had a very twisted picture (or is that taste) in my head as to what the Manhattan would bring to the table. From…
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Ingredient – Maraschino Cherries
The garnish of choice for a Manhattan is a Maraschino cherry. That word probably brings images of bright red, extremely sweet fruits floating up in your consciousness. But, like many things in the cocktail world, it hasn’t always been that way. Maraschino (pronounced Mara-skee-no) cherries were originally produced by macerating Marasca in Maraschino liqueur. Introduced…