Tag: Cocktail
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French 75 – Kick Confirmed
I think Harry Craddock summed it up best in his book The Savoy Cocktail Book when he said that this drink “hits with remarkable precision.” I can certainly attest to that, but it is stealth in its strike, somewhat like being hit by a smart bomb dropped from a stealth bomber. When you begin sipping…
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French 75
This Friday, December 5th, 2008, marks the 75th anniversary of the repeal of prohibition! So along those lines I felt it appropriate to feature a cocktail created during that unpleasant time period. With much fanfare I present to you the French 75. Ok, so that’s not really a cocktail, but it is the cocktail’s namesake. …
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Champagne Cocktail – Ummm… Yeah
Ok, so I really tried to like the Champagne Cocktail and I can’t say that I didn’t, but it certainly wasn’t great. I found that no matter what bitters you use I simply couldn’t get enough of their flavor to shine through to make it worth using decent Champagne. I also changed up the method…
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Champagne Cocktail
The Champagne cocktail is quite possibly one of the simplest cocktails you’ll find, but there is still a considerable amount of variability available. And it’s on that variability that I’ll be playing this week. In the Joy of Mixology Gary Regan mentions that the first mention of this cocktail is in Jerry Thomas’ How to…
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The Cosmopolitan – A Week of Pink
As a card carrying man its a bit difficult to enjoy pink drinks, at least in public. But, my friends, after a week of experimentation I can assure you that the Cosmopolitan is well worth swallowing your pride for. This week was particularly well suited for analysis and experimentation. In my initial search for recipes…