Year: 2008
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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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Cocktail Tools – Norpro Stainless-Steel Citrus Juice Press
Well, if you’ve been making drinks along with us for the last couple weeks by now your hands probably ache and you have giant blisters from all the citrus juicing you’ve been doing. Allow me to present a solution. These press style juicers are great for juicing limes, and possibly lemons. I say possibly because…
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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…
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The Daiquiri
Last week we enjoyed the first of Embury’s six basic cocktails, The Sidecar. This week we’re going to be sampling The Daiquiri. If this is the first thing that pops in to your head when you hear the word Daiquiri, then please, dear reader, pull up a chair and let the Hackers tell tale of…