Tag: Cocktail
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Super Bowl XLIII Drink #4: Pre-mixed Cocktails
If you’ve read the week’s previous posts and found nothing that sounds delicious I offer one final alcoholic option. Some cocktails can be pre-mixed and chilled for later service. Gary Regan makes pre-mixed drinks an entire category in The Joy of Mixology and I’ll be taking my recipes from there as I don’t have much…
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The Aviation Cocktail
The Aviation is a classic cocktail that now lives a life of relative web 2.0 anonymity. A search on Wikipedia will link you directly to the general cocktail page, which doesn’t do anyone much good as the page doesn’t even list a recipe. Thankfully my reference books had a few recipes and my fellow cocktail…
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Pimm’s Cup – English Summer in a Glass
This week’s cocktail was an interesting departure from the norm here at Cocktail Hacker. The Pimm’s Cup is very low in alcohol and really quite refreshing. I can certainly see why this is a summer favorite in the UK. As I mentioned in my intro post I started the week with the recipe from The…
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Pimm’s Cup
In or around 1823 James Pimm, then owner of an oyster bar in London, created what would later become Pimm’s No. 1 Cup. Pimm’s No. 1 is a blend of gin, fruit nectars, quinine and a secret blend of herbs. The aroma of Pimm’s No. 1 is fruity and aromatic but the gin base comes…
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Corpse Reviver #2 – Wow
As I sit here sipping what will likely be my last Corpse Reviver #2 for the week I’m still in shock about how great this cocktail truly is. I had heard a great deal of praise while researching on the web, but didn’t expect to enjoy it as much as I have. I didn’t even…