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Tag: Cocktail

  • The Scofflaw

    scofflaw 1. One who habitually violates minor laws or fails to answer trivial court summonses (such as parking tickets.) 2. An iconoclast Per wikitionary the word scofflaw was coined as a  response to a content during prohibition times.  The contest was in search of, Jeopardy style, a word meaning “a lawless drinker of illegally made…

  • The Bronx – An End to a Tasty Week

    I’ve really enjoyed my week with the Bronx.  I hadn’t experimented a lot with oranges in the past so I decided that this week my focus would be on finding the right orange juice for this cocktail.  To start my journey I found all the oranges I could and got to juicing.  From left to…

  • The Bronx Cocktail

    This week we’re heading by to NYC, well a borough at least.  We’re going to be enjoying a blend of gin, sweet vermouth, dry vermouth and orange juice; a Bronx Cocktail.  As with many of the other cocktails I’ve discussed here there are a few stories floating around as to its origin.  Seems it could…

  • The Pegu – Pretty in Pink

    This week seemed to fly by and during the course I made a lot of Pegus and enjoyed all of them, well, for the most part at least.  As I mentioned at the start of the week my starting recipe was the one from The Joy of Mixology (2 oz gin, 1 oz Cointreau, 1/2…

  • The Aviation – Now with Violette

    My bottle of Creme de Violette finally arrived from Sam’s Wine last Tuesday.  I eagerly opened the box and pulled out a bottle of lovely violet colored spirit.  The beautiful color is the first and most striking thing you’ll notice about a bottle of Creme de Violette.  I admired for only a short time though…