Hack what you drink!
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Cinnamon Liqueurs – Red Hot or Not so Hot?
Guest post by Elisabeth, Cocktail Hacktress in training. One of my favorite Valentine’s Day sweet treats is Red Hots candies.  For the last couple years it has been difficult to find them in stores and I thought it would be fun to see if anything captures that spicy cinnamon sweetness of the candies.  After hunting…
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What I’m Drinking Now: Meyer Lemon Southside
We were hanging out on Sunday enjoying the snow and I got to thinking about how long it had been since I put on my cocktail thinking cap and started pondering what I’d like to mix up. I had meyer lemons left over from a recipe we made on New Year’s Eve and I wanted…
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Review – Iceberg Vodkas
As far as spirits go, vodka does not have much character. A really good vodka will taste only of clean alcohol with very little else to distinguish it. One way to add character would be to flavor it, but those who have shopped with me (Elisabeth especially) know how horrified I am by the flavors…
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What I’m Drinking Now: Where the Buffalo Roam
Tonight’s cocktail comes to us from Vesta Dipping Grilling in Denver, CO.  Elisabeth found the recipe in their email newsletter and we decided to give it a go.  Very, very good call.  The drink strikes a great balance between sweet and sour with the flavor of the sage giving a really cool earthy quality to the cocktail.…
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Review – Pisco Chile
If you looked at my Pisco selection up until about 6 months ago, you’d notice something striking. I only had Peruvian Piscos. And that’s unfortunately par for the course. Chilean Piscos, while available, were hard to come by, not as well marketed and generally harder to find. Not so any more. Recently there has been…