Hack what you drink!
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Lemon Drop – Vodka Faceoff
This week we’re presented with another cocktail that calls for citrus flavored vodka, but is it really worth it? I decided to do another side by side comparison, like I did with the Cosmopolitan, and see if I can discern the difference. For my tests I used Ketel One Citroen and Tito’s Handmade. The first…
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Lemon Drop
I haven’t spent much time covering vodka cocktails as yet. Some of my fellow cocktail enthusiasts are vehemently opposed to vodka and while I can’t say I fall in to that category, I will say I don’t find myself reaching for it particularly often. Which is particularly odd when you consider that I have a…
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Caipirinha – Carioca for a Week
Sipping a Caipirinha truly makes you feel like a Brazilian, if only for a short time. The fresh lime flavor, sweetness and grassy flavor of the cachaça meld in to a truly wonderful drink. The flavor is extremely refreshing, not unlike a slightly alcoholic limeade. Not to mention these drinks are exceedingly drinkable. That said,…
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Cacha̤a РBrazilian Rum?
You’ll note that on every bottle of cachaça you buy in the US there is a sublabel listing it as Brazilian Rum. It’s not a coincidence or marketing gimmick. Rather this is a requirement of the Alcohol & Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB). The TTB in their own words defines a rum as: Spirits…
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Muddle or Shake?
The question has plagued mankind since the development of the Caipirinha. Should one muddle the cocktail or shake? It’s the kind of question fights have been started over. Well, I couldn’t let this dilemma go unsolved any longer. So I mixed up a Caipirinha show down for the benefit of all of us. Caipirinha (Shaken)…