Tag: Ingredient
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DIY Falernum
Having come up seriously lacking in my search for commercial falernum I turned to my circle of cocktail enthusiasts and found a number of great recipes. In looking at a few I decided on Rick’s recipe. But why, you ask, did I choose the Kaiser’s recipe over the others. Well, first it’s dirt simple. I…
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Coronal Bitters: Hellfire Evolved
As I mentioned in my MxMo post on the Fire Island Daiquiri I’ve been steeping a new batch of Hellfire Bitters for the past couple weeks. The recipe I used is the same that I used for my first batch, but I changed it up a bit. When I made these bitters the first time…
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Homemade Grenadine #2: Hibiscus Grenadine
So, early on in CH history I tackled making homemade grenadine which was a real revelation for me. For both of the recipes I whipped up I used Pom juice, which turned out good. Certainly a damn sight better than the store bought stuff. but, I felt there was still something missing. I hadn’t used…
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Bourbon – The Slightly Tall Building View
Why do you need to discuss Bourbon, its just another whiskey right? Well, yes, but there’s more to it than that. All Bourbons are whiskies, but not all whiskies are Bourbons. In the same way that to be called Scotch a whisky must meet certain criteria in order to call a product Straight Bourbon Whiskey…
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Ingredient – Tonic Syrup
There is a great thread on eGullet titled “You might be a cocktail snob/geek if…” Well, tonight I can add another of my own. You might be a cocktail geek if you make incredible homemade tonic syrup and immediately start thinking about what you can tweak to make it better. Last night the cocktail hacker…