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The Sazerac Wrap Up
After a long and, I must say, well deserved break from my regular Cocktail Hacker duties (of drinking heavily), I am now back, dear reader, back to provide you with final notes from our week with the Sazerac cocktail. The Sazerac has been claimed, by some, to be the first American cocktail or, as claimed…
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Cocktail Hacking on the Road
So, I arrived in Columbus, GA earlier today and spent the rest of the day exploring the city and generally goofing off. At some point mid-afternoon I decided I should make myself a cocktail in my hotel room tonight. Being a simple recipe I decided on an Old Fashioned. Now comes the interesting part. I…
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Sazerac Videos
Well fellow hackers, I’m leaving on vacation tomorrow for the weekend so I’m going to be leaving you in the capable hands of Aaron. Before I depart though I want to leave you with some web reading and watching about the Sazerac. Robert Hess’ Cocktail Spirit show has a nice series of segments on the…
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The Sazerac
When you hear about New Orleans (NOLA) any number of images likely pop in to your head. For me I think about NOLA’s rich cocktail history. Nothing sums up this cocktail history better than the Sazerac. Recently named the official cocktail of New Orleans (after a proposal to make it the official drink of Louisiana…
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The Old Fashioned – A Drink of Simplicity
This week’s experimentation with the Old Fashioned has been very rewarding. This is a drink I first mixed up only a couple month’s ago and is now, without question, one of my favorites. As I mentioned in yesterday’s post the drink is simplicity at its finest and truly sums up the classic definition of what…