Hack what you drink!
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The Brown Derby Cocktail – A Week of Meh
I chose the Brown Derby Cocktail for this week as a semi-tribute to the Kentucky Derby and Churchill Downs. Once I started doing a bit of research on the drink I realized that this was an epic fail on my part. The Brown Derby was the signature cocktail of the Vendome Club in Los Angeles,…
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Review – Bafferts Gin
Bafferts was the first unique Gin I added to my collection. I received it as a gift for my 22nd birthday from some close friends. I have consumed nearly none of it in the time since then (almost 7 years). From our review I now see that that is due partly to its lack luster…
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The Brown Derby Cocktail
Today Jennifer and I toured Churchill Downs. When we arrived we took a quick walk through the museum then took the standard 30 minute tour that comes with museum admission. The museum itself was a little less interesting than I had anticipated, but the quick tour was nice. Following the quick tour we went on…
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Bourbon – Wrap Up
Spent a wonderful day touring Buffalo Trace distillery today with Jennifer. The distillery in Frankfort, KY is nestled along the Kentucky river and is very picturesque. On the tour we visited Warehouse C where they are aging Buffalo Trace, Van Winkle’s and some of their experimental barrels. From there we went to the Benton’s Bottling…
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Old Fashioned – The Remixes
So, when we covered the Old Fashioned some weeks ago there were a few variations that we didn’t end up trying. There were various reasons that they got glossed over, but none the less I felt there was a hole in our investigations. Bourbon Week to the rescue! Revisiting Bourbon gave us a perfect chance…