Hack what you drink!
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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 Imbiber’s 100
Darcy from Art of Drink came up with the Imbiber’s 100, a list of 100 drinks any good imbiber should try before they die. This list is a fantastic spin off of the Omnivore’s 100 that I chimed in on a couple month’s ago. So here is my offering. I scored a 56/100 so it…
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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…
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Cosmopolitan
I’m a bit late this week but fear not we’ll be enjoying a new cocktail. I haven’t given much time to vodka on the blog thus far and that’s partly due to the fact that by itself it’s not particularly exciting. However, it still reigns as the most popular spirit sold today. So there must…
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Gimlet – Tasty and Delicious
Sorry for the dearth of posts this week. There was a political event happening and I was paying attention to that. ;) But, fear not, that did not keep me from my work with the Gimlet. The first experimental track I followed was altering the proportions. As I mentioned in the intro post the recipe…