Hack what you drink!
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French Squirrel – Even More Pink!
This week’s drink has been an interesting change from my usual cocktail hacking experience. Generally I make up my list of recipes, usually at least five and experiment with the various ratios until I find something that I like. Since Gary Regan created this cocktail there really aren’t any other recipes for it out there. …
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French Squirrel
This week’s cocktail isn’t a classic, yet. I’m taking another stab at one of Gary Regan’s squirrel sours. His definition is short and sweet “Squirrel Sours call for a base spirit, lemon or lime juice, and creme de noyau or another nut-flavored liqueur.” So, now you see why I say this is my second stab…
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Maiden’s Prayer – Prayer Doesn’t Suck
If every prayer resulted in a delicious cocktail I can tell you I’d be praying lot more. The Maiden’s Prayer, delightfully, is that perfect cocktail bearing prayer. The drink is nicely fruity and with the right choice of gin equally complex. On that note let’s start by talking about gin. This cocktail has a lot…
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Maiden’s Prayer
I’m back from Iowa and ready to start drinking some cocktails again. This week I’m going to tackle the Maiden’s Prayer cocktail which sounds wonderfully fruity and delicious. Not surprisingly I’ll start with the Joy of Mixology recipe. Maiden’s Prayer (Joy of Mixology) 1 oz Gin 1 oz Triple Sec 1/2 oz Lemon Juice 1/2…
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Review – Voyager Gin
When I was at Tales of the Cocktail in July I met Steven Williams one of the reps from Pacific Distillery located in Woodinville, WA. We struck up a conversation and I was intrigued to hear that they had recently released a new gin. When Steven heard that I was from Colorado we reached an…